Dear G*d! Those neighbourhoods were blasted to matchsticks! I'm surprised there aren't MORE bodies in the rubble. The wonder is that there are as many people out there, not in the Dome, but who survived that assault. It would be too cruel for them not to survive now.
But what is really making me angry is those people still on the ramp with no water. And Shep talking to that dozy Anne Marie of the EMO down there. What the... He asked her if she could get someone to help them and described one man with a two year old baby who had no water, just a towel to keep over it's eyes and asked her when they could expect some help. She started giving him one of these 'on message' responses. When he stopped her and shamed her into a corner asking her when they'd get help she didn't respond. I don't think their EM response people are trained or know what they're doing. Who's been in charge in that city? This is utter incompetence piled upon disaster. They should kick all these morons collecting paychecks who don't know their jobs out onto the watery streets and get some people in who know how to get things done. This is beyond frustrating. I wanted to smack that dozy broad. [Grrrrr!]
yo bill you out there?
What are people doing on the freeway ramp? Why are they there? Just trying to get caught up.
Does Shep, or Brian Williams, or other newsies have a way out? Or are they stranded like other people?
I understand your frustration as I share it, as well as many others. To be honest, she cannot answer because no one above her has given any answers because of no leadership. After much thought, IMHO, I think the mayor and Blanco had to rush around and even FIND the damned Emergency Ops Plan. And, they probably haven't even dusted the thing off for 10+ years. And, they probably hired a subcontractor to write the thing, then promptly "filed" it.
It is very obvious that there was no "plan" and that is why things are out of control and no one at the state level knows what to do. Even if you have to plan on the fly, no one seems to have any shred of commen sense. They are all still in denial and absolutely frozen.
I worked in the nuclear industry, and we had yearly drills with all personnel, both on and off site. Some of the scenarios were right out of Dante's Hell. But, we practiced and did a lot of lessons learned. Too bad NO will learn that lesson too late. Florida has their act together, LA does not.
I would give just about anything to be a fly on the wall after this thing is over with when the Lessons Learned meetings will be reviewed. I think that lots of cities anywhere on the Gulf will (or should) be revising their plans soon (as they should).
What a horrible lesson to learn, for everyone. So sad.