Posted on 08/30/2005 2:17:49 PM PDT by Bigh4u2
Governor: New Orleans Needs to Be Evacuated Tuesday, August 30, 2005
BATON ROUGE, La. — With conditions in the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco (search ) announced late Tuesday that people now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers need to be evacuated.
"The situation is untenable," Blanco said during a news conference. "It's just heartbreaking."
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If you can, go into patent law, it is the only "growth" area in the legal profession. The world will be at your feet.
LOC1 - do they have a day and a half? I'm not trying to be flippant - I don't know how many of these people can survive a day and a half. The temp is going to be 93-95 degrees over the next few days and many of these people are stranded outdoors without water or food.
"New Orleans might be lost for ever."
Never, ever, underestimate Cajuns, Creoles, and Rednecks. The French, however, might be a problem.
utter stupidity
Good points, well taken. Thanks.
You are right. I posted in haste.
They were given plenty of warning but the Mayor and Gov waited too long to get the ball rolling.
I should have qualified my remarks as being toward the ones in charge, not toward the individuals who are victims here.
I'm currently reading for that - but I've not set any major yet ... I've thought about patent law too .... Thanks
Perhaps they'll have to spring Edwin Edwards from jail...
"No confidence in their leadership at all."
What about levee control? What's the plan? Was the plan always to wait days?
Well said, Mamabear.
The Mississippi would divert down the Atchafalaya basin leaving New Orleans low and dry. It would also destroy the Port of New Orleans and probably end most of the trade traffic on the Mississippi.
It's a LONG detour to take the Ten-Tom canal to Mobile.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
The plan was clearly inadequate.
NOLA will be redesigned, perhaps along the lines of Venice...
It was a disaster. Man still does not control Mother Nature. Get over it.
My daughter called me from Eunice Sunday. They were ok. She told me it wouldn't do them any good to want to evacuate...the town was sold out of gas.
"No wonder they have to declare martial law.""
Where's the emergency action to fill the levee breech? that hasn't been gamed before?
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