I heard a 3 star general in charge of Disaster Response team or something like that say this was the worst case scenario and they just weren't prepared for a worst case. Seems like he'll be retiring very soon. They only deployed 2k National Guardsmen the day of the hurricane. I guess they thought the locals could handle it. I do remember last year before MAX on this list there was talk of New Orleans being lost, I guess they go through the false alarms every year. Now I'm wondering if this General is responsible or if he was sent to fall on his sword.
On 9/2/05, Vivec wrote: > I think that right now it looks like an utter failure of a relief effort. > > I know the US wouldn't accept help from world aid organisations, but > maybe they should ask for it. > > It's crazy what is going on, and how this situation has spiraled out > of control. I would never expect this in the US. In some small third > world country yes, but not the US. > > Looting in a disaster is a fact, as long as the area has poor people, > and what city doesn't, there will be looting.As warring gang factions > get together, there's going to be shooting. > > What surprises me too is the extent of the poverty that we see now > existed in New Orleans. It's something that I've never seen evidence > of, or heard spoken about before. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172227 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
