>I guess we'll find out the next time a huge, unexpected disaster strikes. The Bush administration has promised us that improvements have been made. We'll see. For some reason I am skeptical about their promises at this point, can't imagine why.
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>Do you really think Katrina will soon be a forgotten event? That's an honest question, not a leading one. FWIW I don't. Along with the SF earthquake and fire it is IMO the biggest natural disaster in U.S. history.

It will not be forgotten that weasily nationally and of course locally. We went through many hurricanes in Florida, yet the last big one, Andrew (1992), and its lessons are still remembered.