Documents Reveal Inner Workings of Government During Katrina (New details released)

WAFB ^ | 12/05/2005 | Julie Baxter

[LA Woman3]

The mayor and the governor called for the mandatory evacuation for Katrina less than 24 hours before the storm hit, and one haunting sentence in the plan seemed to be all but forgotten:

"Approximately 100,000 citizens of New Orleans do not have means of personal transportation."

[billhilly]

Stand by for NEWS! I can just hear the voice of Paul Harvey.

[billhilly]

please get everyone over here.

[billhilly]

Ping

[billhilly]

This is some important new information. It is too bad there are so many hot topics going on. More people need to see this.

[Miss Marple]

You know, Blanco may think that this release of e-mails will vindicate her, but it looks to me like it will only reveal the state and local government's incompetence.

[billhilly]

Agreed. Glad you are here. The part about 100,000 not having transportation and Nagin not using the school buses while they were still above water is HOT.

[LA Woman3]

ping!

[billhilly]

Good.

[Randy Larsen]

"Approximately 100,000 citizens of New Orleans do not have means of personal transportation."

There is no way that FEMA would have been able to help without the locals having their Sh!t together! Nagin and Blanco need to be brought up on murder charges!

[McGavin999]

And the thing is, I'm sure she had all the "bad stuff" erased before turning it over. Just imagine what's not there anymore.

[billhilly]

One wonders what Blanco's "National Surrogates" will do with this.

[ClaireSolt]

At a minimum, it was criminal neglect of government officials but also of a community that drove off to evacuate and left many to drown.

[satchmodog9]

it is already starting

[NautiNurse]

This article brought back some vivid memories from the days and hours prior to Katrina landfall. It was a very predictable catastrophe we witnessed.

Recall Nagin gently suggested that people take a train "to anywhere" even though the last train had already left the station--empty.

[billhilly]

Wow, I just looked at your home page. You really have kept up, haven't you. I'll have to review.

[LA Woman3]

This article brought back some vivid memories from the days and hours prior to Katrina landfall. It was a very predictable catastrophe we witnessed.

The Hurricane Katrina Live Threads are haunting to go back and read. Bet you are thrilled hurricane season is over!!

[mikeybaby]

I still think it's stunning to compare the reponse of FL and AL to that of LA. I know FL didn't flood, but, gee whiz, haven't they been hit with 4 major storms in the past two years? I have friends who travel to FL on business and they invariably comment on the "blue tarp roofs" visisble from the air. I remeber being at Purdue in 1978 when the blizzard hit. 4 feet of snow, temps at minus 15F and 45 MPH winds. I never saw anyone from FEMA, although when they shut the school down (first time in 78 years) our major concern was getting to the local liquor store, which, predictably, was damn near sold out(at 10 A.M.). Ended up drinking Black Label beer and cherry vodka.
Yuk.

[CFC__VRWC]

You know, Blanco may think that this release of e-mails will vindicate her, but it looks to me like it will only reveal the state and local government's incompetence.

It looks like there just may be too much evidence of Blanco's incompetence for even the media to spin, soft peddle and/or sweep under the rug, though she's clearly hoping for that and the media's giving it the old college try.