Katrina, Gustav: Deja vu all over again

As Hurricane Gustav heads for the Gulf toward New Orleans, Facing South, the blog of the Institute for Southern Studies, has issued its three-year anniversary retrospective of Hurricane Katrina and the government’s pathetic and apathetic response to the disaster. For a quick, and yes, painful read, check out the Pain Index, which ranks N.O. as the No. 1 U.S. in vacant and ruined housing.