Current hydra of a disaster will almost certainly be more costly than Katrina

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110323/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_earthquake_economy


     It looks like the disaster in Japan is going to be the most monetarily costly disaster in history by passing Hurrican Katrina.  This is troubling to hear, especially because we have just been given an insider's look at Katrina. 
     Trouble the water focused a lot on the idea of the government failing its people.  I wonder how we will grade the Japanese government's assistance in the current disaster.  How will Japan's (and the world's) response to this disaster compare with the response to Hurricane Katrina?