"Yer Pal Al" <
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> >> Equipment and supplies were dispatched to the gulf coast several days
> >> ago BEFORE Isaac became a hurricane.
> > ---------------
> > Bush did the same thing, and the Democrat media said that the only
> > thing the African-Americans had to eat was each other.
>
> BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>
> I grew up in NOLA and was there back before hurricanes had names much
> less only female names.
}The first hurricane was a man's name, . Naming them
after women didn't come until years later.
Nice try but no cigar as the process was on and off (mostly women's names,
some by location name) depending on who was talking and their personal point
of reference that goes back to early in the 40's.
The 1947 hurricane that hammered the Mississippi Gulf Coast was called the "
'47 Hurricane" at least as far was the locals were concerned. I was there so
I'd appreciate it if you didn't try to tell me how it was 60+ years ago.
> Me and mine were there before, during and following Katrina. Do you really
> want me to address even a few of the details of the cluster f*?
}Yes, that would be nice. Thanks.
Short list:
FEMA claimed all surface access into NOLA was blocked which was partially
true. News folk got in the back way (the same route Lafitte, the pirate,
and the bootleggers of prohibition used). This was well used by a lot of
the locals, me and mine included.
Funny but it seems that FEMA nor the DoD knew of this route but was easily
found on Google maps and Google earth. I would expect that the government
had access to much much better sat technology than Google Earth. Perhaps I
should mention that the Coast Guard and the ATF knew about the route. Barry
Seal used it in his smuggling operations so the CIA was in on the secret.
8000 gallons of fresh water was within three miles of the Superdome. FEMA
sent the trucks back to Baton Rough. Drivers threatened with arrest if they
didn't comply. These trucks came down the west side of the river across the
Huey Long bridge (Bridge City) then along Jefferson Highway/Tchoupitoulas to
Canal. (see Lafitte above)
Barge/tow boat companies offered to bring in barge loads of water and
supplies to the foot to Canal. Offer declined.
Wal Mart Corp had something on the order of 20+ semi-trailers loaded with
relief supplies. FEMA would not allow them to enter NOLA.
In a previous hurricane Florida was covered up with supplies to the point
that gen sets went unused. Relief supplies were delivered to the people of
Florida the very next day.
Emergency MREs were delivered to Afghanistan from Germany within <24 hours
of need, yet apparently nothing could be moved from anywhere in the USA to
NOLA for weeks.
Navy helicopter and relief ships were on site for the earth quake/tsunami
relief in Indonesia with in one day. Military vessels to NOLA and the
Mississippi gulf coast were not dispatched until a week later.
FEMA troops were caught stealing diesel fuel and communications equipment
from Jefferson Parish Sheriff Department.
FEMA blocked the communications repair techs (for the police radio system)
from entering the city.
Coast guard helicopters were short of fuel which limited their ability to
respond (CG did a *fantastic* job regardless) but no tanker trucks nor
tanker aircraft were dispatched to resupply fuel.
Private air boats had been allowed in previous emergencies to move survivors
from flooded areas but again not allowed by FEMA for Katrina.
FEMA's director (aka you're doing a good job Brownie) was more concerned
about what he was going to ware for his press conference than about problems
in the area. Regardless he was not aware that NOLA had flooded as by his
own words 'until he saw the flooding on TV'.
LSU had predicted the exact scenario years before. The study and input were
ignored. The engineering company constructing some of the levees (I use
that term broadly) that failed advised the COE (corp of engineers) of the
potential problems and were told basically build to plan.
Bean counters (this was before Bush) made a cost/benefit call and built
levees to a Cat 3 rating. What's more the same standard was used in the
rebuild. So currently as long as NOLA gets a CAT 3 or lower it's in good
shape. But like the Mayor said last week anything more than a CAT 3 and all
bets are off.
Private security (aka Blackwater) had the run of the city basically
protecting corp interest.
Things did not get on track until LTG Russel (Don't Get Stuck on STUPID!)
Honore: started taking names and kicking ass.
The man was from S. Louisiana spoke the language (literally), knew the area,
the people and more so knew what was needed. I expect he'd seem his share
of hurricanes as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEyT8uh8xT8&feature=related