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Hopefully the current administration checked the references for R. David Paulison before saying he's in line to be the new FEMA Director. From what I read he sounds like he knows what is going on and how to handle a disaster. As a Miami native, he probably knows a thing or two about destructive hurricanes.

And another NOLA tid bit that I picked up on from ZipperSeven was a quote from Robert LeBlanc (who everyone in NOLA apparently knows): "I think we need to get this story out. Some of what is being portrayed among the media is happening and is terrible, but it is among a very small group of people, not the majority. They make it seem like New Orleans has somehow taken the atmosphere of the mobs in Mogadishu portrayed in the book and movie "Black Hawk Down," which is making volunteers (including us) more hesitant and rescue attempts more difficult."

So that's got to bring a small glimmer of hope for us here in the outside world. We know that the conditions are horrible, but with people like LeBlanc who as soon as the levies broke was on a boat trying to get people out of their houses, there is hope yet. We're pulling for you Gulf Coast.