Project Katrina

Saying the response of the Federal government to Gustav was superior to Katrina really isn’t saying much of anything is it. From the Associated Press:

Relieved and upbeat, President Bush declared Monday that the government had responded “a lot better” to Hurricane Gustav than it did to deadly Hurricane Katrina, which obliterated the Gulf Coast three years ago and damaged his administration’s credibility for handling major crises.

Eager to show that officials had learned the tragic lessons of Katrina, Bush scrapped an opening-night speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., and flew instead to emergency command centers in Texas. He landed shortly after a weakened Gustav hit Cocodrie, La., 72 miles southwest of New Orleans. Once feared as a monster storm more frightening than Katrina, Gustav struck only a glancing blow on New Orleans.

“The coordination on this storm is a lot better than on—than during Katrina,” said Bush, who left a hurricane briefing in Austin smiling, shaking hands with emergency workers and posing for pictures.