[beyond the sea]

Why must you assume, in your ignorance, that the folks in NO are not doing anything productive?

Didn't say they weren't doing anything productive. Far from it. But, they weren't working on the levees because it was dark. Seems real lame to me.

[r9etb]

But, they weren't working on the levees because it was dark. Seems real lame to me.

It's not lame. There's no way those helicopter pilots could safely work in close quarters in the dark.