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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse
you forgot: Putting one hand in the til when NOone was looking....
I grew up in Louisiana. I know how things work there...
My sister told me she heard that buses were "made available" before the storm. I guess she heard it on the Weather Channel, which is what she's been watching. I don't know any more than that.
According to WWL it was the Mayor who made things better by whining about it last night. Somehow he made Bush take it seriously. Right.
Harrigan under fire in NO. the police are moving in to a building near the W hotel, shots fired.
It's probably even questionable whether a Ryder truck type bomb with Nitrates and oil would be able to take out a levee sufficiently, though I'd expect it to have a chance; perhaps truly huge quantities of plastic explosive would be needed in a truck.
Personal suicide bombs work through the dispersal of shrapnel over a wide area. What you need for a levee is a really enormous force.
One thing people consistently do is overestimate the force avaliable to humans relative to that of nature; the force of the water against the side of these levees really makes all but the largest of bombs look like a joke.
If you check the threads, I was suggesting this before Katrina hit.
You're right of course. Skimming and gouging are long-held traditions. Get elected to something and it's like "hitting the big one." I grew up in Louisiana too (Houma). Where are you from?
Not a defense of the Governor, because I think she's pitiful, but the situation in NO cannot be compared to the situation in MS and AL.
The fire is coming closer to Harrigan's position.
We have a portable cell phone tower & ground unit set up right outside our city hall. It is a self-contained unit and certainly could be deployed by a Chinook or 2. All you would need is microwave to link it to the grid. Emergency antennas could be deployed via those helium blimps or even repeater stations. We have the technology. I've seen current video of it rolling out on flatbeds (a local company makes military comm. equipment and I recognize the stuff).
I can't believe this! He's describing pure chaos! Just damn.....
But then again, I don't honestly give a damn what you think of me..:)
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Exactly what I've been saying. We are seeing the results of "tolerance" and "acceptance" of every moral degeneracy known to man. Without Jesus Christ this county is doomed to this kind of barbarity.
Cajun Girl astutely noted earlier this week that the NO politicos can readily get people on the buses to the polls on Election Day but couldn't be bothered to bus people out of NO 48 hours prior to a disaster.
Thanks for putting it into perspective.
Wonder why Jeb Bush or Rudy - someone with disaster management experience doesn't call Blanco and volunteer to help. Surely someone could reach out personally and let her save a little face to save lives.
I am convinced these thugs are starting these fires..
'Those with wealth need to step up to the plate.'
Has John Kerry-Heinz been heard from?"
We could do a whole list of the DIMS w $$$$s - to start with:
Corzine
Feinstein
Kennedy
Jesse Jackson (he could donate some of the money he scammed from corporations)
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