Today and editorial in The NYTimes asks a sobering and scary question of the government:

Katrina’s Assault on Washington – New York Times

There are dozens of questions Americans will demand to have answered once this emergency has passed. If the Homeland Security Department was so ill prepared for a natural disaster that everyone knew was coming, how is it equipped to handle other kinds of crises?

The ineptitude continues. Of course, Bush was on vacation when it was time to prepare.