Great Diversions: Hurricanes, Wars, etc.
"The real hurricane chasers are the real masters of the art of diversion" Some of the worst storms in American history included Hurricane Beulah in 1967, Hurricane Carla in 1961 and Tropical Storm Amelia in 1978. Of course, Hurricane Katrina may have trumped all of these as far as devastation and cost. Yet all storms have something in common, the power to divert people’s attention. Being raised in the great Southwest of Houston, I should know. Even though young, most people who I knew were not thinking about the War in Viet Nam, or high crime rates. We were all thinking about trying to stay alive as Hurricane Beulah approached. Wars are probably the other most understated vice for mischief. It doesn ’t matter whether it is an illegal war or a legal war. Once it gets started, it becomes one of the greatest vices for misdeeds by those in power. If President Bush hasn ’t had the sense to do anything else during his Administration, through his genius of starting wars, he had eff