I'm in Ireland - so the whole idea of a hurricane, no matter what scale - is a bit alien to me. We have a moderate climate, so the worst weather bashing we get is some small localised flooding etc.
However, when I heard on the news a week ago that the Mayor had ordered a 'mandatory evacuation order'...I was kinda stunned by that. I though 'Wow - MANDATORY! That's get up and go now!'.
Then I realised that a lot of people were already on the first track out of town, before this 'mandatory' evacuation was demanded. So most people had already figured out the problem before Katrina got near the coast
Why weren't every possible transportation means, within the remit of the city employed THEN? Why weren't buses sent to collection points then? And why weren't the most vulnerable - the sick and elderly - moved a couple of days previously when the threat was iminent?
Just strikes me of too little, too late. And much blame being bandied about without any real answers.
Because the Mayor of NO is a race-baiting do-nothing. When you build your house on the color of your skin, actually doing something is pretty much out of the question.
Just strikes me of too little, too late. And much blame being bandied about without any real answers.
You are buying into the Lefty millieu. "Disasters" have always been primarily local issues -- until this one.
This is the first time in recorded history that the President of the USA was blamed for the event and attacked for the perceived "slow response."
Riots in Los Angeles? No Federal response required. Hurricane Andrew? Federal response in a few weeks is OK. Even 9/11 was initially responded to locally.
The idea that GWB should have somehow put on the Superman suit is idiotic to the extreme.