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Gleaned from CBC.ca on the destruction wreaked by Katrina:

MISSISSIPPI:

Deaths: At least 100 in Harrison County, home to Biloxi and Gulfport.

At least 900,000 customers statewide were without power, utilities said.

The storm obliterated hundreds of waterfront homes, businesses, community landmarks and condominiums.

Water swamped the emergency operations center at Hancock County courthouse, which sits nine metres above sea level. The back of the courthouse collapsed.

"I can only imagine that this is what Hiroshima looked like 60 years ago," said Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour after touring the destruction by air.

Now, not to lessen the carnage that is currently Mississippi, but Hiroshima looked much different.

The difference:
Death-fire-by-atomic-bomb-sent-by-human-Americans
versus
death-water-storm-sent-by-Mother-Nature/God

Now, if he'd said Mississippi looked like Indonesia after the Tsunami, well, maybe.

Just an irksome quirk for the day.