But wasn't this a Cat 2 Hurricane when it made landfall in that area? > -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 3:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Michael moore letter to bush on New Orleans tragedy > > The 2004 Hurricane Plan that FEMA spend 500 thousand dollar for, and then > ignored, clearly outlined that exact possibility, and predicted casualties > from a CAT 4 storm of 40 - 60,000. > > When they claim they didn't know what they needed, they are lying. When > they > claim the fault is with the local officials they are lying. The governor > of > Louisiana was on CNN the morning after the storm stating that a huge > federal > presence was on the way. It didn't arrive until Friday. Hell, the hospital > ship didn't even leave Baltimore until Friday, and STILL IS NOT THERE. > > All the feds were patting themselves on the back about their great > response, > and blah, blah, blah number of meals were given to FEMA , and blah, blah, > blah number of troops have been mobilized. > > But very few of those got to the people who needed them, and the Coast > Guard > is still saying they cannot save the remaining trapped victims because > they > DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER. > > This isn't just a failure of leadership, it is criminally negligence > homicide. > > > On 9/6/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Why didn't you call the FEMA and tell them that you knew that they would > > need supplies for 100,000 people and troops to defend against looters? > I'm > > thinking it was you who committed murder by not letting anybody know. > > > > Yes, that does sounds ridiculous. > > > > > > >
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