Those choppers should have been in the air this morning. And as for landing strips for transport planes...try the freeways...they are closed to traffic.
We, the USA, could have and should have done better.
"Those choppers should have been in the air this morning. And as for landing strips for transport planes...try the freeways...they are closed to traffic. "
"We, the USA, could have and should have done better."
You can't wait for the govt! People need to start saving themselves now. I stll can't believe the 75' wide canal feeding one of the breeches is not plugged yet.
Simmer down, please. Every single thing you've pleaded for in your last several posts is ALREADY HAPPENING.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that JUST because it isn't ON TV it isn't happening. Most of the real story is happening without waiting for cameras to show up.
You mean the divided freeways that aren't unobstructed enough to land on, and which were heavily damaged by Katrina anyway?
They couldn't land on them at all today. The rotary wing craft *were* on the way and they are starting to arrive in the area as night falls.
Unless you have a time machine and can go back and undo all the damage that Klinton & Co did to the military, realize that the military is doing the best they can do with what they have.
*** Those choppers should have been in the air this morning. And as for landing strips for transport planes...try the freeways...they are closed to traffic.***
And when the first landing C-130 punches through the concrete?
Logistics Takes TIME. This is a MASSIVE undertaking, and it's not just New Orleans! The Primary base at Maxwell is set up, communications and logistical assets should have come in today, and supplies should start through tommorrow...
Where does it turn around for take-off? Where does the fuel come from?
I heard on WWL radio early early this moring that the choppers HAD been flying all night Monday night into Tuesday morning.
As for freeways as landing strips - get real. It's a city. Not a Nebraska interstate.
"Those choppers should have been in the air this morning. And as for landing strips for transport planes...try the freeways...they are closed to traffic."
Choppers were in the air this morning, and yesterday, too.
This will be the second night that Coast Guard rescue helicopters operate using night vision equipment. They plucked 1,200 people off roofs in the last 24 hours.
Freeways are NOT closed to traffic, but there is little vehicular traffic because there are few operable vehicles. What roadways are open are needed for relief and emergency traffic.
On top of that, there are people walking the freeways to get out of town.
Let's all be less critical and appreciate the difficulty of the task at hand. This is too big for easy, quick solutions.
Hello - the freeways are UNDER WATER, how do you think they are going to land a plane? Not to mention wires, bridges, abandoned cars, etc. What sci-fi movie have you seen lately?