I was writing during most of the Labor Day break.
During my escape from the laptop, I watched some of the Republican Convention. To prioritize the possible impact of Gustav, convention organizers scaled back and dedicated much of the convention to addressing relief efforts.
Politics, it was noted, was put aside.
Each of the states impacted by the storm have Republican governors, most of whom did video packages on the state's relief effort for the convention. But it was odd that Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, the state hardest hit by the storm a Republican rising star of Indian did not do such a video. At one point, he was a likely vice presidential candidate.
Either way, Gustav was an eery reminder of the federal administration's failures regarding Katrina which hit just three years ago. New Orleans and much of the coastal towns in Mississippi are still ravaged by the storm. Thousands of Katrina victims can't return home. And the efforts to rebuild one of the nation's greatest city's has been unbelievably slow.
Katrina was one of the Bush Administration's greatest failures to its citizens. With all the controversy over Iraq, memories of Katrina had taken a back seat, until now.
So while the conventioneers storm efforts were noted, it was nearly impossible to shelve those awful horror stories from years past - a city drowning before our eyes and a president who allowed it to.
Katrina can't be forgotten.
During my escape from the laptop, I watched some of the Republican Convention. To prioritize the possible impact of Gustav, convention organizers scaled back and dedicated much of the convention to addressing relief efforts.
Politics, it was noted, was put aside.
Each of the states impacted by the storm have Republican governors, most of whom did video packages on the state's relief effort for the convention. But it was odd that Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana, the state hardest hit by the storm a Republican rising star of Indian did not do such a video. At one point, he was a likely vice presidential candidate.
Either way, Gustav was an eery reminder of the federal administration's failures regarding Katrina which hit just three years ago. New Orleans and much of the coastal towns in Mississippi are still ravaged by the storm. Thousands of Katrina victims can't return home. And the efforts to rebuild one of the nation's greatest city's has been unbelievably slow.
Katrina was one of the Bush Administration's greatest failures to its citizens. With all the controversy over Iraq, memories of Katrina had taken a back seat, until now.
So while the conventioneers storm efforts were noted, it was nearly impossible to shelve those awful horror stories from years past - a city drowning before our eyes and a president who allowed it to.
Katrina can't be forgotten.
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