[proud American in Canada]

and I meant to add--the fact that they knew what would happen in the Superdome is very chilling in light of the fact that Blanco refused to have Red cross supplies on hand.

[proud American in Canada]

that sentence in my last post should really be switched around. :) Let me rephrase:

That Blanco refused to have supplies in the Superdome is very chilling in light of the fact that they had disastrous results--twice before--when they used the place as a hurricane shelter.

There. That's better. :)