--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 9/1/05 11:28:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > "The present levees are designed to withstand a > Category 3 hurricane; Hurricane Katrina was > Category 4, one short of the highest category." > > It was projected at Category 5 going in. The media > were reporting that the levees would not hold well > before the storm hit. Too bad the people who relay > the news to the president didn't pick that up. > > And I believe we've already discussed where the money > went that was supposed to raise the levees' strength. > > > > And do you think there would have been enough time to organize a total > evacuation of an entire region or even a major city from the time the path became > evident? Remember the mayor of New Orleans pleaded with the people to get > out and all highways were bumper to bumper from Friday evening till just > before the storm hit. The majority of the people there now are people that chose > to "ride out" the hurricane for whatever reason they had. Far too many people > don't take hurricane evacuations seriously. States have their own evacuation > plans for such scenarios. I think the poor of New Orleans that had no > transportation need to look at their local leaders and ask them why there were no > plans to get them out. And then I think there was a criminal element that chose > to stay and loot
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