Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Katrina: Time's Man of the Year?

Yellow Dog Blog: CNN�s Most Popular Stories Reveal Much About Us: " Katrina proposed as Time's Person of the Year. Time magazine's 2005 Person of the Year may not be a person after all. A panel of notables has made a strong case for awarding the distinction this year to Hurricane Katrina."

Amen. Future scholars may well recognize Katrina as the most important storm in American history, if not world history. To my knowledge, no other storm has been responsible for bringing down a national government. Epidemics, yes. Storms, no. And the pandemic is yet to come-- not we hope!

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