As fingers are pointed and blame being shuffled, one thing remains clear -- the residents of the New Orleans are something special. In a bad way... Warring parties aren't usually shooting at each other's medical evacuation operations, but in New Orleans rescue helicopters were taking fire.

Compared to this, the reports of a Police Station (Fort Apache) being shot at from the nearby low income housing project is child's play. Various parts of Florida are flooded every year, and crime rises, but there was never a need to deploy armed soldiers!

Ok, so for Floridians this is a regular occurance. Maybe. But New York is not losing its electricity very often. Yet when that last happened in 2003, the crime in the City actually dropped by some accounts. People were the friendliness itself, the worst accusations were against some drivers trying to "gauge" people for a ride home. This author walked home from where the free shuttle bus dropped him off picking up some free ice-cream along the way.

Ok, so New Yorkers are more sophisticated and advanced. Mmm, I knew, you'll think that. They aren't -- the blackout of 1977 is a dark page in the City's history, complete with widespread looting, arson, etc.

I'm finally down to making my profoundly partisan observation:

The Democratic local governments are a good indicator of the city being riot-prone in unusual circumstances.

Hate me, but can you add a substantial counter-example to the above table?

Seems like this guy is right.