Harry Connick Jr. seems to be going wherever he’s allowed–including the Louisiana Superdome. He was on the Today Show a little bit ago. Knowing what the media is saying, he said he went in prepared to be mugged and shot at. Instead people just looked at him in desperation, hoping, presumably, he might be some sign of hope–maybe water or a shower or a way out. Later in the program, Kerry Sanders did a segment from an airport being used as a make-shift hospital for some worst-cases. He slept there, Couric reportd, and two people near him were dead by the time he woke up. CNN had in the early hours, a reporter on the rooftop of a NO police station, where cops were guarding, because the precinct kept getting shot at.

People are going to die and be angry and hungry and “freak out” as Connick Jr. put it in a disaster like this. I’m pretty sure it’s a sign of a healthy society that so many of us have no patience in the face of this and want to use what we have to help–write a check is what most can do. And pray. I’m still hoping some of the mess of this will be sorted out as more troops get on the ground, as together private organizations are better able to coordinate on the ground–wherever the ground may be. But, wow, will these be some hearings, especially if the intensity of the tragedy doesn’t seem to ease up in the coming days. There will be no patience, nationally, for much more of this. To whatever extent it’s fair, the blame games will only intensify as time goes on.