Wilma

History will show 2005 to be the year that the United States government, particularly its Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), fell asleep at the helm during Hurricane Katrina. More than six months after the storm that devastated the Gulf Coast, washing away hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses and taking 1,300 lives, former FEMA Director Michael Brown and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff were among the poster children for the government’s utter failure to react to the tragedy. Blame has been abundant and, ultimately, the saga left a deep scar on the Bush Administration. This tragic and sorry episode in American history has

The problem with the new-age media is that it bombards us with information and images almost as an event happens. Picture how terrifying it would have been to watch Pearl Harbor come under attack in real time. The events of 9/11 brought us perhaps closer to unfolding tragedy than we've ever been. Last December's tsunami and the strikes by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma further underscored how in touch we have become with human suffering, witnessing victims in need of assistance even before they receive the aid. And though it's not as if we forget the tragedy and human suffering so soon after

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