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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You need not drive a hurricane to drive the events. Rudy G wasn't driving (or more accurately flying) the planes on 9-11, but he took charge of the situation rather than have the situation take charge of him.
That's all I am saying - it's gut check time and the leadership missed the gut check. That has nothing to do with driving a hurricane, and everything to do with how you react to a hurricane.
that's what I've been asking for awhile. May be akin to the reason we don't have a Civil Defense agency anymore.
During the Cold War, congressional hearings concluded that it was just too difficult to evaccuate an entire city. One high ranking CD official whose name I've forgotten wrote a book titled: "With Enough Shovels" (I kid you not) It suggested that radiation wouldn't penetrate three feet of soil, and if memory serves, even suggested digging a "hidey hole" using a door commandeered from ones house to cover the hole dug, and covered with the requsite amount of soil.Now I'm jusat waiting for the one titled, "With Enough Buckets."
One more time: Government is not our friend. And: "What's everybody's business, is nobody's business.
How do you get to them will all that debris?
I know it's probably not impossible, but unlikely they would take the risk of damaging the liners.
Who knows what's underwater!
Gondolas...
Bush to NO right now would be little more than grandstanding, and he'd be impeding rescue efforts by even being there. Such a style over substance move rings of Clintonism.
That's fine, but it complements the failure on the part of Nagin and Blanco to react poorly. It isn't an excuse for them.
I like your idea of the cruise ships.
Fema for years has advised people to make plans for such
disasters, survival packs, know where to go, etc....
Boats?
The FEDERAL government should declare martial law (not thelocal govt), and get those two wothless RATs out of the picture. Either that, or draft Rudi Guliani or some clear thinking non-RAT to run things.
Would have been nice if she had felt this way as ardently BEFORE the hurricane. It was plain as day then.
If the eye's of the nation were not con New Orleans, it would rapidly deteriorate into New Mogadishu. Nagin would have no problem playing Aideed with any food relief brought in from outside.
This is what happens when liberalism meets reality and children have to assume the responsibilities of adults. Perhaps while these people are waiting for the flood waters to recede they could read a copy of "Lord of The Flies."
And I just happen to have one right h-- nevermind.
Thank you all for your responses....it was kinda a rhetorical question....it's the NUMBERS to move that I'm thinking about.
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