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[ptolle]

Not to be cold or anything, but the people in New Orleans now know somewhat how the people of Baghdad live from day to day. Except the iraqis might welcome the water they'd probably gin up a means of boiling it to disinfect and keep on keeping on.If nothing else it's got to show some people just how little our technological development actually insulates us from the realities of nature.That said I empathize with those who've lost virtually everything and face the enormous cleanup and rebuilding tasks.