And this is skipping all the way west to Waveland, MS, 10 miles west of Pass Christian, our chosen point of reference. This was a suburban neighborhood. Waveland was the epicenter of Hurricane Katrina's force. My point is this: the affected area is huge. What did I see on CNN this morning? A reporter pointing at one of the huge sandbags they dropped a week ago into the damaged levee at New Orleans. This photo was swiped from the Web site of The Sun Herald.