Posted on 09/02/2005 7:37:54 AM PDT by An.American.Expatriate
Edited on 09/02/2005 7:51:53 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Maybe Mayor Nagin would like to explain this picture before he and the rest of his democratic fellow travelers continue to blast the fed's.
An aerial view of flooded school buses in a lot, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005, in New Orleans, LA. The flood is a result of Hurricane Katrina that passed through the area last Monday.(AP Photo/Phil Coale)
But if these buses had been used to evacuate people, he couldn't ask for the Feds to provide aid to replace all of the school buses ruined by the flooding.
He keeps blaming FEMA, but his people have been very bad. They sent people to the Convention Center for a shelter then didn't tell FEMA. Superdome ran out of food, and waited till after it was gone to ask for more food. A city surrounded by water had no supplies to stop levee breaks. Army Corp had to go searching for sandbags and things to block the breaches.
I've thought about those dead buses a lot these past few days. Great graphic of the "New Orleans Hurricane Evacuation Plan" by Mayor Nagin and crew.
OK...I'm lost. WHat are you saying? THese busses look unusable and unattainable to me. ?
They ignore that Carter cut that funding, that Clinton cut it more and that the levee that broke had already been repaired. The Bush cuts had absolutely NOTHING to do with this flood.
Guiliani and Gov Bush have spoiled President Bush with their responses to disasters.
Ever? You bet. Look at post 59. I could have easily said it was from this week in NO. Do you make a habit out of blindly believing posts without links?
I assume that the picture is real & part of the aftermath, but explain to me what's wrong with wanting confirmation, hmm?
Trust, but verify my friend.
I was in the city during the 911 attack and saw triage up close and personal so I don't even want to go there. It's just my opinion that those who couldn't possibly help themselves should have had immediate attention.
Exactly! Also, what about taxi cabs and access busses for disabled people and patients. I can't believe they didn't do more to evacuate the hospitals, too.
No the point is, those busses were available BEFORE THE HURRICANE HIT, to get those people out.
They purposely did not get people on buses to get them out of town because they waited too long to do it and it would have created such gridlock on the roads that nobody would get out and tens of thousands would have been sitting ducks when the storm hit.
The mayor and the governor rolled the dice and gambled with the lives of the poorest of their citizens. They lost big time and instead being stand-up people and accepting the blame, they are deflecting it onto others.
Many of them paid for their foolishness with their lives.
OH...thx.
You are right, he refused to use these buses.
Why didn't Bush drive all the people out on those busses? Because he was on vacation and the people were black, that's why!!! /Congressional Black Caucus Speech
While I will agree, to a point with your post, the entire purpose of this thread is to show that, even two days before the storm hit, the mayor had sufficient transportation at his disposal to start evacing people that had no transport - and - his constant whining that the feds aren't acting is just a way of deflecting the blame from himself.
Could the after-event repsonse been better - probably - it almost always CAN be. Will the response teams learn from this - certainly. But, in the middle of trying to save lives and get people resettled, the politicing and blame game should WAIT (something the president has called for!!) until AFTER it's over. or, should we spend valuable time and resources on congressional investigations to determine "What Bush Knew and When He Knew It??"
"And, how do we know that this picture was taken in NO?"
Ah, clever observation. It could have been taken in a school district where they park the buses in a lake.
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