Most of the media is ignoring the continued suffering of many in Houston and

Galveston. One month after the hurricane, thousands are still without power, but that is the least of many people's problems.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6061187.html

The morning after Hurricane Ike slammed Houston, Joyce Washington sat down for breakfast with her fiance and three children. She'd spent a sleepless night positioning pots and pans to catch rainwater seeping through the apartment roof, but now she figured the worst was over.

That's when Washington's life fell to pieces around her. The leaky ceiling suddenly collapsed, upending the table and littering the dining room with plaster and insulation.
Minutes later, the ceilings in the children's bedroom and kitchen fell in, too.

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A FEMA inspector denied her claim and told her that the place was habitable, she said. But Child Protective Services said that if Washington stayed in such an unsafe environment, they could take her children away from her, so she moved to the shelter. She has appealed FEMA's decision, but still hasn't heard back, she said.

On Wednesday afternoon, Washington was 96th in line at the shelter to talk to FEMA representatives again.

"Right now I'm just waiting," she said with her 1-year-old son Davion in her arms. "I can't do anything but wait."

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On top of everything else, the shelter that Washington has been staying in is about to close -- at which point Washington and her children will be homeless.

The media fled from the Texas coast like the plague. That's just not as important to cover as Palin's lip-hairs on a magazine cover. Aren't there still dozens, if not hundreds, of people still missing there?

Honestly, it seems like presidential politics is the only thing that seems to matter any more. I'm sure that onlookers from other countries (if not other planets) would be looking at this with amazement (if not amusement).

See if you can't get DUers in Houston to get photos or videos and spread them.