WASHINGTON (AP) -- Unheeded warnings, poor planning and apathy in recognizing the scope of Hurricane Katrina's destruction led to the slow emergency response from the White House down to local parishes, a House investigation concludes.
The 600-page report by a special Republican-dominated House inquiry into one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history concluded the federal government's response to Katrina was marked by "fecklessness, flailing and organizational paralysis."
I can hardly wait for the Senate to conclude its investigation, too. I wonder what it'll say. As strongly worded condemnations go, it's tough to beat "fecklessness" and "flailing."