What frightens me about the blundering sad astonishing failure of the response to Katrina, both at the time and since, is that it may be systemic and not merely a reflection of our inadequate administration. The bureaucratic edifice may make common sense and human decency impossible. This frightens me because I expect Islamic extremists to nuke something somewhere any day now. Intelligence believes they now have the weapons in place. They are biding their time. Unfortunately, such a horrific attack appears to be inevitable. And then what will be our response? The world has become a nightmare. Back to making videos, which is as good an escape as any.
Anger, sadness mark Katrina anniversary
By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS - On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, anger over the stalled rebuilding was palpable Wednesday throughout the city where the mourning for the dead and feeling of loss doesn't seem to subside.
Hurricane Katrina made landfall south of New Orleans at 6:10 a.m. Aug. 29, 2005, as a strong Category 3 hurricane that flooded 80 percent of the city and killed more than 1,600 people in Louisiana and Mississippi. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. |
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