Posted on 09/03/2005 12:34:27 PM PDT by wagglebee
Thank you for making one of the more rational and honest statements on this thread.
This entire summer the City not only send DVD's to citizens telling them how to evacuate but also bought commercial time to inform the people that the City did not have the resources to evacuate the people and everyone would be on their own.
The people were warned but were left with two options:
Leave their homes and have their homes looted with 100% certainty.
Ride out the storm and protect their belongings.
If you were the mayor what would you do?
This governor and mayor remind me of him.
OK, since you're an expert on these things perhaps you can why there is a New Orleans Levee Commission.
The Buses would have only complicated matters and even during a "Mandatory Evacuation" people are still Free to Stay in their homes.
This is an absurd statement. Particularly in light of the fact that Mayor of NO didn't issue a mandatory evacuation until the president urged him and the governor to do so last Sunday. Also, it took them damn near forever to even get all the lanes of traffic headed out of town. You saw the video. An eight lane free with only four in use. Something as simple as that should have been a basic response yet it was slow in coming.
Actually I was being sarcastic. Telling people to "find a ride" doesn't seem like much of a plan with such a large number of people using/dependent on mass transit.
On the other hand, along with the school buses we see submerged in the water, their are lots and lots of cars that are shown submerged too. Even if half of them are junkers - it would seem that the evac orders were not heeded.
The total ineptness is stunning. As late as Saturday night, early Sunday morning we were discussing here on FR that Nagin was going to talk to the city attorney's to find out if they could 'order' and evacuation. They didn't know if they could or couldn't? The school busses didn't flood until Tuesday...so they could have been used to evacuate on Saturday and Sunday (prior to Katrina). And lastly, on Sunday they showed the traffic on I-10 leaving NO. The inbound lanes were completely empty...why didn't they open both sides to expedite the evacuation? It appears that poor planning skills is a requisite for local govt. positions.
I liked Bill O'Reilly's "moral of the story". He was talking about the "failures" at so many levels - and the moral was "If you depend on the government, you're probably going to be dissapointed".
I heard the Levee Commision had their own plane... life WAS good!
OK, since you're an expert on these things perhaps you can why there is a New Orleans Levee Commission.
The Buses would have only complicated matters and even during a "Mandatory Evacuation" people are still Free to Stay in their homes.
This is an absurd statement. Particularly in light of the fact that Mayor of NO didn't issue a mandatory evacuation until the president urged him and the governor to do so last Sunday. They knew there was a great possibility the storm was going to hit them on Friday night. Hell, even the president and declared the area a national emergency before the mayor ordered the city evacuated. Also, it took them damn near forever to even get all the lanes of traffic headed out of town. You saw the video. An eight lane freeway with only four in use. Something as simple as that should have been a basic response yet it was slow in coming.
And you say, "the buses would have only complicated matters...". God I hope you realize how stupid that sounds.
Matters are all peachy keen now though right?
Hindsight is what it is.
Leadership is what it is.
NOLA's leaders had neither,and this article shows it.
I don't know how Newsmax would stay in business without Free Republic to provide the base for most of their articles.
However, if you are really interested in the New Orleans Levee system you may want to consult to following link"
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pao/whoweare/index.asp
Notice how the above web address has a .mil domain name. I wonder how the mayor of New Orleans and his "New Orleans Levee Commission" was able to obtain that address?
As Mayor what would have done?
FauX News is treating nagin like he's the Second Coming - only mentioning him positively (bitching about slow aid, meeting with Bush).
Anyone think FauX will ever ask him about the buses, or his actions during Ivan?
I was there and I got out with out a "Mandatory Evacuation" order.
bttt
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