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  • Blanco Refused to Act

    09/04/2005 6:13:51 AM PDT · by smittyhere · 65 replies · 3,460+ views
    At the Washington Post, in a story with a headline that gives no indication of the important information it contains, we discover that federal officials were desperately trying to get Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco to do something about the disaster in New Orleans—but she refused to act: Thousands Remain To Be Evacuated.
  • The definitive list of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's "genuinely heroic" decisions

    09/04/2005 6:16:42 AM PDT · by snarks_when_bored · 107 replies · 4,096+ views
    September 4, 2005 | snarks_when_bored
      Louisiana disaster plan, pg 13, para 5 , dated 01/00'The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating'... On an earlier FR thread, we learned that the BBC has determined that Ray Nagin, mayor of the devastated city of New Orleans, Louisiana, has "genuinely heroic" qualities. I've started this thread to make it easy to keep track of those decisions of Mayor Nagin that can only be described as heroic....