Michele Catalano, meanwhile, is pretty unimpressed with the people who decided to stay in New Orleans and party through the hurricane. And Rob A. notes that Katrina is a Cat 5 while Andrew was only a 4: "Since I work in insurance, I can assure you that Andrew still scares the crap out of the entire industry." [LATER: Several readers email to note that subsequent analysis led to Andrew being upgraded to a Cat 5.]
UPDATE: Reader C.J. Burch emails: "Michele is on the money. Evil Knevil wouldn't stay in New Orleans right now. Everyone that prays should offer one for the gulf coast right now."
Except for James Wolcott, I guess, who presumably is praying to Gaia as usual for an increase in wind speeds and storm surge. Me, I'm not as big a fan of "Mother Nature's fist of fury." Either as reality, or as really cheesy writing . . ..
MORE STILL: Wolcott has pulled the roooting for hurricanes / fist of fury post, and is receiving praise from some quarters: "Some bloggers will no doubt criticize Wolcott for pulling the post, but it was the right move, and a classy one. It's easy to make a bad joke. It's a lot harder to admit it was bad."
LATER: Hmm. Wolcott says he pulled the post, but it's still there.
