What Boston-area bloggers are saying about William Rehnquist's death.

The enormity of what is happening in New Orleans gets to Sidra:

... I was in tears Friday morning, in Boston, on my public transit -- which runs through a major Amtrak hub, and thus connects me to the rest of the country even though I don't have a car, and which, if I needed to, I could whip out the Amex card and buy a ticket on, or rent a car with, because though I am currently impoverished by choice to go to law school, I'm not actually "poor", I have credit if I need it, that magic thing that gives me credibility -- reading a free newspaper talking about these poor people, these poor-in-every-sense-people, these tragic people who are poor, who were being left to die by our own government because they couldn't afford to get themselves out, who have no food -- and I had breakfast yesterday morning -- and no water -- and I was carrying a bottle full of cold Brita-filtered water yesterday morning with me on the T -- and no medicine -- and I am healthy and strong -- these poor people who have no sanitation -- and I showered that morning, I washed and conditioned my hair -- and they are dying. ...

Megan says she couldn't take it, either:

I burst into tears this morning on Boylston St. FUCK Hurricane Katrina. I don't want to be here. I want to be there, helping.

FUCK President Bush! And FUCK FUCK FUCK MSN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...

There's a meeting tomorrow (Sunday) to discuss long-term housing for Katrina victims in the Northeast:

A lot of people have mentioned to me over the last couple days that no one will want to come up here - it's too far, people won't want to leave the area where they've lived. I disagree. There's at least - at least - 500,000 people left homeless. Probably more. Some will not be going back to their homes for months, if even then. New Orleans won't even be drained, they estimate, for up to 80 days, and that's not even close to what is needed to rebuild the city for habitation, as the city's infrastructure is so damaged and the water spread toxins across the flooded areas and will need to be dealt with. Many were living in poverty to begin with, and so own nothing and have no home to be reimbursed for. ...

3 p.m. at the Technology Center, 359 Columbus Ave.

Bob gets a tour of one of the last freestanding switching towers in New England. With photos.