One would have thought US would be pretty good at crisis management. Many Australians were very impressed with the way the Canadians handled a recent plane take-off accident, where there were zero casualties. Equally impressive was the way the British authorities handled the aftermath of the recent bombings in London. It came as a shock to me therefore to wake up to the news that New Orleans is in utter chaos after Katrina’s destructive blast. What caused such chaotic aftermaths? Rescue missions had to be held back because of shootings in the streets? Why were there shootings in the first place? Was uncontrolled looting the cause? I’ve heard of New Orleans being a pretty free sort of a place but there appears to be absolutely no restrains of any kind going on here. I prayed for that city for the first time ever. I think it was the first time I prayed for any city in the US. Not even when the World Trade Centre was attacked, did I pray for the US. Later when Elysia and I prayed before leaving the house, we prayed for New Orleans again. It is tempting to think of it as a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah type of retribution, seeing that New Orleans is probably what one may call a city of sins of sorts, but it is a city full of loving, ordinary decent people, I’m sure. May God have mercy on the people there and bring deliverance soon.