Posted on 08/31/2005 2:11:38 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
I hope we can get rid of things in the next year. I have a cellar stuffed full of things I sell at the local big flea market, framed pictures (my hobby), antiques and stuff I want to use upstairs when the walls get fixed, etc., etc. Christmas stuff enough for 5 trees. Ya know? That doesn't count all the stuff upstairs on shelves, in cupboards. We're rich in STUFF.
Actually, I continue to hear you loud and clear. I get the boy cried wolf story. I don't see that government cried wolf everytime a tropical depression showed up on radar. From my vantage point, they've always seriously considered and weighed all the facts and predictions put out by the "experts". What else can they do? As far as I know, accurately predicting the stormtrack of a hurricane isn't 100% at this point in time.
My tinfoil hat keeps tellin me, the delay in evac, the denial of authority to declare an evac,,, has all the fingerprints of Mary L's protege, madame Rotten. Think about it, Mayor denies he has authority to declare an evac order. Why? Was he denied the authority by someone with more authority? Possibly. The Gov is next up the chain of command. Why did the Gov delay the evac order? Who denied her the authority to give the evac order? Next up the chain is Senator Mary L. Sen Mary L. was on TV the day of Katrina, front and center to blame GWB for the troop deployment being responsible for greivous injury to Dim voters. Who could coerce Mary L. to delay the evac order? The shadow of the shrew is all over this farce of "responsible" govenment of the people. It may seem a bit convoluted, but it has motive (Blame W). The only other explantion is in which case the Bunko Blancos should step aside and let the competant take charge to prevent any more loss of life, and property!
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The conservative position is always to err on the side of public safety.
I was trying to figure out if I could get down there in time with my boat to help the rescue ops, but I'm afraid I'd get there too late to do any good.
Add to your tin foil that officials of Plaquemines and St. Barnard parishes asked for martial law and have been told that there is no provision for it in the state constitution. That means that it will have to be federalized or left in chaos. Bush gets blamed either for bypassing posse comitatis or doing nothing.
Kill A Commie For Mommie
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"What is there for people to return to? Homes? Jobs?"
No, and No. If they're lucky they still have their loved ones.
I think the comparison of scale of damage to a series of small nuclear blasts is apt in many ways.
I went through Hurrican Allen in 1980 during basic training at Lackland A.F.B. (San Antonio). The storm hit near Brownsville, but based on my experience, I'd need no evac order to leave Dodge. Anybody who's been there knows how solidly the dorms are built (not the barracks but the dorms). I distintly remember hearing the building groan as it was "breathing" in the wind. The 24 hours of non-stop thunder was unerving. And I mean non-stop. The thunder was continuous, with one peal blending perfectly into two or three others.
Only somebody who's been threw something like that knows the resounding cry of exuberant joy upon the realization of the first 3 minutes of silence. And you know what was even louder? The second cheering when we timed the period of silence about 15 minutes later, lasting almost a whole five minutes before the thunder resumed. And very rapidly the thunder diminished in frequency, to the point that within an hour or so we could actually understand what was being received on the guys little portable A.M. radio. Before that it was pure white noise static the kind that you hear when lightning strikes.
Looking down, turning red, stammering -- OMG. I should have known France wouldn't give a hoot. A sheepish "sorry 'bout that" :)
Thanks :)
It looks like it couldn't hurt to try. I am trying to find a group to go with, I know Governer Perry has put out a request for medical personal. I'm a nurse, and it's killing me to just watch it all unfold...
These people need help, fast, needed it days ago. When all is said and done, when this starts to get settled down, there needs to be some SERIOUS after action discussion, and perhaps indictments...
I was advised by LA authorities NOT to come.
They stated that they had enough problems dealing with their own citizens without trying to coordinate "individual volunteers", and that within one week the city would be deserted anyway.
She didn't believe the water was toxic?! Appalling!
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