Seems like the media IS good for something after all. In our so-called advanced society, in the 21st century, a big hurricane can easily have us "living like cavemen" in short order. And we can watch it all on the evening news.

Watching New Orleans get basically destroyed, watching the infrastructure crumble, watching the people lose their veneer of civilized behavior, it doesn't take much for it all to hit home.

Then we start asking ourselves, could that happen here? Of course it could. And the really important thing to know is, we can't depend on the federal governmen to come charging in on their white stallions to save us.

That little fact was hammered home night after night in such a way that even Fed afficionadoes could not ignore.

When the chips are down, you are on your own. I believe more people realize that now.

-- Craig