Katrina Fact Sheet from www.comicrelief.org this year:

850,791 – Number of housing units damaged, destroyed or inaccessible because of Katrina

900 – Approx. number of churches, synagogues and mosques damaged or destroyed by Katrina

83 – Percentage of New Orleans schools damaged by Katrina

100 – Number of destroyed miles on US Hwy 90 running along Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Pascagoula MS

“Eighty percent of New Orleans flooded as a result of this engineering disaster and the majority of the city was uninhabitable for months. The infrastructure of this national treasure was so devastated that, over one year later, there are still neighborhoods without city services…The immense scope of this disaster affects every aspect of daily life.”

Think about that, California. There, but for the Grace of God and the Corps of Engineers, goes us…