Time's Person of the Year Could Be Katrina - Yahoo! News

Time's Person of the Year Could Be Katrina - Yahoo! News: "Time's Person of the Year Could Be Katrina

By DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press Writer Tue Nov 15, 6:53 AM ET

NEW YORK - Time magazine's 2005 Person of the Year may not be a person after all. A panel of notables has made a strong case for awarding the distinction this year to Hurricane Katrina.

NBC anchor Brian Williams included Katrina in his larger nomination of Mother Nature, which he picked because of a host of environmental stories this year, from the tsunami to earthquakes in Pakistan. He said the hurricane and its aftermath led to other issues."