9/11 had horrible emotional and economic impact. However, Katrina is going to hurt more.
Gas prices are already going through the rood and now there is less of an ability to refine crude oil. I talked to some friends in Charolette this morning and they told me that gas stations were running out of gas.
Short term, maybe, not long term. The psychological scare of people just going to work and being attacked for nothing they did has a far great impact than the weeks worth of warnings of an impending hurricane.
Gas refineries can be replaced. We actually might get to drill in Anwar.
That's irrelevant since the looters you are defending you claim have no cars.