We may not have even seen the worst of it. With the remnants of the hurricane making her way up along the west side of the Appalachian Mountains through Ohio, the storm run-off will be making its way down the Mississippi for days.
The track of this storm IS the very reason we are where we are this very day.
They had plenty of warning -- they just didn't pull the trigger when they should have.
Unless, of course, you consider the governor of a state asking the public to PRAY THAT THE WINDS DIE DOWN to be a plan.
Bluntly, they had time to do a hell of a lot more than they did.
But I agree we have no seen the worst.
Wait till those people realize they can't go home for six weeks.
Wait for the disease.
Wait for the body count.
It's an issue of ENORMOUS importance; repeatedly we've seen people (even politicians) shift blame for their unpreparedness from themseves to the NHC (Andrew, Charley, Katrina) with blatantly false information. First off, I hate to see undeserving people get blame, and Second off, it matters for future storms.
Alberta's Child posted:
"We may not have even seen the worst of it. With the remnants of the hurricane making her way up along
the west side of the Appalachian Mountains through Ohio, the storm run-off will be making its way down
the Mississippi for days."
I think it's important to note that I have not seen any reports of breaches in the Mississippi River levees. Right now this isn't important as the entire area is inundated, but if they hold, the levels in NO may well stay below those in the River in the coming days.