Reply #39: Absolutely right. [View All]

People need to read this!

I nearly sh*t a brick when I heard news anchors saying on Monday when Katrina went through with a bit of an eastward turn, away from the direct hit path to NO, that "it wasn't as bad as they thought." One after the other of them said this.

Things were clearly headed for where they're arriving right now -- and word is finally getting out to the world about it. I keep hearing different people talk about *rebuilding* New Orleans and other towns down there, but it sounds like insanity to me. Or dreaming. Or inability to grasp the reality of this situation and the length of time it will take just to get past the "cleanup" stage. I think the estimate of three months needed to restore power is wildly optimistic, for instance.

The NO mayor said this afternoon what others haven't been willing to, that there are probably THOUSANDS of people dead in this disaster. Already dead. There could be so many more who survived the storm who will die as a result of riots, robbery, disease, dehydration... the list of risks and dangers to those survivors is very long. And you're right -- "madness" should be added to the list because people WILL start to snap, and very soon.

W's comments from Air Force One about the disaster made me want to scream, too. "It's devastating. It must be doubly devastating on the ground."

Well, gee, Dubya... where ELSE would it be devastating? In the AIR where YOU are????"

I believe that tonight, before the NG troops arrive en masse, backed possibly by active duty military later, to stop the looting and lawlessness and restore order, is going to be an extremely long and dangerous night in the heart of New Orleans......