Katrina Death Counts

I really wanted to hold off and not say anything about the death counts of Katrina, but I think it's safe to say that the predicted 10,000+ is not going to materialize. Daily Kos has an accounting that I'm sure no one can understand - I think it is meant to repeat over and over the same numbers to make the death count appear as high and as unreadable as possible to highlight how George Bush has American blood on his hands.

There was chaos and anarchy in New Orleans for a couple of days. Order has been restored. America will recover. America has endured much more horrific anarchy and chaos and survived much greater hardship - see the Civil War, see the Great Depression. Is there any reason to think we can't handle this situation? Yet, everyone, fueled the media, seems to be "getting off" on how American can't handle itself - that we descended into a third world country, etc, etc. This whole line of logic is nutso. Does anyone truly believe this? I think not. But what I find interesting is WHY do people WANT to believe this? Would the world be a better place if America were like a third world country? Would anyone, including people living in the "third world" be better off? People are crazy, people are crazy.