What can we learn from the problems in New Orleans?

So, what can we learn from the Katrina damage to New Orleans, and the response from the Government, at all levels?

It should be obvious. If you depend on the government to meet all your needs, they will let you down.

You can only depend on yourself. Less government in your life is a good thing.

Unfortunately, many people made a decision on their own to stay in the storms path, and now they're causing many folks to risk their lives to save them. So maybe government should be helping them, since they can't make informed decisions on their own.