blindness

i don't think anyone outside of the deep south can truly comprehend what the fuck is going on down in new orleans and vicinity, myself included. i just don't understand how something like that can happen. the idea of a fucking lake opening up and drowning a city seems so damn antiquated. and now the egocentric ny media can't help but talk about themselves again, now citing the anguish we went through with hurricane gloria back in 1985 (20 years ago! i was in the 1st grade...hi miss sal!). fucking fox network. anyway, the whole ordeal down at the superdome reminds me of saramago's blindness. when nature takes over, the laws of civility fail and desperation sets in. what can we do?