Posted on 09/08/2005 8:46:29 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch
Thursday, Sept. 8, 2005 11:38 a.m. EDT Ray Nagin: School Buses Not Good Enough
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin garnered a ton of publicity with a profanity-laced interview he gave to WWL radio last Thursday, where he blasted President Bush and Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco for not coming to rescue his city in time.
However, Nagin's most newsworthy comments - where he explained why he didn't used hundreds of city school buses to evacuate his city's flood victims - went almost unnoticed.
Turns out, Nagin turned his nose up at the yellow buses, demanding more comfortable Greyhound coaches instead. "I need 500 buses, man," he told WWL. "One of the briefings we had they were talking about getting, you know, public school bus drivers to come down here and bus people out of here."
Nagin described his response:
"I'm like - you've got to be kidding me. This is a natural disaster. Get every doggone Greyhound bus line in the country and get their asses moving to New Orleans."
While Nagin was waiting for his Greyhound fleet, Katrina's floodwaters swamped his school buses, rendering them unusable.
To a small extent the black race baiters have it right. That the Super Dome and Convention Center had an unbearable stench. How long would you and your family last there?
Plus criminality due to lack of Louisiana/New Orleans gubbermint action due to Donk welfare stateism mentality.
And what do you base that percentage on? I certainly wouldn't have.
Yessiree, it's time to "ride the dirty dog" to Houston!
Hey look, if you're gonna have to evacuate a city, you may as well go in some style...right?
Mayor Nagin: The Dork of the Year.
I posted this clip earlier in the thread, but you're wrong. The Mayor is a "take charge" type of guy, and he has is priorities in order:
/sarcasm
This is a display of what Rush rightly calls the entitlement mind set. It's the end result of LBJs war on poverty. This is one of the few counties where the poor are obese and are unwilling to even lift a finger to help themselves, right now they are screaming for someone to cleanup their mess in the Astrodome.
Youre to graceful.
If he wants to retain any respect from America at all, he should finish up the clean-up and then tender his resignation.
LOL!
I. GENERAL
The safe evacuation of threatened populations when endangered by a major catastrophic event is one of the principle reasons for developing a Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. The thorough identification of at-risk populations, transportation and sheltering resources, evacuation routes and potential bottlenecks and choke points, and the establishment of the management team that will coordinate not only the evacuation but which will monitor and direct the sheltering and return of affected populations, are the primary tasks of evacuation planning. Due to the geography of New Orleans and the varying scales of potential disasters and their resulting emergency evacuations, different plans are in place for small-scale evacuations and for citywide relocations of whole populations.
Authority to issue evacuations of elements of the population is vested in the Mayor. By Executive Order, the chief elected official, the Mayor of the City of New Orleans, has the authority to order the evacuation of residents threatened by an approaching hurricane.
Evacuation procedures for special needs persons with either physical or mental handicaps, including registration of disabled persons, is covered in the SOP for Evacuation of Special Needs Persons.
Major population relocations resulting from an approaching hurricane or similar anticipated disaster, caused the City of New Orleans Office of Emergency Preparedness to develop a specific Hurricane Emergency Evacuation Standard Operating Procedures, which are appended to the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan.
The SOP is developed to provide for an orderly and coordinated evacuation intended to minimize the hazardous effects of flooding, wind, and rain on the residents and visitors in New Orleans. The SOP provides for the evacuation of the public from danger areas and the designations of shelters for evacuees.
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V. TASKS
A. Mayor
* Initiate the evacuation.
* Retain overall control of all evacuation procedures via EOC operations.
* Authorize return to evacuated areas.
B. Office of Emergency Preparedness
* Activate EOC and notify all support agencies to this plan.
* Coordinate with State OEP on elements of evacuation.
* Assist in directing the transportation of evacuees to staging areas.
* Assist ESF-8, Health and Medical, in the evacuation of persons with special needs, nursing home, and hospital patients in accordance with established procedures.
* Coordinate the release of all public information through ESF-14, Public Information.
* Use EAS, television, cable and other public broadcast means as needed and in accordance with established procedure.
* Request additional law enforcement/traffic control (State Police, La. National Guard) from State OEP.
C. New Orleans Police Department
* Ensure orderly traffic flow.
* Assist in removing disabled vehicles from roadways as needed.
* Direct the management of transportation of seriously injured persons to hospitals as needed.
* Direct evacuees to proper shelters and/or staging areas once they have departed the threatened area.
* Release all public information through the ESF-14, Public Information.
D. Regional Transit Authority
* Supply transportation as needed in accordance with the current Standard Operating Procedures.
* Place special vehicles on alert to be utilized if needed.
* Position supervisors and dispatch evacuation buses.
* If warranted by scope of evacuation, implement additional service.
E. Louisiana National Guard
* Provide assistance as needed in accordance with current State guidelines.
F. Animal Care and Control
* Coordinate animal rescue operations with the New Orleans SPCA.
G. Public Works
* Make emergency road repairs as needed.
H. Office of Communications
* Release all public information relating to the evacuation.
I read a story yesterday that the city of Lafeyette LA sent its whole fleet of school buses to New Orleans to help evacuate the people from the dome and they were turned back and not allowed to enter. I also read a thread this morning saying that the Red Cross wasn't allowed to take food to the superdome because the governor didn't want to encourage people to stay there.
Another idea for the caption. Nagin and Blanco: What, me worry ?
HELLO....Greyhound buses are PRIVATE PROPERTY. Why did he think they were entitled to them?
For some reason I just can't visualize singing "99 Bottles of Beer" on a Greyhound bus. Only a yellow school bus can create the right atmosphere.
I don't believe I am alone in thinking it is time to recall Nagin and Blanco, and the rest of the democrats who are "in charge" in NO. Nagin is a disgrace, regardless of race...take that, Jesse Jackass.
I'm like - what a nagin!
Series, this guy is a loon.
BTTT... good find Invisible...
Did anybody say "I'd rather die than be seen in a school bus"?
Frankly, I'm wondering if there isn't going to be a criminal investigation of the mayor. With the death toll as high as it is, and with the transparent negligence in the run-up to the storm, it certainly seems like there should be. Of course, there's not much of a DA's office operating in NO these days, but the state could pick up the slack.
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