Reply #76: Another thing I haven't heard anyone mentioning yet is FIRE [View All]

-- and fire on a massive scale. Isn't that what caused most loss of life and property in the 1906 earthquake in SF? Fire resulting from broken gas lines or lanterns, spreading like crazy because firetrucks and crews could not reach the fires to put them out?

There have been reports on isolated building fires after Katrina but so far I haven't SEEN any video footage of fires spreading. If the chaos in NO continues, fires could be started by rioting people, trying to get attention and help, or just frustrated and angry. There would be no way to put out fires, I think.

The scope and scale of this is just beyond big, beyond horrific. The logistics are mindboggling. The brilliant organization needed to deal with it simply does not exist in this administration. I can't see how international offers of help would do much good because the U.S. govt would have to "supervise" any workers from other countries and blend them into the relief mix of various groups.

Someone wrote Jack Cafferty an email saying, "Find Rudy Gulianni and send him to New Orleans!"

Which I suppose just points up the difference in how things go when someone in charge shows real leadership ability....