Bill, you must be a prophet. What a catastrophe this has turned out to be... I don't know if New Orleans will ever be rebuilt after this.. ... re-located ......
I'm not the only prophet ... What kills me is the way this is being handled. We had mass devestation in Central Florida after last year's 3-pack of big...
I just remembered that Bush Sr. losing his reelection campain was said to have been affected by the way the Fed's bungled the disaster recovery in Homestead...
... The irony, of course, is that the disaster recovery afer Andrew was grossly delayed because _Florida kept denying federal assistance_. The moment they...
There are disasters and then there are DISASTERS. You simply can never be ready for devestation on this level. However, Louisiana could have been better...
Oh, and one other thing. There are hundreds of thousands of displaced people right now who will be looking to re-start their lives. It will take MONTHS of ...
... I have heard on more than one news source that the Governer did not have the authority to call up the guard, which dosen't sound exactly right to me. ... ...
From what I've heard, the rumor got out to go to the convention center for assistance, but no official ever came out and said it. People showed up there, but...
This is just a rumour I heard and didn't bother to follow up, but is it true that shortly before the hurricane struck there was legislation under review in...
Small cities and rural areas will typically not see the chaos that a major city sees. Yep, they sure did tell everyone to evactuate. Several days before in ...
... And thank God, too. Crap, think about what would have happened if another million people had been in the city when the levee broke... -Mike Man can now...
... From: CAT23-Achat@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Peter J Richardson (snip) I can just imagine the outrage if the president were to suggest that, given that...
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Peter, The only problem with your idea is that they need a limited number of trained professionals to rebuild levees - not a mob of untrained citizens in some...
Clark, (1) The economy is not in the crapper, no matter how badly you wish it to be so, how many times you repeat the statement. (2) Iraq has nothing to do...
FYI, excuse my typing errors ... I'm typing with my five month old on my lap, and he's figgity today :) -- Bill Highfield St Cloud, Florida, USA! Top Choice...
Bill and All, You and I will just have to disagree about the state of the economy, although I'm sure that once the Republicans are out of office, somehow...
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Deepak, Yes, it was common knowledge ... right up there with the fact that if a Cat4 or Cat5 hit, the levees would fail no matter what. If the winds and storm...
... Well, that's not entirely true. Nature can kick us in the goolies sometimes but then nature also usually has it's own protective box/cup in place to soften...
Clark, You can blame the governor's failure to act more than a shortage of National Guard troops. She didn't use the resources she had,m yet you complain she...
... I didn't say they'd be rushed into the field without training, and you know it. There's a great deal of difference between throwing an untrained civilian...
Ian, I agree with you about the wetlands. I of course meant to say that nothing was going to save New Orleans with the current set up. Levees cannot stop a...
Bill, I don't know if anyone is to blame for New Orleans, but the pictures we saw on TV (BBC and CNN) were horrific - the sort that accompanies the usual third...
Uh, Bill ... While I've learned to expect diversionary personal comments from you, these are getting truly excessive. I have provided sources about the cuts in...
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... No Bill, to be fair, you didn't. But the idea that people left homeless, jobless and devastated by a natural disaster should be told to go fight, and risk...
