katrina

"I wanna hand Daddy the cans!!!!” Gresham, age five, screamed yesterday.  (Though, to be fair to the kid, it’s hard to tell when he’s screaming and when he’s just talking.  He’s got a voice amplification issue of some sort.)

One of the unfortunate consequences of being more prepared for Gustav and of having less urban destruction than Katrina's is complacency. It is the complacency of assuming we're fine and we don't have to learn from mistakes that were made in areas less populous than New Orleans.

1.4 million Louisiana households continue to be blacked out in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.

Watching the news shows which were following Hurricane Gustav it was only this morning when the Today show interviewed FEMA head Michael Brown that I heard the first reminder that what has really changed since Katrina is that Bobby Jindal, the REPUBLICAN, governor of Louisiana, is now in charge. We didn't have New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin having a turf war with former Governor Kathleen Blanco.

I have to admit something. Well, something else, because I've admitted quite a bit on this blog as it is.

I am a hurricane junkie.

As of this writing, it’s looking more and more like a major hurricane will hit New Orleans for the second time in four years. I’ve already read a couple of sites speculating about the “delicious irony” of seeing a split-screen GOP convention, with hurricane-ravaged footage on one side of the screen.

I remember just three years ago. The scene was chaotic, people were everywhere, frantic! Concern etched on their faces, “Is it too late?

I remember just three years ago. The scene was chaotic, people were everywhere, frantic! Concern etched on their faces, “Is it too late?

Watching TV out of New Orleans as I post...here is the link.

It is really incredible when you think about the fact that, if Gustav strikes New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Katrina struck just three years ago.