180 mph winds, tornados, 23 foot storm surges, and busting levees are pretty damned frightening. But unfortunately, even these things are not as disturbing as what we see when the hurricane blows away the covering of ignorance and denial surrounding our country... it is not pretty. Everyone is bringing politics into this, of course. I am not a big fan of Bush but in my opinion this stretches way beyond him. It is pathetic that in the most powerful country in the world, thousands of people are left to die in a storm experts have been predicting the eventual occurrence of for decades. And it's not too hard to see the demographics of who is being abandoned.
I just hope it all ends soon. This will turn out to be the worst US natural disaster in terms of human life and lost infastructure since the earthquake that utterly destroyed san francisco in 1906. The death toll and damage to the economy is likely to make september 11th, 2001 look like a pleasant sunny day.
As always, it is important to enjoy our lives because we are priveliged to not be faced with what these people have to deal with. I have a new job, a new car, and will soon have a new place to live as well. My family and friends are, for the most part, doing well. I just hope things get better for people on the Gulf Coast
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