the fog of (urban) war

About that helicopter-shooting incident:

"At the Superdome, we have a report that one shot was fired at a Chinook helicopter," [...]

Laura Brown, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman in Washington, said she had no such report. (link)

On the other hand, you have to consider other such official statements as "who could have know the levees would be breached" and the guy who is in theory somewhere in charge allegedly not knowing about the mess in the Convention Centre until at least a day after I'd read about it on the net. As the man says, the truth lies somewhere in between.

National Disaster Preparedness Month

I guess the ad campaign was already rolling and paid for and what not. It just seems particularly ironic. ( An ad banner I was just served )