Posts Tagged ‘New Orleans’

CALIFORNIA UBER ALLES!

October 25, 2007

Schwarzenegger handles fire, doesn’t get burned
California’s Guy-in-Charge showed up at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium, and declared, “The people are happy. They have everything here.” This Associated Press story about the aftermath of the California wildfires isn’t the first to draw comparisons with Hurricane Katrina–we have bands, buffets and massage therapists; New Orleans got . One [...]

ALL IS WELL, FEMA SAID SO

October 24, 2007

You know, I woke up today and I was worried. I saw the pictures of fires threatening or destroying homes, heard that one million people had been forced to flee their homes and that an area roughly the size of Rhode Island had been scorched. Yes, I will admit, I was concerned. And then, it [...]

 

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