From seeing 20 people watch the same event and tell you 20 different opinions on what they saw, saying "this is how it really is" is as accurate as any media coverage out there. "This is how I and my friends see it down in Louisiana" is more like it.
People blaming George Bush for this is just unfounded, and the media coverage may be over dramatized for the sake of ratings, but you know what? I'm glad the media is comparing this to 9/11, the tsunami disaster and whatever else. If that type of inaccurate coverage keep people in line and speed things up and save a few extra lives, I'm all for it.
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Most people around here know that those folks that are dead or stranded did it to themselves. We feel sorry for them, to an extent. Alot of folks around here also feel that these people are keeping the authorities from focusing on repairing the damage.
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Honestly, my intial reaction after the hurricane hit FLA was this: "Dying in a hurricane has got to be the dumbest way to die."
But WTF, what is more important, saving lives or repairing the damage?
Blaming the victims only slows down the rescue effort. And frankly, blaming people for not leaving is as unproductive as blaming George Bush for changes in the weather.
We can blame whoever later but right now, I don't care if people are shooting at choppers and flipping over rescue boats. There are people dying/suffering out there and that has got to stop.