[Shane@DBPerformance]

It's good to see how well they respond to a large scale disaster that they knew was going to happen. It was only a matter of time before this happened to New Orleans and they watched the storm go right towards the city for a few days. What would happen if there was some sort of major terrorist event involving a small nuclear device or a dirty bomb that affects an entire metro area(not just a few blocks like in NYC)? Would they sit around for a month in bureaucracy try to figure out what to do, since most of their military resources are over in Iraq and most of the personnel in the affected area are already dead or injured already.

They will probably just rebuild and get hit again sometime, just like they do in Florida. The sad part is that hurricane activity historically goes in cycles and we are just barely into a cycle of increased and more violent hurricane activity that can last for decades.