[Fzob]

Your point is taken, but nonetheless I'm not sure Bush should declare a national disaster for financial concerns that have yet to appear.

[Miss Marple]

He has already declared an emergency in Louisiana. I personally think there is some merit in doing this nationally.

If this hits directly, we are going to no longer have a Port of New Orleans. Pipelines will be unable to pump natural gas and oil.

The disruption in moving cargo up the Mississippi is going to be enormous. Gasoline prices are going to skyrocket. There are going to be hundreds of thousands of displaced people. If New Orleans is totally flooded, it will be a bowl of toxic chemicals, dead bodies, alligators, snakes, and debris.

So, I think consideration should be given to the fact that this might be on the scale of a national emergency.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I'm not sure Bush should declare a national disaster for financial concerns that have yet to appear.

I don't think he should either. As one poster said, numerous hurricanes have hit NO over the years, yet they continue to build out. Yeah? So what? What are we going to do? Demand they stop building out, and condemn them if they continue?

It's lunacy how humans react to acts of God.