They need people to believe what has happened to them, to listen to them. There's almost a denial that this horrible devastation has happened to these people. It's important for the rest of us to acknowledge what has happened.

Different people weather trauma differently. A person with a strong faith may be able to draw on that or a person with a close family that survived the hurricane.

[What these refugees of the hurricane need now, she says, is basic services – food, water, safety and medicine. They also need validation.] They need people to believe what has happened to them, to listen to them. There's almost a denial that this horrible devastation has happened to these people, ... It's important for the rest of us to acknowledge what has happened.

[What these refugees of the hurricane need now, she says, is basic services – food, water, safety and medicine. They also need validation.] They need people to believe what has happened to them, to listen to them. There's almost a denial that this horrible devastation has happened to these people, ... It's important for the rest of us to acknowledge what has happened.

A lot people are in denial about it. They look at it as a real negative. It's a coping mechanism and not a positive one.

A lot of people are in denial. They are expecting it to come down. They think the price is related to [the U.S. invasion of] Iraq, and that the price will fall eventually. But it's a lot more complex than that.