Reuters reports that the Canadian search-and-rescue team was rescuing people in St. Bernard Parish, just east of New Orleans, a full five days before the U.S. military got anyone in.

It's so hard not to take any one of a number of cheap shots after that headline.

To be fair, the U.S. military probably did the right thing by focusing their resources on New Orleans proper, considering the way that the place degenerated, but this does underscore just how badly undermanned the area is, putting lie to the claims that FEMA didn't need more help, and that there were enough National Guard units in the area that it didn't matter that half of them were off in Iraq.

Hat tip to Tennessee Guerilla Women.