"George Patterson" wrote in message
news:GwNUe.4455$c27.1695@trndny01...
Tough ****. They did everything they could. The Feds are the ones who
fell down on they job.

Everything? Let's not get carried away. The hazard of a hurricane has been
known for decades, and the local governments only finally got consensus on
what to do around 1998.

There's plenty of blame to go around for everyone, from local all the way up
to the federal level.

The really offensive part is that not enough people will see any of this as
a problem worth caring about. The next disaster that comes along, we will
probably have been well aware of its potential, and we will have done
nothing to prepare for it.

Pete