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# Take care of our sisters
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/take-care-of-our-sisters-editor/
- Published: 2005-09-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:42:36.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Venice, #archive-import

*By Henry Rosenfeld Ocean Park*

“Venice is gone. Venice is no more.” Can you imagine hearing that news? I did, on the radio last week. The news came from Venice, Mississippi, a Gulf port town completely erased when Hurricane Katrina came calling. Perhaps we can answer the call by contributing to the aid of our semi-sister city, unless there is a Santa Monica somewhere under water too.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 6, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/090605.pdf?ref=smdp.com)