I agree that they did have a plan...but it obviously didn't work for a number of reasons. I'm not saying I have all the answers because I certainly don't, all I'm saying is that I'm trying to help in a situation that is much larger than the rest of us, and whether it be through a website or driving down to Houston with a trailer filled with goods from my local community or whatever...I'll do it to help. Being from Baton Rouge, I hate to see everything that's going on in New Orleans. New Orleans is my party town too. It shouldn't matter so much who is responsible as much as who still needs help, and what we all can do to help. Finger pointing and blaming officials will continue to go down into the history books whether it be Bush, FEMA, the Mayor, the Governor, or all them (not in that particular order mind you).
I'd like to remember what I did to help out rather than who I bitched out along the way....the truth is all the media is putting the spin on it, depending on the agenda at hand, so people need to think about that as they watch Fox, or MSNBC, or CNN, or the BBC...there isn't one network that someone else can't say something about regarding an agenda...or provide a link for someone else to read the spin. It will be interesting to see who gets the axe or if anyone does at all...all I really know is that while we all sit in our not-so-comfortable chairs until the wee hours of the morning (at least I do)...people are suffering because someone else didn't do enough to help, and it's now our turn to make a difference and that's exactly what I'm trying to do, and anyone else is welcome to join me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:31 PM Subject: Re: You must read this. > On 9/6/05, Matthew Blatchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Since New Orleans didn't have plan, or >> at least a good one, maybe they should have had a generic checklist of >> needs, besides telling the public to "get out" and "good luck".... > > > New Orleans had a plan. Do what could be done on the local level, and turn > the management of the emergency over to the feds. Which is exactly what > they > did. FEMA briefed the Mayor of New Orleans immediately after the storm. > The > mayor then did an interview with WWL-TV, very similiar to the interview > Guiliani did just after the towers collapsed. The govenor of Lousiana then > presented FEMA with a list of immediate needs to supplement the list she > had > provided to them on August 26 and 27. > > The adminstration would love to spin this as a failure of the local > officials. But the media isn't letting them get away with it. > > Read this: > > http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/090605ccKatrinacaresponse.68f01be8.html > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:172938 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
