Ahahaha, my dog, Solon, wouldn't have helped too much, I fear.

I hear you, Kaelynn. The sad fact remains a lot of people who were stranded in NO don't watch the news, don't read the papers and really had no way out. You have to understand poverty -- some people have been living below the poverty line for generations and, for better or worse, rely on government aid.

Sometimes I am pissed at seeing people in my 'hood buy crack with their welfare cheques and then go to the food bank as soon as the money's gone but we protect them, again for better or worse. I would not want to see them stranded on a roof top for five days while the leader of my country was playing guitar at some white collar fundraiser.

jseal,

I am not dissatisfied per se. Officials knew it was coming, the FEMA budget was cut, money is being poured into Iraq and officials didn't acknowledge the slowness of events until it was too late, IMHO.

Please check out Salon's "Reporters Gone Wild" video: http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/20...d/index_np.html

(You can get a free pass to watch it without registering -- you just have to watch a 10-second flash video).

It shows the media finally stepping up to question officials & shows the denial heard from many politicians immediately after the disaster.