Meanwhile, a group of Katrina evacuees has taken out of full-page ad to plead for Congressional help. The group, comprised of residents from the Lakeview district of New Orleans, pooled $10,000 dollars to place a full-page ad in the Capital Hill newspaper Roll Call. The ad reads in part : “In the past three months, we have become experts at waiting. Waiting for flood waters to recede. Waiting for word from family and friends. Waiting to see what our homes and our city has become. … Now we are waiting on you. It is fully within your power to spearhead the rebuilding of our flood protection and reclaim one of the nation’s most important cities from ruin… It’s truly a sad day when victims of a natural disaster have to purchase ad space to have their voices heard.”