One of the main problems is that due to the increasing flooding instead of receding water...there are limited roads in & out of the city. Even via helicopter there is a limit to what these organizations can do to help right now.

New Orleans is below sea level. The land was literally drained and built upon in the early 1920's. For many years the city has dodged this kind of bullet, when hurricane after hurricane eventually managed head in a different direction and/or carry a bit less power. New Orleans didn't even get the most powerful brunt of Katrina...that hit Biloxi, Mississippi. There have been predictions for years that one day a storm of this magnitude would hit, and when it did the infrastructure of New Orleans would be virtually destroyed.

Now it's happened. And while the people of that region are the most directly affected and in need of our help...this will eventually have an impact on ALL of us, and not just with regard to gas/oil prices as we are now seeing.

This is one of the things that must be expected when we continue to habitate every bit of land that is available...even when nature suggests that a particular area might just not be meant for that purpose.

I'll be donating money on the Red Cross website today (www.redcross.org). How 'bout the rest of you?

Apple