dawn53 wrote: You're your own "grammar police."
Yep. LOL (o:
dawn53 wrote: "I don't know that anybody expected the situation to deteriorate this quickly, I sure didn't."
You're right, after all the water is still rising in New Orleans last I heard...
"Authority is still in the Governor and Mayor's hands, I guess. They need to call in the Feds to take over."
I would agree with you on this - turn it over to the National Guard at least, if not the available military in the area. I'm not a fan of martial law, but I don't think that's what we're talking about.
Rescue Operations are needed. They are calling some areas' search efforts "Recovery Operations" at this point - I say shuffle those in areas where most all are deceased over to NOLA to get the people out... But, I'm not an expert here.
It's certainly a stark contrast between Blanco and Barbour. She sounds wishy washy and mystified every time I hear her. Barbour, on the other hand, gave an impression of calm confidence and a man with a plan.