Posted on 09/06/2005 8:45:18 PM PDT by Wolfstar
The near total evacuation of the major American port city of New Orleans, Louisiana was accomplished between Tuesday afternoon, August 30 and Friday afternoon, September 2, 2005. This evacuation occurred while other search, rescue, relief and evacuation operations were simultaneously being conducted throughout the Gulf Coast between approximately Lafayette, Louisiana, on the west and the Florida panhandle on the east - an area of about 90,000 sq. miles, or the size of the entire nation of Great Britain.
I'd say this amazing achievement is the opposite of slow. I'd say that it's a stunning accomplishment and one that demonstrates superb organization, remarkable logistics flow, and the greatness of the American spirit.
From the following photographic timeline, it should be clear to all reasonable people that the failure of government response occurred before the hurricane hit, and it occurred solely at the local and state level.
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Great thread, Wolfstar. Keep them coming.
Thanks, evad!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1478693/posts
The Last Days And Death Of New Orleans Caught On Video
Lightning Boy - Storm Chaser Video ^ | Douglas Kiesling, AKA - Lightningboy
Posted on 09/06/2005 3:26:18 PM CDT by wallcrawlr
I was in downtown New Orleans shooting Hurricane Katrina video and documented the last few days of the City before it died.
http://www.stormchaserdiary.com/Hurricane_Katrina/index.htm
Here are the first few videos: (Be warned the server is slow.)
http://www.stormchaserdiary.com/Hurricane_Katrina/video/082705_New_Orleans_Starts_To_Evacuate.wmv
http://www.stormchaservideo.com.nyud.net:8090/Hurricane_Katrina/video/082805_Last_Night_On_Bourbon_Street_256k.wmv
http://www.stormchaservideo.com.nyud.net:8090/Hurricane_Katrina/video/082805_Massive_Evacuation.wmv
http://www.stormchaservideo.com.nyud.net:8090/Hurricane_Katrina/video/082805_Katrina_Moves_Into_New_Orleans.wmv
http://www.stormchaservideo.com.nyud.net:8090/Hurricane_Katrina/video/082905_Lake_Pontchartrain_Final_%20Moments_Overnight.wmv
http://www.stormchaservideo.com.nyud.net:8090/Hurricane_Katrina/video/082905_Hurricane_Katrina_Hits_PreDawn.wmv
http://www.stormchaservideo.com.nyud.net:8090/Hurricane_Katrina/video/082905_Hurricane_Katrina_Fleeing_And_Aftermath.wmv
Excellent, Wolfstar. I've been watching the news nonstop and following the news on the net, but I still learned some things from this thread. Thank you.
Thanks, great job.
The hurricane did not seem to do as much damage as the flood which followed.
The parishes toward the Gulf appear to have been harder hit in terms of overall destruction.
Great job, thanks
Fantastic job! Many thanks for the ping.
Wow Woilfstar, this thread is a keeper. Well done and God bless you putting so much evidence in one place.
Thank you!
Awesome bttt for later.
Outstanding work!
Thank you, Wolfstar. Great job!
On another note, Blanco was apparently saying on Fox yesterday that city buses HAD been used to evacuate residents before Katrina hit. There are no buses in those photos of the highway.
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Good morning. And thanks to YOU. Re the laptop, I'm still working on an old Win98 x486 machine at home, with dial in service. The thing crashes more than it's up, or so it seems. Didn't stop me from doing what I felt had to be done, though. Laptop will be purchased probably on next payday -- at least that's the plan.
I can't thank you enough. That's the kind of thing I want to hear from FReepers. We can spread this truth far and wide.
Music to my ears -- or to my eyes. Can't tell at 6:21 in the morning. Grin...
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