Seamus wrote:
> ""Government at all levels failed," Sen. Susan Collins (news, bio,
> voting record), R-Maine, said at the Capitol. She announced that the
> Senate Governmental Affairs Committee would hold hearings, adding, "It
> is difficult to understand the lack of preparedness and the ineffective
> initial response to a disaster that had been predicted for years, and
> for which specific, dire warnings had been given for days."

Here's the new Popular Science magazine. They have a 6 to 9 month lead
time. No excuses.

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/

Pastorio