'Hurricane' Building Codes: Rock?... or Sand?

I couldn't help making a connection between these two stories:

1) "Some evacuees see religious message in Katrina"

...some bristled at the role of religion in helping the afflicted. "We're getting reports of how some religion-based 'aid' groups are trying to fly evangelists into the stricken areas and how U.S. Army chaplains are carrying bibles -- not food or water -- to 'comfort' people," Ellen Johnson, president of American Atheist, said in a statement. "People need material aid, medical care and economic support -- not prayers and preaching." [emphasis added]

2) "Amid horror, 2 officers commit suicide"

Sergeant Paul Accardo was the public face of the New Orleans Police Department, a spokesman who went in front of the TV camera on a regular basis... "He lost everything he owned... He just could not find a way to wrap his mind around what had happened. There was despair in his eyes and sorrow. All I can say is it is more than he could handle." ...Accardo and his wife had separated a few months back, and Accardo was in a "fragile" state. [emphasis added]

Sad. Very sad. No, people need a lot more than material aid, medical care and economic support. A lot more. Clean water to drink is essential, but it will never rival the other kind, (Matt 7:24-28):

"...everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash." When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching.

Please pray that troubled NOPD officers Lawrence Celestine and Paul Accardo may rest in peace, and that their families may be comforted in their loss.