Polianiac

Timing is everything; and today’s timing of response to and commentary about The Republican National Convention, Hurricane Gustav, and what lies ahead is simply behind the curve of what is factually known. This is one of those moments where relating news, translating news, commentary on news is simply inadequate to the immediate needs of anyone personally affected by this storm. Let me say it another way: Hurricanes are not Political; although they are indeed politically significant.

Since making landfall in Cuba, Gustav seems to not be cooperative as an agent for the Republican Political Machine. To New Orleans Mayor, Ray Nagin: No Mayor, this is not the “mother of all storms”. That was Katrina, the one you hid from on the “24^th Floor of the Hyatt” (The Great Deluge, p. 571).Anyone who knows anything about hurricanes knows they act as if they have a mind of their own. Gustav may not be cooperating as a Political Agent for Change and/or Redemption. So what of the politicization of matters that should never have been made Political? Obviously some lessons are hard to learn.

For up-to-date information about this storm, the National Hurricane Center is the obvious best bet.