Good point on the media. It's hit or miss and some may just be waiting until the experts and mayors start freaking out.
Well, it wasn't even a named storm till Wednesday. You could say that Katrina snuck up on all of us.
I'm just tired of watching everybody try to assess blame anytime something bad happens. Sure, sometimes there is true malfeasance. But this hurricane is not Bush's fault, or the news media's fault, or anybody else's fault. And anybody whose head isn't in a hole (or who isn't stoned/drunk in the French Quarter) should know that it's on the way.
I'm just big on personal responsibility, as in looking out for your own best interest by taking the time and effort to find out what's happening, both near and far. In this age of communication, there are so many outlets that none of us has any excuse for ignorance.
Free Republic is a news outlet, and we've been following the storm here for days.
So let's all just quit bitching and start praying.