A hard time line is the ticket. I called a friend in the NO suburbs Thursday, concerned about her welfare and just to listen to her account of the situation. Sort of got my bearings there.
That day, Nagin was making outrageous accusations against the feds, railing over the lack of response which at the time was moving towards the city limits. The account I got was of near total breakdown of local emergency response (credit was given to some brave cops behind the lines who acted responsibly) and ineptness on the state level dealing with the situation. Thursday evening, Blanco fully committed the LaNG. Friday morning federal and neighboring state's NG arrived on scene providing aid and means for evacuation.
I've heard enough from Nagin and Blanco and Landreau. I've no more time for them. They wasted a hundred hours while their constituents suffered.
Make this known...Mississippi and Alabama were also hit hard by Katrina. Those folks deserve our attention too.
Absolutely. Except they need supplies like lumber, nails. They don't sit around waiting for the government to do everything. They help themselves and each other, gripe about things later. A BIG contrast to NO. Because media is busy attacking Bush and exploiting NO, it's hard to find out what's needed in Alabama and Mississippi. Almost no coverage at all except through the internet.