Now that the blame game has started, and the Jesse Jackson's of the world with everybody and their mother are on TV pointing the finger at the Federal Government and Bush. (Some idiots have actually had the nerve to blame Hurricane Katrina on President Bush) I will also assign blame. The Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana have to share a big part of the blame for the way the aftermath of the storm has played out. They were complacent. They did not take the warnings seriously and didn't evacuate the people. They just filled up the Superdome with people like herd, crossed their fingers and hoped for the best. The picture above shows hundreds of school buses that could have been used to get people to safer ground. They weren't used. Lack of leadership and lack of planning. This is the lesson for history as I see it. The next time a hurricane comes around, you bet your ass people will take it seriously and get out of Dodge, for we now have seen the awesome power of nature at work. Unfortunately for the victims of the current crisis is too late.
I also find incomprehensible the fact that people are complaining about the rescuers not arriving, and yet when they arrive they are shot at by thugs. From what I have seen in TV, the rescue effort is massive and is underway. Unfortunately the scale of the disaster is just too overwhelming, and any nation, including all the ones that are playing Monday morning quarterback, criticizing the U.S. from abroad wouldn't have fared much better.
This is a wake up call for everybody. Hopefully we will be better prepared for the next one.
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