80% of the city of New Orleans' 450,000 residents evacuated before Katrina hit. I was in that number making the bumper to bumper twenty hour trip to Birmingham. Made it again a few years ago for Gustav, but that trip took twenty two hours.
Posted on 07/04/2011 6:02:20 AM PDT by DJ Taylor
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The Defense Department is grooming a new type of commander to coordinate the military response to domestic disasters, hoping to save lives by avoiding some of the chaos that plagued the Hurricane Katrina rescue effort.
The officers, called dual-status commanders, would be able to lead both active-duty and National Guard troops - a power that requires special training and authority because of legal restrictions on the use of the armed forces on U.S. soil.
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Key word—”RETIRED” And the structure should be re-organized under the logistics they bring to the table, coupled with authorization of local civil authorities. Not top down.
There is a connivance going on with what these totalitarians are trying to do. Mussolini would be proud.
The keys to the hundreds of parked school buses were in the parishes hands, to be used if they had any sense at all. And the mayor and the police had very little of either... them being as corrupt as they were/are.
They also watched the tv, trying to second guess landfall from the Weather Service, and really avoid activating well established procedures... until it was too late. This was massive failure of local so called leaders, governor and mayor being principal.
80% of the city of New Orleans' 450,000 residents evacuated before Katrina hit. I was in that number making the bumper to bumper twenty hour trip to Birmingham. Made it again a few years ago for Gustav, but that trip took twenty two hours.
They evacuated late. The huge traffic jams were just before the storm hit. They had 3 or 4 days notice. President Bush even called the mayor, pleading with him to issue an evacuation decree.
Give the job to the Coast Guard!
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