http://drumsnwhistles.disqus.com/photos, pugs and all that jazzenSun, 28 Oct 2007 15:55:42 -0000http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/10/24/attention-mainstream-media-quit-comparing-soca-fires-to-katrina/#comment-3779551<p>Great post! FEMA is more ready now than they were, but that doesn't rebuild Katrina victims' homes. Police and Firefighters learned a lot from 9/11, too, but it doesn't make that terrible day less of a tragedy.</p>DaisySun, 28 Oct 2007 15:55:42 -0000http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/10/24/attention-mainstream-media-quit-comparing-soca-fires-to-katrina/#comment-3779552<p>The difference between the California fires and Katrina is black and white!</p>John StevensSun, 28 Oct 2007 10:32:08 -0000http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/10/24/attention-mainstream-media-quit-comparing-soca-fires-to-katrina/#comment-3779554<p>Great Post! I think FEMA has learned something. They have a different director, David Paulison, who is competent for a change, and they have learned to be proactive (see the USA Today story, "Federal response was more sure-footed in Calif. than it was after Katrina," Oct 25, p. 6A). But everything else you wrote is spot-on.</p>Chip NevilleFri, 26 Oct 2007 21:20:25 -0000http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2007/10/24/attention-mainstream-media-quit-comparing-soca-fires-to-katrina/#comment-3779553<p>Amen. You've articulated perfectly something that has really been bugging me, too.</p>DonnaThu, 25 Oct 2007 12:04:52 -0000