Next in the series

Sim likes to illuminate euro-think for all us ignorant Americans. I would like to offer this piece of..well, anyway, this piece as the next installment:

Hurricane Katrina is big news for German commentators, whatever their ilk. For some, the powerful storm which slammed the Gulf Coast on Monday, is a symbol of the sort of environmental terrors awaiting the world thanks to global warming and proof positive that America needs to quickly reverse its policy of playing down climate change. For the more conservative, it is simply another regrettable natural catastrophe.