I've been watching CNN's coverage of Hurricane Gustav, which is currently at Category 4 strength and almost certain to do a lot of damage to someone somewhere.
It makes me wish there'd been more mention at the Democratic Convention of Katrina. There are still people out there who I suspect have filed that one away in the "Act of God" file, denying how much of that disaster was man-made. It's arguable how much of what went wrong was because the levees that were built in and around New Orleans were shoddy and inadequate, and how much was due to inept rescue and response. Clearly though, a lot of people didn't do their jobs and as a result, lives and homes were lost.
Gustav is looking real scary. I sure hope someone learned something from Katrina and was able to apply it.