Fast moving thread, so I may not have time to post this later, it's early but I'll go ahead and do it now.
From Sunday morning onward, there was no power on earth to prevent New Orleans from taking a worst case scenario hit. But this goes well beyond the city of New Orleans. It goes well beyond Biloxi and Mobile and Gulf Shores.
This probably goes beyond Pearl Harbor and 9/11.
The news agencies are putting together their evening broadcasts as I type this, and if you don't already have your headspace wrapped around the fact that this event is something that most all of America will be dealing with even ten years from now, you are in for a rude awakening.
I urge preparing yourself, for these broadcasts, and for other developments over the next couple of days, because your attitude, and the attitudes of all the people around you will be a big factor in how we meet this challenge.
We lost a lot of people, we are going to lose more. We are all going to lose a lot of money, and it's going to take a nationwide effort to even begin to address what has happened here.
I'm thinking along the lies of some of Churchill's comments during the London blitz.
Stiff upper lips, we're going to need them. If you're in a position to offer strength to others, do so. If you're not, get there.
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This is erily close to the special FX (Fox) showed this summer about what would happen to this country should this very scenario happen.... This isn't going to be a pretty winter if the other half of their scenario comes to fruition.