Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today.
I'm updating my guest blog from July 21/05 to include Hurricane Katrina & put this disaster at # 4. The loss of life will be immeasurable once all is said & done. The US federal gov't is an absolute JOKE with its miniscule support especially from Dubya who after 2 days decided to cut his vacation short & do something. I cannot imagine how it is in these stricken areas with people doing anything to survive. Let them loot & get water, food & other supplies from stores as all will be not salvagable when they reopen. Lives are at stake & I would probably do ANYTHING to try to survive much like these people are trying to do. New Orleans will become the 21st century ATLANTIS - the LOST city.
Dale
This article by Kevin Drum does a great job of tracking the fate of both FEMA and flood control projects in New Orleans under the Bush administration. Dubya didn't cause the hurricane but he is responsible for the far too slow federal response. What kills me is that this was not a surprise. 9/11 was a surprise attack, the tsunami was a surprise assault by Mother Nature but we saw Katrina forming and tracked her path. It's as if there was no plan at all, just a flat footed reaction that was grossly inadequate. The whole thing is so damn upsetting.
