People forget that Katrina is not the first hurricane 
    FEMA has worked under Brown. He handled all four of the 
    hurricanes that hit Florida last year. Since Florida has 
    a competent governor, there was no indication that he was 
    inadequate to the task.

    People are overblowing the response to terrorism fear. Al 
    Qaeda can only fantasize about causing the damage Katrina 
    did. What few comments they have made suggest they are 
    somewhat envious of the power of nature. At this point al 
    Qaeda has been reduced to back pack bombs outside of Iraq 
    and in Iraq they are incapable of making a militarily 
    significant attack. Perhaps they wish they had thought of 
    blowing the New Orleans levee, but they are clearly 
    having difficulty getting their troops into the US 
    despite our border problems.