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Be advised, battle fatigue happens way behind the lines too.

Take care of your basic needs first, sleep and proper nutrition.

When you feel it building up on you, step back for a while and get your head on straight before returning. Pick your times in advance if you can.

The whole country needs to take a "long haul" view of this, because it's going to be exactly that.

"Surge mode" is only good for a few days, after that you have to be capable of a sustained effort.

I saw this comment posted on the Midwest Conservative Journal today. The word is getting out that Nagin totally dropped the ball on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

The url for the comment is: http://mcj.bloghorn.com/1905#Comments

Submitted by Philip at 9/5/2005 2:19:00 PM

I heard today, that the State of Louisana's & the City of New Orleans had plans written up in case a Cat 5 hurricane hit. Part of these plans were to use the school busses of NOLA to take folks out of the city and to higher ground.
The fact that this was not done, surely is a matter for the officials of LA & NOLA to explain. Busses submerged in NOLA, do precious little good in evacuating refugees.

So, FEMA had to bring in busses from all around the country to make up this shortfall. I suppose though that somehow it is FEMA's fault? Why did FEMA not immediately, by some sort of Star Trek transporter beam, bring in busses from CA or TX or AZ for them to be ready to roll on Tuesday?

The point is that both NOLA & LA knew what would happen if a Cat 5 hit NOLA head-on. They were only hardened to deal with a Cat 3. Both had plans in place to try and deal with a Cat 5 storm which involved mass evacuation. Perhaps these plans were good or bad, but nevertheless they existed. It is simply that the infrastructure of the officials in charge of the NOLA Municipality or the Louisiana State resources, failed to do their job effectively.