Welp..be that as it may. The President said the Response was not and is not adequate and is unacceptable. The Mayor of New Orleans said the response was not and is not adequate.
Sooo...that leads one to believe that regardless of the magnitude of the disaster, the response to the disaster wasn't what it should have been, according to those in charge. Now why was that? That's the question to be answered. On 9/2/05, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Friday afternoon and a big ass convoy of supplies and troops made it to the > people at the convention center and most of the dome was evacuated at this > point plus shortly before this those thousands of people on the freeway that > the helicopters were dropping off and the bad condition people were being > relocated with helicopters got a convoy of buses(because prior it was hard > for the buses to even get there) to start pulling them out. Does no one > realize the magnitude of what it takes to evacuate 10s of thousands of > people or to find and pull them out of "rumble", each bus holds how many > people? Plus they have been using Amtrak and some flights now that the > airport has dried out enough to actually be used. It was estimated(as per > their local news interview with a professor earlier today) before this ever > happened that maybe 10k people per day could be evacuated from the city if > something like this occured yet certain seems that number was passed when I > watch the local news about amount of people bused in. Levee breaks on > Tuesday, so what is that 72 hours to get trucks organized, get the trucks > loaded, get the troops organized as well and get them loaded and then drive > them there and navigate the rumble to get to the destination and that > assumes they had not done any of those things prior bet they did or it would > have been more than 72 hours. Prior to the convoy arriving helicopters have > been doing their best to drop supplies as they come in. Their number one > priority on the first through days was rescue people from the flooded areas > and from watching the news I see an enormous amount of helicopters and boats > working on that task and the buses started I believe 48 hours later. Plus > the government already dispatched three ships how many days ago, and > probably back when everyone probably did not grasp the magnitude of what was > happening. Just like most people in this world, everyone wants to point a > damn finger at someone or something specific, christ there are people saying > all day how this is racist and if all those people were more white than not > then it would have happened quicker. It is so easy to sit back and look at > anything and think of how it could have been done better, does not matter if > it is a disaster or just someone else code on a CFM application. The bigger > the job one is looking at, usually the less of the variables they are aware > of and fully take into account. > > I almost want to think that the Coast Guard is the only entity involved in > this that has done a "great" job. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172443 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
