triviageek

Queen Elizabeth II is a very classy lady. She said:

... she was "deeply shocked and saddened" at the devastation caused by the hurricane and expressing her condolences, "especially to the families of those who have lost their lives, to the injured and to all who have been affected by this terrible disaster."

So I'd like to say thank-you to Queen Elizabeth and others outside this country who have expressed condolences to the victims of the hurricane/flooding. Even though I wasn't in the destructive path of Katrina, I'm one of the many Americans who are horrified and visibly upset at what we're seeing on the news about the disaster.

I also remember how Queen Elizabeth while attending a memorial service for the victims of 9/11 struggled to sing our national anthem (which is a nearly unsingable song even for Americans who are used to it) and which the news commenter said the monarch was doing out of respect for our loss (ie. UK monarchs don't normally sing foreign anthems).

Like I said, I think Queen Elizabeth is a classy lady.