A Seuss-ical version of the choices and blunders associated with the great after-flood, following the great storm, would be more straightforward and instructive than most of what we are getting from current sources.
In lieu of that, check out Charles Krauthammer’s taxonomy of culprits. No clever cats, but plenty of skunks to go around.
Addendum: see Roy’s recent post on the timeliness of this analysis.
