yes .... the rest of the world is watching ...... helplessly.

This disaster could never have been seriously considered as a possibility. It was never prepared for and what preparations were made are hopelessly inadequate.

This disaster covers an area the size of England ... to come anywhere near to coping it needs the full resources that the USA can provide, but with 30% of the National Guard and other military resources tied up in Iraq there is no way that help will come to many people. The very old, the very young and the vulnerable will die in ever increasing numbers.

However powerful and important the USA thought it was, nature has shown its vulnerabilities to the world and the world is watching.