Katrina Live Threads, Part XV

Various ^ | 4 September 2005 | Various

[Peach]

Thanks; I love that guy!

[sodpoodle]

The Buses! The Buses!



Hume and Barnes talk about 500 buses while "the picture" spends a good ten seconds on the screen.

Way to speak TRUTH TO POWER, fellas!
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Posted by sodpoodle to mickie
On News/Activism 08/31/2005 3:21:12 PM EDT · 5,677 of 6,457


Agree Mickie

There was at least a week when the mayor of NO and the Gov of LA could have lined up school buses, trains and tour buses to take ppl out of NO.

Where are all the school buses????

sp

I WANT CREDIT FOR THE ABOVE PRESCIENT COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ohioWfan]

Oh, Charles! Why did you say that the President's response was 'slow??' and not say that he called for the disaster response BEFORE the hurricane even hit??

C'mon guys!!

[Soul Seeker]

Too late, I turned and saw. LOL Thanks for the warning though. Actually it was pretty good till Kraut, but given some of the disappointments with HIM in past beginning, for me, with his commentary on TPOTC I expected NOTHING from him. He's just confirmed my opinion of him.

[Petronski]

The thing about the Super Dome that bothers the hell out of me is the electricity. It's designated the final refuge and it has no alternative power? No drive-up diesel generator at least to keep the lights on? At least SOME of the lights, like say, 10% of normal light intensity?


They had 250 guardsmen, 500 buses and 25,000 people. Why not bus them out? Two or three trips and those people are out of "the bowl."

Where to take them? I don't know, Baton Rouge? Houston? But at least get them out of the bowl.

[grey_whiskers]

'Twas a pun, hence the different spelling and "quotes".

Thanks for noticing.

Prayers for victims of Katrina.

In God We Trust. Not Democrats.

[Peach]

I told my husband I'd only go to dinner if we were back in time to see Brit's round table.

I was pleased to note that on the roundtable, Jeff Birnbaum said that while it appears the administration reacted slowly, the more you look at the situation, the more it's evident that the City failed as well. He went on to note the City didn't have a plan to evacuate the poor, etc.

[Spktyr]

It had a diesel generator, which did keep the lights on. Unfortunately, it's in the basement, and when the water started rising, it died.

[oceanview]

I tell you, with all the media pinheads we have seen, Greta has done some decent reporting from the astrodome.

[SauronOfMordor]

I screwed up the link, it's "Disaster Officials Collecting the Dead ( New Orleans Officals stop medical convoy from entering!)"

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Have any of you read this?:

http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:4CGCqv6EbJAJ:www.new-orleans.la.us/cnoweb/cpc/transportation/Chapter3_3to3_6.pdf+orleans+Special+Levee+Improvement+Projects+Fund&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Bookmark your comment.

[Types_with_Fist]

They had 250 guardsmen

That's the thing bothering ME. How did the Guardsmen lose control so badly and how did the gangs take over?

[Peach]

I'm worried about people taking folks they don't know into their homes as well. Potentially dangerous situation.

[Crawdad]

What nobody mentions is that the federal response wouldn't have appeared slow (it wasn't) had the local and state people done their jobs.

[Spktyr]

No shoot-on-sight order, no authorization to fire.

[Yellow Rose of Texas]

Where were the nurses aids, administrators in that nursing home, did they leave all 80 alone?

[Petronski]

Unfortunately, it's in the basement, and when the water started rising, it died.

Clever plan for New Orleans.

[Soul Seeker]

Jeff is a Lib, but he didn't make my teeth hurt. He slammed the Locals/state far more--well deserved.

[oceanview]

there are some reports, some basic information about where people are for example, that can be useful. and when you have no communcations or command and control to anyone in charge, its better then nothing.