[livius]

Good article, as usual. I think Hurricane Katrina in NO will be the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of our time; that is, the fact that incompetence, confusion and greed resulted in a significant number of possibly avoidable deaths - and surely a lot of misery and horror - will probably result in a good reassessment of our structures for handling this.

Granted, nobody ever thought that an important US city would have a mayor so incompetent, or a governor who perceived federal help as nothing but a power-threatening interference. Still, there's got to be a plan for a breakdown on local levels, and it's got to be ready for quick implementation.

Also, there's got to be punishment for the incompetents and obstructionists. By the end of this, both the mayor and the governor should be out of a job and even on their way to prison.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Granted, nobody ever thought that an important US city would have a mayor so incompetent...

No need to think, just vote democRat. Cleveland once had Congressman DENNIS! Kucinich for mayor.

[Clay Moore]

It is unbelievable that NOLA, of all cities on the gulf coast, did not have a detailed-down to the last little nit picking detail, hurricane contingency plan.

When the truth comes out, I go on record predicting that there was a half baked, pencil whipped plan and a bunch of folks that were well paid to do it.