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Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco, left, listens to Stephanie Mingo at a forum in New Orleans Wednesday as she expresses concern about a lack of public housing. The forum was held to get input on the governor's proposed "Road Home" plan for home rebuilding and buy out. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said at a conference this week in Florida that Hurricane Katrina had been a "great wake-up call" and that the Gulf Coast would need more aggressive federal aid to get ready for the hurricane season, which starts June 1.