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To: Hank Rearden
Were did this guy go to grammar, or proofreading, school?

How about his math?

"The total disabled population of New Orleans who might not have been able to evacuate is estimated at around 55,000 residents. So, the question must be asked why up to half a million people did not evacuate the city."

I just checked the 2000 census for New Orleans. Population: 484,674.
So the total population is less than half-a-million . The author makes good points and he is right on about the side-effects of the Democrats' socialist welfare state, but he harms his own credibility with his sloppiness.

24 posted on 09/02/2005 11:33:02 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

I think 55k is more the number that stayed behind.

However, he could have meant that half a million in the entire metro area stayed behind.

The city itself is 484,000 but the metropolitan area is about 1.4 million.

Funny though that the suburbs are all dry-it's just NO itself that is still under water.


34 posted on 09/03/2005 12:06:17 AM PDT by RockinRight (What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
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