It's difficult to fathom that in these days of hyper technology, an entire American city can be wiped out and rendered uninhabitable. For all of our technology, we are still whimps when it comes to Mother Nature's wrath and fury.
The Katrina disaster also underscores the incompetence of civilian government to handle large-scale emergencies. It was only after the arrival of the National Guard that some semblance of order and organization was restored to New Orleans.
The silver lining in this disaster: We got a great quote from General Honore when he barked at the lemming reporters in their Brooks Brothers suites, "Don't get stuck on stupid." Great line, General!
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