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Posted on 08/31/2005 4:00:15 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Very, very few people in 2005 America don't have TV or a radio, or access to a relative's or friend's or employer's TV or radio. Sorry. I don't buy the "too poor" excuse. There are many litigimate reasons why a minority of people could not leave on their own -- disability, advanced age, illness, late-stage pregnancy, etc. But with adequate advance planning, coordination and training by city, county (parrish) and state officials, any number of alternative modes of transportation could have been mobilized to evacuate such folks.
Roger that...
Hubby and I were talking about the kids who need to get to school. I guess yours will be busting at the seams with all the extra students.
A mess. Thanks for sharing what it's like. My heart goes out to you.
But neither will act.
My point about Blanco is, however, that she will be blamed for acting like a weak woman because she is female, even though Nagin has done exactly the same thing. Nagin hasn't cried on camera. Blanco did, so IMO future female gubernatorial candidates just took a hit.
Tough. These two have the duties, and won't do them.
I am not making excuses. I would not go to Superdome when a CAT5 with 225MPH gusts was bearing down on me. I want OUT of the city. And that is what was headed for the city. and mayor Nagin knew that. Gov Blanco knew it. President Bush knew it.
pres Bush had to call Blanco and Nagin to evac NO, and what good did that do? The smart people left already. The poor people were left at the mercy of their city.
Did any one else see the CNN reporter in downtown NOLA with neon lights blinking in the background? What's up with that if there is no electricity?
Oh, you missed the plan?
It's entitled "Don't Worry, It Always Turns Away From Us."
They are coming to the Astrodome and Dallas' Reunion Arena on a one way ticket. There is no plan for returning them.
If you meant who would not want to leave yet, I meant some of the looters.
Saint Bernard usually only floods on the lower end, and they have been able to help each other in the past. They are begging for help.
And that was completely, utterly wrong.
The NHC forecast landfall point (directly over New Orleans or a couple miles E of New Orleans) was essentially unchanged from 11PM Saturday night, through TEN more NHC forecast tracks, through landfall on Monday.
The storm ended up basically following this forecast track precisely.
The NWS was forcasting massive storm surges throughout Mississippi all day Saturday and all day Sunday. Mississippi was put under the same Hurricane Watches and Warnings as Louisiana.
A co-worker told me Hattiesburg was in relatively good shape. Power out but his family was ok. That is all I know about that.
Think he is one of the last people I would want to be stuck with in an elevator and that is saying a lot. He is disgusting is right.
Right. Instead of New Orleans, she came ashore at Barcas.
Might be something on a back up battery.
Well.. if I was Governor I wouldn't be crying, I'd be working to hard to spend so many hours a day before a camera like Blanco and Landrieu. You may get a phone call to Haley Barbor, but he's not spending an hour on Larry King... he's working!
Understand totally and tears are running down my cheeks.
The thing is you cant eat welding rods and immediately $hit I beams.
Takes time and a lot of truly dedicated people to make a difference.
Cant wait? Aaron Brown began tonights show with "questions that the federal government was not prepared" or something to that matter, I turned immediately.
Great analogy, they have lost thier ability to act and think on their own. Talk about dehumanizing an entire group of people, breaks my heart.
Ugh. I was thinking about soldiers far from home reading about this. How helpless they must feel.
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