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To: NautiNurse

FEMA et alia need to stop thinking about SAR in land-air terms.

There's really only one way to have a mass-exodus out of New Orleans at this point:

THE RIVER.

The river levee is the highest large open patch of land in the area, and there are a lot of docks.

I *know* there are a lot of shallow-draft barges and tugs which could be militarized and tasked for evacuation.
Getting folks to the levee might require teams in zodiacs, pirogues, and maybe even hovercraft, but it can be done.

They need to start doing thios NOW NOW NOW - the situation in NOLA is going to get a lot worse, especially if the river levee breaches or is topped when the upstream rains swell the Mississippi over the next few days.

Pass this on, if you have FEMA/NG contacts.


445 posted on 08/30/2005 8:33:24 AM PDT by King Prout (and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
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To: King Prout
FEMA et alia need to stop thinking about SAR in land-air terms.

There's really only one way to have a mass-exodus out of New Orleans at this point:

THE RIVER.

The river levee is the highest large open patch of land in the area, and there are a lot of docks.

I *know* there are a lot of shallow-draft barges and tugs which could be militarized and tasked for evacuation. Getting folks to the levee might require teams in zodiacs, pirogues, and maybe even hovercraft, but it can be done.

They need to start doing thios NOW NOW NOW - the situation in NOLA is going to get a lot worse, especially if the river levee breaches or is topped when the upstream rains swell the Mississippi over the next few days.

Pass this on, if you have FEMA/NG contacts.


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456 posted on 08/30/2005 8:35:43 AM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
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To: King Prout

The river is not currently navigable for boats or ships.


461 posted on 08/30/2005 8:36:44 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: King Prout

Your idea is top notch - I hope someone in the area thinks of it too.


463 posted on 08/30/2005 8:37:13 AM PDT by NautiNurse ("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
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