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Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse
http://www.thehollandring.com/1953-ramp.shtml
"The Dutch struggle against the waters.
In February 1953 the Netherlands faced disaster when the dikes protecting the southwest of the country were breached by the joint onslaught of a hurricane-force northwesterly wind and exceptionally high spring tides. The flood came in the night without warning, a fateful combination of freak high tides and gale-force winds that killed 1,835 people. Almost 200,000 hectares of land was swamped, 3,000 homes and 300 farms destroyed, and 47,000 heads of cattle drowned. It was The Netherlands' worst disaster for 300 years.
Flooding caused by storm surges were nothing new to the Netherlands, but this time the nation was stunned by the extent of a disaster unparalleled for centuries."
It's only been a day - I expect he'll issue a major address by Thursday or Friday.
Only for the 8 days I went without power...
From what I understand, there's about a 7-10 day stockpile of refined gas. Add to that the supply from unaffected refineries and foreign sources.
Dunno about the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, but northern Wisconsin uses "straight, non-boutique" gas, so that should be a solid number.
No matter WHAT our President does, the radical left will find fault. He could single handedly rescue 2 dozen single moms and 60 starving children and someone would accuse him of having a "smirk" on his face... Leaders LEAD and George W Bush is a leader in the finest tradition of the best!
If I recall correctly, the Mayor supported the President's re-election.
Some of these decisions go back to the direct aftermath of Hurricane Betsy, and thus to Schiro's and Moon Landrieu's administration.
Hate to blame the man for everything that has gone before. Most people aren't a Giuliani. When we are frightened and overwhelmed, it shows.
Hope the folks in NO and LA think before voting the next time.
Excellent post.
Personally, I'd like to have the resources at the moment to load my tools and drive down there to help rebuild, but it's a good bet that one more half-crippled semi-geezer would be more of a nuisance than anything else.
Reality bites.
Actually, Bush's speech to Congress after 9/11 was on 9/20/01.
Now, what does Governor Blanco say? "I don't know."
Governor Barbor would have asked for the guy's location and told him he would send a rescue crew to the hotel, or told him to head somewhere to be picked up. He would have given the guy some HOPE!
Can you imagine? The guy is asking for help and all she can say is "I don't know."
Now THERE is someone who should be impeached!!!
"Of course, the WTC was heavy damage in a limited area within our biggest metropolitan area -- equipment and trained people to operate was everywhere. "
There are photos of small craft under power within a few hundred feet of the breech. These 40hp boats are very capable of towing vessels up to 75 ft to the breech area - espcially as the current is going that way.
The depth of the lake drops to a few feet after the breech and anything towed from the lake will snag there - do this 100 times and you have an effective structure that will become more water tight as weeds, lumber, etc fills up nooks and crannies.
Even in the superdome where the number of officials and the relief effort is probably the strongest...things are getting testy and dire.
I pray the NG and needed equipement to evacuate people and to establish and maintain order during it, gets in there within the next 12-18 hours.
I suggest you call the Corps of Engineers and lend your expertise..
oh, yeah, Georgie, I do!!!! LOL
The airlines indeed deserve some blame, they pulled out way too soon.
The person who designed Amsterdam's pumping system way back when then worked on New Orleans' system (no doubt modified as time went on, but there is that connection....)
Yes, agreed. Like I said, Nagin had no good choices. He also knew the city would turn on itself if he ordered it evacuated and he also knew he'd catch heat for that if the storm turned. So, his only choice was to pray for it to turn. It didn't work out.
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