The fifth element.

My pet goat AKA the Chimp, is in a world of his own it seems. How he
managed to burn the pumps that are supposed to drain New Orleans is
beyond me. But catch fire they did.

In the pouring rain:

NEW ORLEANS New Orleans officials say three massive drainage pumps
caught fire during heavy rain today and will be out of commission at
least a month.
Insulated wiring in dozens of pumps, including the three that caught
fire, was damaged by salt water that flooded the city after major levee
breaks caused by Hurricane Katrina. G- Joseph Sullivan, general
superintendent for the city's Sewerage and Water Board, says salt water
and 100-year-old insulation on wires is just not compatible.

Because the salt-water flooding was caused by breaks in federal levees,
the U-S Army Corps of Engineers has pledged to pay nearly 37 (m)
million dollars to repair the pump motors at 24 stations around the
city.

However, the Corps, focusing much of its attention on levee repairs,
has yet to bid out any of the contracts and does not expect the work to
be complete until September 2007.

Sullivan says the city already paid for emergency repairs to two other
pumps that caught fire after Katrina. And, he says the board will now
seek bids to fix the pumps damaged today.

Sullivan says he hopes to have the pumps -- each of which can move
seven-thousand-500 gallons of water a second out of city streets --
working by June.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4824965

So what is keeping that idiot in power despite air earth fire and water
all having a go at him?

Am I being just a teensy weensie, little bit unfair to the fool?
Fec him. He should have one stuffed up his arse and switched on.

(How much is seven thousand 500 gallons BTW?)