I can see there is a little anger here. It would be nice for FReepers to be civil to each other rather than being insulting. You know who you are. :)
I'm disappointed that help for these poor people did not get there sooner. Local and state officials should have had enough of an emergency game plan together to get help within 24 hours. Perhaps they didn't count on the violence, but they certainly should have expected it. They know their city.
From this, I suspect that every city will be working on new plans that will address what went wrong here. Everyone should have a plan for evacuation if they don't have money or a car.
It is unimaginable to think what would happen if a chemical, nuclear, or biological attack took place in one city or multiple cities. They really could take down the economy and cause a worldwide economic collapse.
Blanco "engineered" the violence. I am convinced the DNC told her go go soft on maintaining civil order to make the relief efforts much harder, to tar Bush with it.
try and get through to Levin again and discuss this with him, talk radio has got to start hitting back.
While I personally think the planning at the city and state level has been abysmal, even the city was disadvantaged in trying to help people because the gangsters were shooting at rescue workers.
They shot at helicopters. They shot at buses. They shot at boats. They shot at police trying to help people. There were reports on FR (articles) that FEMA had to withdraw from trying to get into NO because of water and safety concerns.
The feds declared a statewide emergency before the storm even arrived. The state was late mandating that people leave.
Katrina didn't even move through the state of Mississippi until the early morning hours of Wednesday.
I could easily shoot someone stealing a television if I was LE in New Orleans right now. Heck, the Governor deputized the National Guard to do just that. Asking police to go for an arm shot in the dark when the person or his associate may have an AK-47 is unreasonable.
These gangsters have stopped innocents from being rescued from attics and hospitals. They have raped and murdered children and women. I have zero sympathy.
FEMA was organized and on the ground before the storm hit. Roads are impassible. Safety is a major concern.
If this points out to people there is only so much the feds and state people can do to save us, that's good. People need to be better organized and use their own good judgement.
And definitely, a well timed hit of the type you mentioned would cripple us and change the world economy. There's no way to stop that except keep the fight from over here and pray, imo.