Katrina survivors in Bay Area share anger, despair.

From: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) | Date: August 30, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Jennifer Martinez

Aug. 30--Braving Wednesday afternoon's 91-degree heat, Sandra Wilson marched from Municipal Stadium to the San Jose State University campus with a letter she received two weeks ago gripped tightly in her hand.

Though the letter is four sentences long, it captures the never-ending struggle she's endured since Hurricane Katrina changed her world forever on Aug. 29, 2005.

Written in government-ese, the letter ends starkly with: "FEMA is unable to extend you any further assistance."

'It's not over for us'

"It's been a nightmare," Wilson ...

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