Some people have trusted their lives to the government. Why wouldn't they leave it to them in a crisis, too?
A transistor radio, flashlights and plenty of batteries is essential. On one of the talking head shows, it was said that because of power outages, if you did not have a radio you could not have been aware of the levee failures until your house became inundated. The water rose so fast, there was little time to make a logical plan of escape.
Is this a joke!?!
Please, PLEASE tell me this is a joke!
Even my little city has a way better plan than this...
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Incompetence and lack of leadership at the local level.
Failure from the beginning from the police to execute a command and control policy.
Failure of the Gov to order up the national guard.
Liberal cleptocracy in action.
Well lookie here. The City of New Orleans DID have a plan. It was every man for himself.
This is SHOCKINGLY inadequate. A third grader could provide for a better plan. Do NOT lose this.
Backho - this MUST be added to the list of archived articles for Katrina. And thank you again for all your work on these archives.
Why was this posted to Activism?
Contents:
Shopping cart for looted booty
Flak vest
Cigarettes
Couple 40's
Glock and 20 magazines
"Help Me" sign for when you run out of the above
Someone needs to capture this website before they take it down.
Don't know how to do that or I would.
Thanks.
Identify in advance an adequate storage location at minimum safe distance. - Learn alternate evacuation routes and utilize them early to avoid dangerous conditions, congestion and denied access to certain highways. - Maintain and inspect vehicles regularly to ensure safe and reliable operation. - Equip vehicles with serviceable emergency items such as spare tires, jacks, lug wrenches, lighting, flares, tie- downs, extra fuel, necessary tools, etc. - Remember! Property considerations are secondar to the health and safety of human lives.
Why the heck wasn't this done?
the lettuce is here.
This is the kind of plan that a high school principal provides for a fire drill. Can you imagine!
Great find - bookmark for later
Always a good first step. It's too bad a lot of people stopped paying attention right about there..
>>>If you need a ride, try to go with a neighbor, friend, or relative.
And yet, from here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475637/posts
Ivan exposes flaws in N.O.'s disaster plans (September 19, 2004)
>>>>"If the government asks people to evacuate, the government has some responsibility to provide an option for those people who can't evacuate and are at the whim of Mother Nature," said Joe Cook of the New Orleans ACLU.<<<<
Then, look at Doug's thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475676/posts
>>>AP photo showing New Orleans buses partially submerged. Apparently they were not used to evacuate those without cars.<<<<
The New Orleans officials should have written housing codes that mandated inflatable life boats.They've known for several years that the hurricane cycle was on a dangerous upswing.
Dan Rather could have been a hero instead of a laughingstock, if he had investigated the dangers to New Orleans instead of Bush's military record.
The whole MSM should be ashamed of themselves for having focused on bashing Bush since 2000.
Dang, 8 hours to BR from NO? Those were some heavily filled roads. Normal drive time is something around an hour or so.
I can't believe in a city where half its residents don't have cars that the mayor FAILED to provide any means for these people to leave.
If this list was included in every welfare check it STILL would have never been seen.