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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Typical. Cafferty is such a jerk. Also typical for CNN overall, heaven forbid that they discuss the ineptitude of the NO Mayor or LA Gov. CNN should changed its handle to CBB -- Constantly Bashing Bush. They are horendous.
I posted on an earlier thread a listing of the money NO had received for emergency preparedness from the goverment. The info came from the City of New Orleans website. I went back today, and added up the figures. They were given over 45 million dollars to come up with, and implement a plan.
Am I stupid to think that forty five million dollars for one fiscal year is not enough to at least come up with some kind of a plan that would have benefitted some of those people? What did NO do with that forty five million dollars?
Like I have said at least 3 times, I never thought of using them for after storm evacuations. In fact, I was one of the ones that said the roads and bridges have to be recertified.
As it is, if people wanted to do trains in advance, they would have to have it organized in advance. Nobody could just say, duh! but the planners and organizers if they wanted to use rail as an option could have certainly had it planned in advance with Amtrak. But, and this is a valid point, people outside of the NE corridor don't think about train travel. When I last took the train back about 85, the Crescent ran one train a day from NO to DC, and one the opposite way. I suspect schedules like that could have been worked with.
I do understand how train schedules work and such. I was thinking why hasn't this become part of a master plan? And I think the answer is, no body thinks about it, so there are no contingency equipment or ways to use the trains, and considering their ability to move people easily and in number it's a shame. Ah well.
It's like leaving the school busses in the bus barn. Why didn't they put that into the master plan as well?
Could have been done, if someone thought about it and was prepared for it, and hadn't tried to wish the storm away a whole extra day.
Thank God we don't have to evacuate large cities often. The experience here in NO shows how hard it is to do it on short notice, and how many things nobody's going to think about doing cause their contingency plans aren't real enough.
Speaking of trains.
I've been looking at some high res pics of NO East, and there are derailed train cars, tossed and turned everywhere you look. I knew they moved a lot of freight in NO, but it takes a moment like this to bring home how important a nexus point for trade NO has been.
I though I still had the link for the site up, but I cloesed it. It's a NOAA site, I think. I got to it through the WDSU website.
I sincerely hope that someone is recording all the police/fire/NG/CG/military scanner traffic.
It is unnerving to hear how unorganized the response is. Hopefully, it can be used as a training aid in the future on how not to handle a disaster.
The last bit was unbelievable. We have 8,000 to 10,000 people dropped off on a highway and no one knows why.
There is a lack of centralized command to coordinate activities.
Oh my gosh, I didn't read far enough to where he switched his party affiliation to become mayor of NO.
Yup. Ditto that.
Koppel was just as bad as Cafferty last night on Nightlie...spelling intended!
Next shift.
I'm also punching out at 3 for a while.
For those of you that want a live blog from NO.....
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
http://mgno.com/
and from houston
http://blogs.chron.com/domeblog/
I have that one and others archived.
Plenty of ammo for the post rescue battles that are shaping up, but more is always better.
Can already imagine the evening news..."The World Wants To Know Why The Delay?!"
(Audio dubbed in over footage of huge convoys rolling in and the refugees cheering)
Gonna be a LOT of post production work in putting tonight's segments together.
Boots on, spin repulsors set to "kill".
August 6, 2003
CNN's Cafferty pleads guilty to hit-run in New York
NEW YORK -- Like most journalists, CNN morning anchor Jack Cafferty would prefer to cover news than make it.
Especially when it's bad news.
But Tuesday, Cafferty was the story, being met by photographers as he entered a midtown court to plead guilty in a May 14 hit-and-run accident. According to the criminal complaint, Cafferty was made an abrupt turn and hit bicyclist Billy Maldonado.
About five people tried to stop Cafferty by running after the car, according to the complaint, but the newsman continued through at least two red lights, while dragging the bicycle underneath the vehicle. Maldonado, 48, who was knocked to the ground, suffered bruises and some bone damage.
Cafferty was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, reckless driving, assault and harassment. He was allowed to plead guilty to a traffic violation: Operating a motor vehicle knowing or having cause to know property damage had been caused. He was sentenced to 70 hours of community service, with six months to complete it, and a $250 fine. He also made restitution.
Cafferty had no comment Tuesday but the criminal complaint said Cafferty told police he saw the bicyclist get off the ground but didn't realize he had hit him. "I am unaware I was in an accident," he said.
Attorney Suzanne Holzberg, who represents Maldonado, expressed disappointment over the proceedings. "I think he got off pretty easy," she said. Maldonado, she said, still needs an operation on his right elbow.
Was it the mayor or the guv that told people to go to their attics to escape the floods? Of course, nobody that was in the flood could hear this....no electricity, etc.
Whooeee... just on Hannity: gave Nagin's speech on tape then absolutely hammered it! Way to go!!!
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