New Orleans and even 911 are nothing new and are a picnic compared to other things that have happened in the past as horrible as those events are. In the early 1900s Galveston, Texas was wiped off the map by a hurricane. It was built back. Hurricane Kamille destroyed the Mississippi coast in the 1960s. It was built back. Didn't Chicago suffer a great fire? It still stands. Even this is nothing compared to the suffering and hardships endured by our forefathers of the 18th and 19th centuries. In the American War for Independence the British burned towns and cities and "destroyed the lives of our people", in some areas Patriot and Torys burned each other out fighting each other who were once neighbors. In the War of 1812, Washington and teh white house were almost burned to the ground, but by God's grace a hurricane intervened along with a Tornedo and the city was saved. In the War Between the States and even reconstruction farms, villages, towns, cities and nearly entire states were burned and bombed off map from Texas to Virginia. Picture it, women and children left with nothing but ashes. No cell phones, no paramedics, no National Guard with helicopters, no modern medicines, no Astrodome, no shelters, no FOX news to talk to. All they could do was travel on foot for hundreds of miles in the wilderness (and that was worse than someone in NY driving to California back then) in hopes of finding some remnant of civilization. Even if they did come upon their own army, the army could do little to help them as the army wasn't much better off (in fact, in the case of the Continnentals and Confederates, the army was worse off). But the Western Christian culture sustained, survived and thrived off of these hardships. Civilization still exists.
Yes these are hard times we face, but things could be A LOT worse. Since I believe in a Sovereign Almighty God and that Jesus is King of Kings and Lord of Lords all is under control. I don't worry about or visualize a "Mad Maxing" of America. Yes the American government and Union may fall within 100 years or so. Big deal. A good man heard once said "Organizations and programs die out, but the natural (that is culture, kith and kin) always comes back around and survives) The Roman Empire fell, but with the spreading of Christianity in Rome's place, many Christian kingdoms and countries of Europe grew out of her ashes. (England, Scotland, France, Italy, Spain, etc.) As Robert E. Lee once said, "it is history that teaches us to hope."