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Katrina Live Thread, Part XI
Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: Types_with_Fist

I have been stunned by both of those people. When he said not to go to the Superdome but to the 2nd floor of your property my jaw dropped. Blanco is horrible and hard to believe she is the Governor.

Lack of leadership has sure been evident. Makes you wonder what would have happened if LA/NO had decent leadership in this tragedy.


2,041 posted on 08/30/2005 6:35:29 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: spanalot

You keep talking about a "lack of a plan"... and yet you denigrate "bureaucrats".

I see lots of finger-pointing bureau-speak, not just you, but all over these threads.

In emergency situations my NUMBER ONE peeve are the finger-pointers. They are the ones that are the most useless ones in the room. Lots of that here today.


2,042 posted on 08/30/2005 6:35:41 PM PDT by Ramius (Blades for war fighters: http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net)
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To: sassbox
What are you talking about????

Displeased....??
...thin ice?????...huh!

Thanks to Bush, there was much proactive elements put in place before the hurricane even hit!

What is he suppose to do when the governor of Mississippi says 'wait'.

Give him a break!

2,043 posted on 08/30/2005 6:35:45 PM PDT by Guenevere (God bless our military!...and God bless the President of the United States!)
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To: sassbox
The President declared the area a Disaster Area BEFORE the hurricane hit.

This allowed FEMA to allocate monies and allowed them to get things in motion to be there as soon as they could.

Idiot.

2,044 posted on 08/30/2005 6:35:53 PM PDT by FReepaholic (Proud member of the MIGHTY FreeRepublic.com since 1998!)
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To: Enchante
king is somewhat grilling blanco... she just keeps on digging herself in that deep hole.
2,045 posted on 08/30/2005 6:35:54 PM PDT by Battle Hymn of the Republic
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To: bwteim

"If your definition of short order is two months, I would agree.
That is approximate time that forced labor spent in Chernobyl on concrete shield"

Before the shield, there was a simple burial mound of lead and concrete.,


2,046 posted on 08/30/2005 6:35:57 PM PDT by spanalot
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To: dfwgator
Governor Barbour basically told President Bush that it's much too early for him to come to Mississippi.

Thank God for some sanity. Why the POTUS needs to be there is beyond common sense! That visit would only make more head aches and resources taken away from where they are needed. Leave it to the Democrats to lack basic common sense, or be the maggots they are, and try to make a polical issue out of something that is a tragedy.

2,047 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:02 PM PDT by Alissa
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To: PhiKapMom

Water now above sea level. Larry King on CNN...


2,048 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:03 PM PDT by bjs1779
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To: tcrlaf
Governor blaming AIRLINES for not getting people out on Sunday Morning??

Could you believe that? She was griping about cancelled flights, saying airlines should have flown in empty planes and flown people out?

Hey, Katie? I'll bet you didn't think to call Gerard Arpey, CEO of American, and say you'd pay to dead head planes into MSY to get people out, did you?

The airlines are running on cash-flow fumes, and you want airline operations to dig up some assets at the last minute, fly them into New Orleans, and take people out, basically for free?

This woman is an ignoramus!

2,049 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:10 PM PDT by sinkspur (We who have been given much must help those who now have nothing.)
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To: PhiKapMom

Did he just tell people to evacuate? I wonder where he would have them go? The dome? This is pitiful....just pitiful!


2,050 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:17 PM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: tomkat

half-crippled/semi geezer? Oh comeone ya ole tomCat...!! LOL...Sorry but I think I'm over the limit on here tonight. I'm getting punchy...


2,051 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:29 PM PDT by queenkathy (Dear God, I have a problem; it's me.)
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To: LdSentinal

we don't need an address to congress, just a 10 minute primetime speech on this, with network coverage, so the sheeple actually know what is happening in their country.


2,052 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:29 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: PhiKapMom

I missed that - good grief, can we trade this mayor for Rudy? This disaster is reenforcing how much of a leader he was during 9/11.

But, he was a Republican ;0/


2,053 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:32 PM PDT by Darnright ( Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before)
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To: sassbox
Oh come on...we don't need another grandstanding president...like Bildabeast ALWAYS WAS....grandstanding is not what the folks need...in this time of absolute devastation...
2,054 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:35 PM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: spanalot

> This is not rocket science - even the russians mangaed to bury Chernobyl in millions of tons of concrete and lead in short order.

Ahem, methinks your memory is a bit clouded on that one. The casualties from Chernobyl far exceeded anything this hurricane can drum up. And furthermore, the concrete that covered Chernobyl was put there by guys on suicide missions... that is to say, they went and dumped their load, knowing that they would be dead in a week if they entered the facility.


2,055 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:40 PM PDT by XEHRpa
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To: PhiKapMom
He cannot fly in on a whim. Has to be orchestrated in order to protect the President and skies cleared for miles around Marine One.

Exactly. Not that a chopper would have to have an airport, but aren't both of them (New Orleans) under water currently? Guy on CNN was a cad.

2,056 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:42 PM PDT by madison10
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To: bjs1779

Above what they were this afternoon? They were 3 feet above sea level this afternoon, maybe 4 feet. That is why when the mayor said a couple of hours ago that the waters could rise to 3 feet above sea level, and to get to high ground, it was odd, because the waters have been there for hours. I guess dismissing the Missisippi levee thing is a mistake. It would be nice for somebody somewhere on this planet to say something cogent on this minor little matter, if only to satisfy my curiousity, as opposed to giving the folks in the bowl an update on their fate.


2,057 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:49 PM PDT by Torie
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To: Miss Marple
I was in and out of the room, but did she not also say something to the effect that FEMA should have brought planes in on Sunday to evacuate people?

I thought I heard her say that. And my jaw hit the floor.

2,058 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:55 PM PDT by DGray (http://nicanfhilidh.blogspot.com)
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To: Cedar

"But, THIS IS AN ADDRESS TO THE NATION SITUATION."
"I agree totally. This is a major disaster for parts of our country."

No.

And just precisely what could the President tell us that we can't all see on TV or the internet? He had soothing and concerned words this morning. This is NOT a similar scenario to 9/11 at all. He cannot declare war on nature.

Let's face it, the feds are going to have to take over because both the city and state leadership sounds clueless. So let's allow time for the President's men to get in place and get things under control before we start carping because he hasn't let us in on all the details.


2,059 posted on 08/30/2005 6:36:57 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Knute

Amen!

Haley said George W. was "chomping at the bit" to come down, and he asked him not to.

The President has been on this for three days at least.


2,060 posted on 08/30/2005 6:37:02 PM PDT by A.Hun (An armed society is a polite society)
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