There's a lot of truth there. I think maybe his figures are high on the death count, because I think a whole lot more people in NO survived than maybe we thought.
But this shows so many weaknesses in our own systems.
And I knew from day one that the repercussions were tremendous. All of the gulf coast until you get to the other side of Mobile is hurt horribly.
7 refineries shut down.
Lots of oil rig damage.
The Port of New Orleans out of commission (and a huge amount of trade went through it.
I even knew that coffee would go up. I grew up near one of the largest Folger's plants in the country - one of the favorite smells of my childhood.
Where do you put the over half a million people displaced? We have never had to deal with so many people who lost their homes so quickly?
I think everybody shell-shocked. If they don't get it moving today, Lord help us.
I agree, (Bush is speaking as I type) this disaster is so large that the quick type of response we are used to is not going to happen. Have mistakes been made? Yes. Can something like this happen and have no mistakes made? I don’t see how.
I am afraid we have yet to grasp the enormity of the situation.
I'm glad you liked jeffers' post. I agree that in some ways he was well off the mark, but there is so much good food for thought in that post that I've reposted it about ten times, and recieved thanks each time. It is very sobering, and we need to remember that this disaster is out of the league of any and all of us - and it is now clear to me that it will have longer lasting effects than 9/11 - something I have been concerned about and held my breath about until today, and this post.