Originally Posted by Ravenous T\A

When 9/11 Happened Mayor Guilanui (somthing like that) formed a command center using Police/Fire depts and emergency crews to help in the effort for rescue and keeping civil order and the Governor Pataki was right beside him (before the US gov't stepped in to help). What the hell has the Mayor of NO and the Governor of LA done? Bitching and crying about the US Govt not coming to aid fast enough but it was the states responsiblity in the 1st place to have a plan in place incase this did happen. People should be yelling at the state 1st not our goverment, its not the goverments responsiblity to babysit the state of LA, they are only there incase LA askes for help which they didnt do until after the **** hit the fan. I didnt hear any reports from the Tsunami struck countries of people acting like these animals and they are in more poverty then these people.

Originally Posted by jmh21

No one did expect it- the hurricane didn't even directly hit NO, and the levees of course weren't supposed to break, or the city pumps.

I think the general attitude was "It hasn't happened so far..." and so it was completely unexpected.

OTOH, it is FRIDAY, the hurricane hit on Monday, and it hit Florida before that. Just knowing Katrina was going to hit US soil should have been enough to get our resources mobilized so that help could be sent it. Someone should have had a draft for the relief act a week ago, just in case- and just filled in the numbers and pushed it through tuesday.

Originally Posted by bsherrill

I give up. There is no room for argument here, because anything rational said is falling upon deaf ears anyway.

Originally Posted by BigBronco

well just hold on to your buts because there is about to be millions more wanting money from the us...






http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/news...AN-TYPHOON.xml



a category 5 storm maybe larger then the one that just crushed NO is on path to destroy japan and Korea..... HOW WONDERFUL!

Originally Posted by Garrett O

Send in the god damn military and take control.

Originally Posted by 1genCamaro

there's just too many of these refugees. I dont like it when some idiot starts talking **** and doesnt know what's going on. Reunion arena and American airlines centre are being filled to the brim here the dome in houston is full and they're still coming by the busload. There have already been reports of cars being jacked and being found broke down towards LA

Originally Posted by bsherrill

Look all I am saying is that you cant explode at the federal Govt. They are doing what they can as fast as they can. The residents were given a MANDATORY evacuation notice from the local government and over 80% listened and obeyed what was said. Those people are safe and have food and water and shelter right now. It is only the hand full that decided to "ride it out" (a storm that was at once 175mph sustained winds) that are now screaming and ranting about no help. The Govt knew it was going to be bad, no one expected it to be as bad as it is. 100's if not 1,000's of volenteers are there doing what they can to help.



So with this quote what are you saying? Shoot and kill those that are looting? Shoot the people that are as you say "survival of the fittest" people?

Originally Posted by Elite_Hot_Rod

How was anybody supposed to get in there directly after the hurricane hit? Impossible and you'd risk further loss of life. By the time the weather cleared enough to get there they started evacuating which is what had to happen, the primary concern at the time had to be evacuation of the elderly, cripples and small children. In conjunction with the evacuation relief efforts began but you have to remember NO is considered a large city both area wise and population wise so it is going to take some time under the best of conditions which are dismal at best. You can't just go in there and be unorganized or you will become a victim yourself. It takes time to organize an evacuation/relief effort of this scale.

Originally Posted by bsherrill

FYI:

This is a disaster issue not a political issue. So quit trying to blame the government and everyone else. People are doing what ever they can, however they can to help

Originally Posted by Garett O

The problem is that 80% of people listened to the State of LA, and went to the superdome, that is where bodies are lined up, and people are dieing everyday from having no water or food.

Originally Posted by Ravenous T\A

so blame LA not the fed gov't, they assumed the Levy's would hold, they assumed Wrong

Originally Posted by Ravenous T\A

so blame LA not the fed gov't, they assumed the Levy's would hold, they assumed Wrong

Originally Posted by bsherrill

They are all being bus loaded to houston, San Antonio, dallas as fast as possible.