I find myself almost dumbfounded by the complete lack of promptness by the u.s.government to mobilize medical help,military help,and any other kinds of help.The slow response is mystifying in that when 911 happened or the tsunami in Asia happened or earthquakes in California happen the reaction was amazingly quick and severe.IT is also amazing is that this catastrophe happened to the largest seaport in states.The most refineries are here as are the majority of ocean oil rigs.Of course now the gas prices have skyrocketed to record highs.hmmmmmmmmm....some times these coincidences are food for thought.I had to laugh when I saw George Bush's response about gas stations raising prices in the stricken area to almost five dollars a gallon.He said"it should be against the law!!"......sheeeeeesh......hes the darn president,perhaps he might think to make it a law.......I watched and heard a bit of the telethon on NBC last night for the hurricane relief......A young rap artist named kanye west said that racism is the cause for the slowness in response for help .Ii do not agree with his announcement last night on a telethon,but I cant help but see some sense to that which he saying.He said he watched the media show blacks taking food and supplies from a store and the reporter called it looting.However the same reporter a night later showed a group of white men loading a truck with the ssame goods and he called it searching for supplies for their hungry families.................hmmmmmmm.....I am very happy to see the response of people across the u.s. and my home country(Canada).That they are willing to give whatever is available to help the thousands of southerners believe it may take years to get back that which has been lost.This perhaps is a larger disaster to hit the country than even 911......This truly will hit every single American some way or another for quite some time....The economy of the country has taken a huge hit.......And we are wobbling a bit at the moment......But I am sure with hard work and commitment we will endure.....