What's our current terror level?
Has anyone else considered the possibility that NOW would be a good time for terrorists to strike, what with all our resources en route to Louisiana?

No, I didn't think so. For such a pro-active government, the Washington crowd seems to be in a very reactive mood these days. From "We've got to get Saddam before he gets us!", we've gone to "Oh, here comes Katrina. Wow, here's Katrina! Ouch! Look what Katrina did. Guess we'd better do something."
The whole effort still seems to be in slow motion. You don't see fleets of helecopters heading into the city, you see one or two heading out or coming back. This is the most powerful nation in the world. Can't it manage to produce a fleet of copters? Of airboats?