Tuesday marked a year since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.
Today, each of us went on with our daily lives. A lot of the people directly affected by Katrina have not yet been able to do so.
For most people, Tuesday snuck up on them. Newspapers wrote stories and printed big pictures. Television broadcasts aired emotional stories and reminded the world what happened.
But for those who lived through Katrina, it's not a single day of remembrance. They're still working to work through it.
In New Orleans, only 60 percent of homes have electricity.
Seventeen percent of the buses are working, only 29 percent of the schools are open and just 23 percent of the daycares are open.
Maybe the rest of the country has moved on, but the residents of New Orleans and other affected areas are reminded every day of the damage that occurred.
Tuesday was another day on a long road to recovery.
Only they understand that not much has changed in a year. In fact, they know that nothing in the future is a guarantee. Another hurricane could come through and wipe out the progress that has been painstakingly made.
That's life in New Orleans - a year and a day after Katrina.
What was simply a time to remember for most people will last a lifetime for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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