The only question is would has Al ever done 110 MPH before ?
hmmmm
Posted on 09/03/2005 12:14:14 PM PDT by joinedafterattack
MAYOR CRITICIZED EVEN BEFORE LEVY BREAK. National Hurricane Center Director had to call Nagin at home Saturday night to plead: "Get people out of New Orleans." "The criticisms of Nagin came from above as well. Numerous officials urged him to evacuate the city, but he worried about the legality of ordering people out when New Orleans has few safe hurricane shelters. Also, National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield in Miami called Nagin at home Saturday night and told him: Get people out of New Orleans.
''I could never sleep if I felt like I didn't do everything that I could to impress upon people the gravity of the situation,'' Mayfield said. ``New Orleans is never going to be the same.''
When a grim Nagin issued the mandatory evacuation order Sunday, he said: ``We are facing a storm that most of us have feared . . . God bless us.''
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
The only question is would has Al ever done 110 MPH before ?
hmmmm
The Dutch are very orderly and competent, the Big Easy is anything but, but Holland does not get Cat 5 hurricanes. That is why you go south to swim in salt water.
Good, seems like if he spent more time coordinating and less time blaming and criticizing the people would have been better served.
Steve Harrigan just interviewed a 65-year old man who is sitting on the overpass, who said "They've got idiots running this city."
When Harrigan repeated his words he misquoted him by saying "They got idiots running this thing."
There should be a congressional investigation of where the FEMA and Homeland Security funds given to New Orleans went. Just telling people to hike to the Superdome, with no water, food or cots inside, was NOT an emergency preparedness plan. Someone got the money and we need to find out who.
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Sorry. I need to correct your math.
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There. You needed to multiply. I hope you are not offended by my correction.
I was thinking more along the lines of replacing the Governor and the mayor.
ping
5 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2005
...KATRINA BECOMES A MAJOR HURRICANE WITH 115 MPH WINDS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
WEST OF THE SEVEN MILE BRIDGE WESTWARD TO KEY WEST INCLUDING THE
DRY TORTUGAS.
.... OR ABOUT 435 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT 165 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 7 MPH... 11 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
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10 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005
...CATEGORY THREE KATRINA MOVING WESTWARD IN THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...EXPECTED TO TURN WEST-NORTHWESTWARD AND STRENGTHEN...
...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF LOUISIANA EAST OF MORGAN CITY TO THE MOUTH OF
THE PEARL RIVER...INCLUDING METROPOLITAN NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONCHARTRAIN. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
A HURRICANE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. INTERESTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KATRINA.
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4 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005
...KATRINA RE-ORGANIZING OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO...
AT 4 PM CDT...2100Z...THE HURRICANE WATCH IS EXTENDED WESTWARD TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA AND EASTWARD TO THE FLORIDA-ALABAMA BORDER. A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER.
A HURRICANE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATER TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. INTERESTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KATRINA.
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7 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005
...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA BEGINS TO MOVE TOWARD THE
WEST-NORTHWEST...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER.
A HURRICANE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATER TONIGHT. INTERESTS IN THIS AREA SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KATRINA.
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10 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2005
...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA THREATENS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST...A HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED...
AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION
More proof of Naggin's (my spelling) incompetence!!!!
We heard Harrigan's word twist, too. Wonder why he felt he had to misquote the man????
New Orleans school buses:
New Orleans public transit buses:
And all this time, Nagin thought it was so he could be the main mucketymuck at Mardi Gras. Not sure what Blanco thought she'd do.
Thank you! Good to see my memory isn't totally on the fritz!
Peter Principle too:
Promoted by the electorate to a position he was incapable of holding, plus probably 'visiting the bong' last weekend.
That's OK; there's no one left for the time being to re-elect him to another term.
LOL!!
Won't see them as the traffic jam grows across both lanes... or over the crammed-jammed Ponchratrain Bridge traffic. How was that traffic on those highways when and after Mayor Nero flew his family out on that helicopter? Did the Ponchratrain Bridge ever get opened up for out only traffic????
Come on over Nagin needs you to defend him over here too.
bttt
You would not want to publish your friend's email by a mistake, would you ?
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