Hurricane!

The President's ratings have fallen after the response to Hurricane Katrina.

Word from Florida suggests that much of the damage wreaked by Hurricane Ivan last year has not yet been repaired. I will be very surprised if New Orleans is restored to normality within the next decade. The only good thing is that Bush and Cheney will be long retired by then. Maybe their successors will realise that they must take the initiative when a disaster occurs but before the drama becomes a tragedy.