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Originally posted by WyrdeOne
Do you think the burst levvie (how the hell do you spell this word?) was intentional? I saw this speculation elsewhere on ATS, but I'm inclined to disbelieve.
Originally posted by FredT
Why was the city itself not prepared? They knew Katrina was a Cat5 and the levys were rated at a 3 If I recall
Where was the LA government in all of this?
WHat about the people of NO? Did they not have preperation for themselves. (Being paranoid and living 3 miles from the San Andreas Fault we are as prepared as we can get for the big quake)
Originally posted by ThichHeaded
But all and all the people left behind were poor people, some of the ones who were smart and stole cars where told to go back into the city by national gardsmen.. car was taken and they were thrown back into the city.
Heard that on Alex Jones today.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
I think incompetence is generally a more plausible explanation of government screw-ups, rather than malicious intent. That's my feeling most of the time, and this situation seemed no different.
Originally posted by FredT
Originally posted by ThichHeaded
But all and all the people left behind were poor people, some of the ones who were smart and stole cars where told to go back into the city by national gardsmen.. car was taken and they were thrown back into the city.
Heard that on Alex Jones today.
Do you have another source for this other than ALex Jones? Just curious..
So are you saying that the Mayor of NO who was on TV this morning did nothing to help evacuate these people prior to Katrina hitting????
Please do not get me wrong, I just wanted to point out in my first post that FEMA (Which is the focus of everybodies rage, mine included) is not the sole responsable party for this debacle.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
(A) I think they failed to respond appropriately because of the idiotic shuffling of agencies going on in this country.
The formation of this enormous DHS beast is sucking up a lot of resources and manpower, and it was occupying everybody's attention in the months and years before.
(B)I think incompetence is generally a more plausible explanation of government screw-ups, rather than malicious intent. That's my feeling most of the time, and this situation seemed no different.
(C)The mass evacuations...
(D)In any case, the above is just my opinion. You might, indeed, be right about FEMAs response time being intentionally slow.
Originally posted by wantthetruth
when bush placed the state in "emergency" mode on sat., that should have triggered the help that was needed. the gov, in her cute clothes and full belly hasn't even been to NO to see the devastation, she just waits for the cameras and bush. there are so many bases in the area that on tuesday morning there should have been troops rolling.
Originally posted by WyrdeOne
Trent Lott, now there's a real hero, a man of the people, a role model the children can look up to....