Well, it finally happened. New Orleans is underwater. Hurricane Katrina blew through and caused levee collapses. The city that was built below sea level is soaked. The streets of N'awlins, normally not considered the cleanest, are now a cesspool of waste. Including dead bodies. Thousands have died, still more thousands have been displaced. There is talk that it will be weeks, even months before power all the water is pumped out of the city and power is restored. It has been a disaster like none other our country has seen. Granted, the lack of response from our lovely government has been to blame for part of it. Can someone please explain to me how every news reporter this side of Europe was able to get down there the day after, but no relief or support from our government was able to for almost a week? And what about those looters? The news showed a man with a microwave on his back, swimming across a flooded street! Nevermind that there is no power and no food. Guess that fool thought FEMA would be handing out frozen dinners, along with generators for everyone. And, believe it or not, here are still people in that city that are refusing to evacuate, perhaps under the delusion that they will survive. No food, no potable water, no power. Maybe it's just me, but a flooded street with a corpse floating by is not the sort of waterfront property I would be interested in keeping. Of course, I did see one interview with the owner of some establishment on the infamous Bourbon Street (it was supposedly a hotel, and from the looks of both her and the building, I'd venture to guess is was an hourly sort of place...if you get my drift) . She kept saying how they were the lucky ones, that the damage had been minimal and that she would reopen for business soon. Um, not to dampen her spirits, but who exactly does she think she is opening her business to? I don't think watching her do 'the dance of the twin tassels' is exactly on anyone's mind. Unless she has a 'Will Dance for Relief Funds' sign out front...
Now if you'll excuse me, I am gotta go get dressed for my one-man Katrina Relief Concert...
