the counterattack in the ardennes.he germans figured out they had less than a week of fuel supplies and in some cases carried rubber hoses to siphon fuel and gas out of allied vehicles. this was an army that early in the war had won victories based on mobility. and it was losing by 44-45 because it was incapable of moving any longer. it was incapable, when you think also to the battle of the bulge, of effectively attacking in daylight. one of the reasons the battle of the bulge happened is because it was in the middle of bad weather. that was deliberate, to avoid allied air attack. one of the net results of the allied campaign that have so reduced the german air force by attrition. and an inability to fly due to aviation fuel which left allies with default with air superiority. take a look. the attack on oil -- remember we said, we essentially eliminated it by august of 44, this is the plant in romania. attack synthetic plants. gas, in of aviation some cases down to 5% or 6%. and the attack on railways and waterways. t

. >> ardennes 1800 people lost their lives in a million displaced residents. we are now going to pay that for the destruction of katrina to the recovery. the points are made by the united states postal service. this slide from "the new york times" shows one year after katrina where folks had relocated to using the u.s. postal service. 270,000 households in the area had file change of address forms of the u.s. postal service in one year later 200,000 were still having their mail forwarded. >> as a result of katrina, new orleans residents were spread across the country in the immediate aftermath of residents were placed in various modes of transportation and sent out to different parts of the country. what did this mean? this man lives are changed forever and stability had to become an essential factor in survival. the pre-katrina life of everyone affected was temporarily frozen on 829. on a personal note going back to the new orleans field office three months later i went to my desk. the calendar was that on the day we left. people with coffee mugs were in the