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Posted on 08/30/2005 1:34:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Too late to save the city .... get the people out.
The Saturday evacuation calls were voluntary. The Sunday one (which happened about 8 am) was the first mandatory.
FWIW, each of the sections is built independent of the next, which explains why some sections survived and others didn't. Don't know what caused the sections to tip, but the amount of debris on the bridge deck seems to indicate a pretty significant current, so perhaps the water simply lifted the roadway right off the piers.
Just do it.......you'll get a HUGE laugh.
I think it was you that called this on sat. preventable. sad.
I'm quite positive :-)
"It's gonna top 200 in MS alone.
I think we'll be lucky if it doesn't top 1000."
I dread to put a number on something like this as it might come to pass.
But it is dreadful that there is no outrage that the levees failed under blue skies.
Sheesh, and if I said Looters needed to be shot I would get accused of being KKK member I suppose.
But by that logic, we would have to blame the people for staying.
Sorry, but in this forum, we blame politicians.
Where was that?
Take care. I had loved ones in a very large tornado..involved in finding (praise God), moving them the following day, and cleaning up what remained of their furniture and clothing...I felt like we were in a war zone ..Prayers for all.
We are talking about flights on Sat as well as well into Sun when there was no wind
The way you put it WAS racist.
That's right, but the riots went on the better part of a week... they had some history to go on, however because of the 60's riots which were devestating.
Did he really? Hmm...
Willie... this is not the time. Really.
> My point earlier this thread was that actions taken by authorities in the few days leading up to and since Monday will not deserve the criticism that many here want to throw at them.
I am referring here to the ENGINEERING authorities (i.e., the ones dealing with water technology), not the POLITICAL authorities (dealing with strategic planning and vision). Politicians are always fair game, even when they don't deserve it.
"Money is something most of the airlines don't have. United is in Bankruptcy, Delta will likely file in a few weeks, NW is having to break a union to stay solvent, USAir just got bought out of bankruptcy court, TWA is gone, American might avoid filing if fuel prices drop soon.
Instead, they got their planes clear of the storm (know what a storm can do to a jetliner in flight? Google up what happened to the Southern Air Lines DC-9 in Georgia a few decades ago - it changed forever the way the airlines treat storms.) ANd they gave their ground crews a chance to get their families to safety."
Wow! At least someone besides me agrees that the airlines are not to blame! Thanks for making so much sense!
You are right. I have heard for years how NO would one day float in the sea from a big cane. Mostly people joking about it. But I can't believe there really was no plan down there-- pumps that can only handly 2 inches of rain? On the coast? No back ups? And in CA they have to build everything quake proof.
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