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Katrina Packing Wind of Nearly 175 Mph (Mayor irresponsible in evac delay)
BC ^ | August 28, 2005 | Mary Foster

Posted on 08/28/2005 3:53:54 PM PDT by BJungNan

Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The mayor ordered an immediate evacuation Sunday for all of New Orleans, a city sitting below sea level with 485,000 inhabitants, as Hurricane Katrina bore down with wind revving up to nearly 175 mph and threats of a massive storm surge.

Acknowledging that large numbers of people, many of them stranded tourists, would be unable to leave before the eye of the storm strikes land sometime Monday morning, the city set up 10 places of last resort including the Superdome.

``This is a once in a lifetime event,'' Mayor Ray Nagin said. ``The city of New Orleans has never seen a hurricane of this magnitude hit it directly.''

The mayor said a direct hit by Katrina's storm surge would likely top the levees that protect the city from the surrounding water of Lake Pontchartrain, the Mississippi River and marshes. The bowl-shaped city must pump water out even during normal times, and the hurricane threatened electricity that runs the pumps.

``We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared,'' Nagin said.

President Bush urged people living in the path of Katrina to take the storm extremely seriously and follow orders to evacuate to higher ground. A day after declaring an emergency for Louisiana, Bush declared an emergency for the state of Mississippi and pledged federal support.

``We cannot stress enough the danger this hurricane poses to Gulf Coast communities,'' Bush told reporters on his ranch in Crawford, Texas.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: hurricanekatrina; katrina; mayor; neworleans; raynagin
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To: Howlin; freeangel
I hope you told her he's not responsible for everything on the face of the earth.

Not to mention that fact that Bush definitely does not control the Louisiana National Guard.

101 posted on 08/28/2005 7:12:45 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (The left won't be happy until Judge Roberts performs an abortion on the Senate floor.)
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To: coconutt2000
I wonder what the media would be saying if Mayor Nagin had been a Republican...

I'm sure there are people hard at work, putting together their 'talking points'...this WILL get politicized, unless Katrina hangs a hard U-Turn and dies in the gulf.

102 posted on 08/28/2005 7:13:57 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Cindy, ya shoulda stuck with "offshore drilling" as your cause)
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To: Bittersweetmd
freeangel: My dear dem mother asked me today why the President did not send the National Guard in with buses to get people out of there.

Bittersweetmd: I WONDER THE SAME THING AND I am a Republican.

The only way you could wonder this is if you are ignorant. Bush does not control the National Guard.

103 posted on 08/28/2005 7:14:32 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (The left won't be happy until Judge Roberts performs an abortion on the Senate floor.)
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To: Powerclam

FNC had Haley Barbour on the phone, and he remembered how during Hurricane Camille a bunch of people having one of those hurricane parties got themselves killed (I think he said "dozens"). Camille was in 1969 and killed 256 in all.


104 posted on 08/28/2005 7:19:47 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Rebelbase

Looks like the face on Mars.

Quick call Art Bell.


105 posted on 08/28/2005 7:22:30 PM PDT by nairBResal
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To: Half Vast Conspiracy

Precisely!


106 posted on 08/28/2005 7:24:30 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Lokibob; wardaddy
mandatory last 18 hours, voluntary 24 hours before that.... It is easy to sharpshoot decisions, isn't it?

As wardaddy pointed out, your time reference is not correct. Many, many people are now wondering why they did not order a mandatory evac yesterday. I escaped Ivan last fall, and we took off 2 days prior. It was mandatory all along the coast earlier than this ordered evacuation. Already, even CNN is beginning to ask "Was this evacuation handled appropriately?"

If there is tremendous loss of life (I pray that is not the case), the mayor and govenor's actions are going to come under a microscope. Myself, I believe storms like this are an act of Almighty God. But this thread was almost immediately about the evacuation delay, even in an editorial to the title (Mayor irreponsible in evac delay.

I am not sure what is going to happen, but this is going to be a mess.

107 posted on 08/28/2005 7:33:43 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: BJungNan

"Why did Mayor Ray Nagin wait so long."



For the same reason the mayor in Jaws didn't want to shut down Amity Beach after the first shark attack...


109 posted on 08/28/2005 7:52:10 PM PDT by Blzbba (For a man who does not know to which port he is sailing, no wind is favorable - Seneca)
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To: ErnBatavia
Speaking of city politics and bumbling politicians....Desert Hot Springs is making the Sun's headlines on just about a daily basis. You live in quite the hot spot!

You got that right. And you ain't heard the half of it.

They are on their way out if our group is successful. We are working on it!Stayed tuned to The Desert Sun - and thanks to The Desert Sun for their excellent reporting. If not for them, much of this would not have come to light.

By the way, how much does your city pay it's city manager? I bet it is not $322,000 but I also understand it is not far off that mark.

If you want more information, you can go to...

GoGov.com/deserthotsprings.htm

Friends of Desert Hot Springs

110 posted on 08/28/2005 7:56:01 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: ErnBatavia
Actually 24 hours (he did so around 5am your/my Coachella Valley time).

More than one person has it with a shorter time frame than that. When did he make the announcement? Was it today? At what time today (New Orleans time)?

111 posted on 08/28/2005 8:01:27 PM PDT by BJungNan
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To: savedbygrace
It's clearly a nipple.

An inny or an outy?

112 posted on 08/28/2005 8:02:43 PM PDT by benjaminjjones
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To: BJungNan
By the way, how much does your city pay it's city manager? I bet it is not $322,000 but I also understand it is not far off that mark.

Ha! Our city manager Genovese is on probation for repeated drunk driving offenses, so he's probably not asking for raises these days....but Indio takes the cake; they made their new hire an instant zillionaire!

Thanks for the links regarding our little slice of "Chicago"!!

113 posted on 08/28/2005 8:07:26 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Cindy, ya shoulda stuck with "offshore drilling" as your cause)
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To: JoJo Gunn
Not the best choice of words....

Certainly not, and they also demonstrate the short-term thinking inherent in most politicians of any stripe. Statistically, he MIGHT be right, but it is certainly possible that another Cat 5 storm could make a direct hit on NO next year. What this mayor and the LA Governor do to prepare for future storms after Katrina (preparedness, shelters, evac plans, etc.) will be very interesting. Personally (being a cynic), I don't expect it to be much of an improvement.

114 posted on 08/28/2005 8:08:21 PM PDT by Hat-Trick (Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
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To: benjaminjjones

You have to use some imagination, but if you look at it hard enough, it'll look like an outy. Or maybe it's just a mole.


115 posted on 08/28/2005 8:09:25 PM PDT by savedbygrace ("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
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To: Howlin
Where does self responsibility come into this picture?

I feel that I am responsible for the safety of my wife and daughters from hurricanes, snow storms, floods, civil disturbances, etc. I am not willing to advocate this responsibility to the Mayor, Governor or the President.

When I hear, even a rumor that there is going to be a catastrophic event, I always do some checking to see if anyone of my family could be affected. If so I make plans to remove them from the area.

Anyone in NO who is willing to sit around until they are ordered to leave the area has, IMO, advocated a personal responsibility that I am unwilling to do.

Just the mention of a CAT 5 hurricane should have alarmed every reasonable person on the entire Gulf of Mexico.
116 posted on 08/28/2005 9:44:23 PM PDT by B4Ranch (The New World Odor is UN-American)
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