life trumps satire, again

[topaz]

The Onion could do no better, folks:

"FEMA Sends Trucks Full Of Ice For Katrina Victims To Maine"

http://ksdk.com/news/us_world_article.aspx?storyid=85020

Thanks to keyne for the link.

Comments

[redheadedmuse.livejournal.com]

there were three headlines in the Onion the week Katrina struck that I later saw in actual news stories.

[harimad.livejournal.com]

That was a common Watergate-era complaint: the satirists and political cartoonists couldn't keep ahead of real life. Every time they thought they'd exaggerated and parodied beyond belief, the idea hit the real-news headlines the next week.