One sixth* of the 1.4 million did NOT own a car. That means 230,000 needed "public transportation".
*Report on Indianapolis radio station yesterday.
Yes, and the mayor & gov knew this and did nothing but panic
My husband and I went out to eat dinner last night at a restaurant that had a live band playing. They were taking donations for the Salvation Army/Red Cross. After I made a hefty donation, the woman went into a tirade on George and Laura Bush.
The gist of it was:
The hurricane is all Bush's fault. He had the authority due to the Homeland Security Act to take control of the situation. He will be impeached.
Then after ranting about how he DIDN'T use his new powers, she ranted about how we've lost our rights due to this very act she was previously ranting about him not invoking.
And lastly, she ranted and raved about "That stupid bitch Laura Bush" saying that Laura claimed yesterday that LA would be cleaned up in 2 weeks.
Those are just the highlights. The woman was venomous in her diatribes and people were listening. This is BUSH country and people were listening. Not one person other than myself called her on her lies. I was soon the bad guy for trying to cover for the evil George Bush.
People... Nagin is not going to take the fall for this. Nor is the governor. The buck stops with the president and that is the way the wind seems to be blowing.
That sounds about right. I imagine some of them managed to get out. In fact, most of the ones still in the city are those who did not own cars and could not get out. Even the stubborn ones who owned cars and stayed anyway, I'm sure, got out when the pumps failed and the lake poured in. It's really frustrating to hear people insinuate that these people deserve what is happening because they did not evacuate.
And since the state called for an evacuation why was their own plan emergency evac plan (I am sure they had one, every state plans for what they foresee could be their own possible major disasters) not put into place????
Their plan had to account for all of the people that could not evac themselves by car or plane especially in a poor city like NO. This is a huge disaster for the democrats in that state when people start looking at this.