Katrina

So we now know what would happen if a Catastrophic Natrual Disaster were to strike a "modern" city, and what we see is not pretty. This wasn't New York, London or Paris, but even in this small metropolis the scenes of devastation and anarchy can be viewed as just a small hint of what could happen in a larger scale. Now do you want to pause and think what an atomic weapon might do to a city like New York. Thats right, neither do I.

Its now already very clear, that this was a disaster that mainly killed the lower class. What did the governments expect those with out easy access to transportation out of the city to do? They weren't even able to evacuate them after the fact. Hopefully that is one thing we might learn from this. Right now I don't want to dwell on the mistakes and blame game aspect, right now the focus should be on the people and the tradgedy. The Cops and civilians out on the street who were being shot at, yet went out to save lives. One can not blame the hundreds of police that handed in their badges after the situation turned to anarchy, and you really feel the pain of those who officers who committed suicide.

On the Subject of anarchy
Pirkei Avot:
ג,ב רבי חנניה סגן הכוהנים אומר, הוי מתפלל בשלומה של מלכות--שאלמלא מוראה, איש את ריעהו חיים בלעו
so in case you never fully appreciated how important a government is, we can see what America would turn into with out a government, a situation which brings imagery of the flood generation of Noah.

May we see the quick reconnection of Secular and Religous Jews in ISrael and greater peace bewteen all of Humankind