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That makes sense. Are you trying to say that there are no corporations, profits or rich people in NO? LOL. -Gary Al said the following on 9/1/2005 11:41 AM: This Administration and Congress don't care about the common people. Only the rich, the corporations and profits. Al
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Am I missing something? You expected the ships to be sitting just outside of NO, prior to a Hurricane hitting the area? What do you think would happen to the ships? I would expect they would be large piles of steel and rubble along with everything else that was in the wake of Katrina. -Gary Analyst said the following on 9/1/2005 9:38 PM: I was done with this thread, but since this was sent directly at me... On 1 Sep 2005 at 17:40, jeff.lane wrote: Vince, In keeping with your thought of pre-positioning ship It wasn't my thought. It was part of a plan that FEMA had laid out under the previous administration, part of 'Project Impact', which this administration killed. my question would be just where in the hell would you pre-position those ships with a wiggling cat 5 hurricane, 250 mile diameter(conservatively), headed somewhere in the direction of NO. Well, since the intention of the ships with the massive pumping stations was to pump the water out from behind the levees surrounding New Orleans, if it was hit, then quite obviously they would be pre-positioned right off the coast of New Orleans, eh ? But please throw into the mix the fact that the storm could have turned north, at any time, toward the Florida Panhandle. Then they would not have been needed, would they ? I have been reading this thread from the beginning and, for one, am tired of hearing the garbage and agenda you are peddling. Just the facts. If you can't handle the truth, don't read my posts. We have people dying down there(maybe into the tens of thousands after all is said and done). I can hear enough crap and political innuendos on CNN(THE Communist News Network) network. And just who is holding a gun to your head, forcing you to watch CNN ? I wonder how much comfort the folks on roofs would take from your statements. How much comfort are the Bushies providing, three days late ? I hope someone save this kind of stuff so the survivors can see how some of these people supported them. Thank God there were few of these types around after Pearl Harbor or we would be flying Swastikas and meatballs on our flag poles...and you think we have troubles now..but that's probably before your time. Non sequitur ? Of course, on the other hand, some of my friends and relatives, died so you can shoot your mouth off. You are doing a good job at that. Thanks. Vince
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On Sep 1, 2005, at 21:07, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Eli Allen wrote: from the WaPo's Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom the absurdity of Rice's timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless! Never one to have her fashion choices questioned, Rice had security PHYSICALLY REMOVE the woman. I played online poker last night. How dare I gamble while thousands are dying and homeless! WTF Was the shopper there shopping for if she's gonna get upset if she sees someone else shopping. Damn hypcrites. And that shopper is also secretary of state? oh wait... no, they weren't. -JB
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At 05:01 PM 01/09/2005, Eli Allen wrote: According to Drudge, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has recently enjoyed a little Broadway entertainment. And Page Six reports that she's also working on her backhand with Monica Seles. So the Gulf Coast has gone all Mad Max, women are being raped in the Superdome, and Rice is enjoying a brief vacation in New York. We wish we were surprised. preface BTW, I'm not attacking the US citizens here. I know there are lots of good people there. But the governmental response is pathetic, and you guys need to turf those morons out and bring in some people who are willing to put as much into protecting US citizens from real problems as they are from imagined ones in other countries. /preface I just watched BBC news on New Orleans (our news is mostly repackaged US news, with the CBC on strike) and I was appalled, both at the devastation, and by the apparent lack of response. This is the US, for christ sake - the most powerful country in the world. A country that is supposed to care about it's citizens. But these people are being left to die. There is food and water there that is locked away and protected from looters by police - WTF? The police are protecting fucking goods against looters instead of saving lives (I saw footage of a guy steal a stereo and be ordered by police to drop it - which he did, in knee deep water.) Who cares about people stealing stereos when people are dying? Then Bush comes on and tells us No Canada, we don't need your help. We take care of our own. Then he makes some plea about citizens acting responsible. The guy is so far out of his depth it's scary. He's sitting there, in his comfy office, wearing his clean clothes, with a full belly, and he's telling people to be responsible? Where are the food and water drops (as they have had in Iraq)? Where is the mass evacuation? Why are the reservists showing up with guns and no water? I did notice that the vast majority of people there are black. I guess it still doesn't pay to be black in the US. T
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Sorry, didn't see the cease and desist message. T
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On Fri, 2 Sep 2005, James Boswell wrote: I played online poker last night. How dare I gamble while thousands are dying and homeless! WTF Was the shopper there shopping for if she's gonna get upset if she sees someone else shopping. Damn hypcrites. And that shopper is also secretary of state? http://www.state.gov/secretary/96.htm Asking the Secretary of State to participate in recovery efforts near the Gulf is like asking a Sales manager to replace a server on your network. It's not thier job, and they don't have the resources to do so. Secretary of State deals with Foreign policy, so unless She's going to goto the french and blame them for founding New Orleans in a bad location and demand reparations, what do you want from her? And hell, shopping for those shoes is very likely a part of her job. She's meeting with foreign dignitaries, going to parties, and generally a very public figure, as such she needs to portray the US in a good light, and that includes dressing for success. Christopher Fisk -- BOFH Excuse #432: Borg nanites have infested the server
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- Original Message - From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 8:22 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina The casinos in MS were supposedly designed for level 5 hurricane look what happened to them. But they floated, at least the part you gamble in. How about huge steel and concrete parking decks for major buildings, especially hospitals with a generator room on the 10th Floor. Keep all sensitive electronics and controlling switches etc. at the10th floor level, not on the ground level. With proper planning, could those hospitals still be in operation? Chuck
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- Original Message - From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina housing building codes back then like they do now so to say they're doing nothing is false. Most of the buildings in the French Quarter etc have been there for over a century. I went to an elementary school in NO was terrified when I was told that the city was below sea level. I wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper faster safer for everyone to just evacuate the city totally permanently. We had the flood of the century in Albany, GA in 1994 and another big one in 1998 and several smaller ones since. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but how can they not expect another one before they fix up from this one? Let recent statistics be the prophets. Chuck
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God help those who try and go back. NO is home to about a dozen superfund sites. There's a lot of heavy industry, petro, plastics all around NO. Who know's what's floating around. And why not blame Bush and the Republicans? They've controlled the the executive for 5 years and legislative since Clintons presidency. I'm getting fed up with the neocons and freepers twisting everything around to suit them.On 9/1/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:- Original Message -From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.comSent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina housing building codes back then like they do now so to say they're doing nothing is false. Most of the buildings in the French Quarter etc have been there for over a century. I went to an elementary school in NO was terrified when I was told that the city was below sea level. I wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper faster safer for everyone to just evacuate the city totally permanently.We had the flood of the century in Albany, GA in 1994 and another big one in1998 and several smaller ones since. I hate to be the bearer of bad news,but how can they not expect another one before they fix up from this one? Let recent statistics be the prophets.Chuck-- -jmgChaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
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Chris, You also, however, forget that several people were indicted for embezzlement out of the project and that a congressional budget audit made clear that the books could not be reconciled. Project Impact was always designed at small grants given to communities to develop planning.. example: http://www.fema.gov/regions/vii/1998/98r7n033.shtm Grants were generally smaller then $250,000. As an example of their guidelines: Project Impact is built around 3 basic principles: 1) preventative measures must be decided at the local level; 2) private sector participation is vital; and 3) long term efforts and investments in prevention measures are essential. That was a different segment of the program, which dealt only with the items you just outlined on the state and local level. The idea of project impact was never the government provides the plan rather it was that the government would provide seed money for the community to develop a strategic plan.. Au contraire. 'Project Impact' also involved federal planning to mitigate the damage done by large natural disasters by taking measures that would be crucial to a strategy to save lives and cut recovery costs. FEMA had pre-planned a New Orleans nightmare scenario, in which the federal government figured it would pre-deploy nearby ships with pumps to remove water from the below-sea-level city and have hospital ships nearby. Since 2001, the Bushies have been slashing key federal disaster mitigation programs, and FEMA's 'Project Impact', created by the Clinton administration, has been outright cancelled. The result ? No pre-deployed ships to pump out the water, and only ONE hospital ship has been allocated to the area, but it didn't leave it's port until Friday, AFTER the hurricane struck. http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12528233.htm So, the proposal was to create upstream spillways through a split levee system, to have a break point on the inflow of water or a controlled spilloff to lower the water table. But the problem is, people everywhere protested. Wildlife Defense Fund protested; Conservative Taxpayer Network protested; etc. Also amongst groups that protested: PETA, World Wildlife Fund, National Conservation Society, (Left) Turkey Watch, TaxPayer Network, Government Abuse Hotline (Right) Except those 'protests' were about the REDESIGN and expansion of the levee system and it's spillways and locks. It's a different kettle of fish that because of the Bushies budget cuts, the Corps essentially stopped major work on the now-breached levee system that had protected New Orleans from flooding. It was the first such stoppage in 37 years, the Times-Picayune reported. http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12528233.htm Vince
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Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Au contraire. 'Project Impact' also involved federal planning to mitigate the damage done by large natural disasters by taking measures that would be crucial to a strategy to save lives and cut recovery costs. FEMA had pre-planned a New Orleans nightmare scenario, in which the federal government figured it would pre-deploy nearby ships with pumps to remove water from the below-sea-level city and have hospital ships nearby. Since 2001, the Bushies have been slashing key federal disaster mitigation programs, and FEMA's 'Project Impact', created by the Clinton administration, has been outright cancelled. The result ? No pre-deployed ships to pump out the water, and only ONE hospital ship has been allocated to the area, but it didn't leave it's port until Friday, AFTER the hurricane struck. http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12528233.htm This Administration and Congress don't care about the common people. Only the rich, the corporations and profits. Al
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Just because folks protested doesn't mean they've got their way. There was ton's of protesting when the petro companies started setting up the canals to host their infrastructure, part of the reason the southern wetlands have gone from a 200 mile to 30 mile buffer area is directly related to all the heavy industry. Guess what, now that heavy industry is thinking that the gulf coast might be too expensive to operate in.On 9/1/05, Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris, You also, however, forget that several people were indicted for embezzlement out of the project and that a congressional budget audit made clear that the books could not be reconciled. Project Impact was always designed at small grants given to communities to develop planning.. example: http://www.fema.gov/regions/vii/1998/98r7n033.shtm Grants were generally smaller then $250,000. As an example of their guidelines: Project Impact is built around 3 basic principles: 1) preventative measures must be decided at the local level; 2) private sector participation is vital; and 3) long term efforts and investments in prevention measures are essential.That was a different segment of the program, which dealt only with the items you just outlined on the state and local level. The idea of project impact was never the government provides the plan rather it was that the government would provide seed money for the community to develop a strategic plan.. Au contraire.'Project Impact' also involved federal planning to mitigate the damage done by large natural disasters by taking measures that would be crucial to a strategy to save lives and cutrecovery costs.FEMA had pre-planned a New Orleans nightmare scenario, in which the federal government figured it would pre-deploy nearby ships with pumps to remove water from thebelow-sea-level city and have hospital ships nearby.Since 2001, the Bushies have been slashing key federal disaster mitigation programs, and FEMA's 'Project Impact', created by the Clinton administration, has been outrightcancelled.The result ?No pre-deployed ships to pump out the water, and only ONE hospital ship has been allocated to the area, but it didn't leave it's port until Friday, AFTER the hurricane struck.http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12528233.htm So, the proposal was to create upstream spillways through a split levee system, to have a break point on the inflow of water or a controlled spilloff to lower the water table. But the problem is, people everywhere protested. Wildlife Defense Fund protested; Conservative Taxpayer Network protested; etc. Also amongst groups that protested: PETA, World Wildlife Fund, National Conservation Society, (Left) Turkey Watch, TaxPayer Network, Government Abuse Hotline (Right) Except those 'protests' were about the REDESIGN and expansion of the levee system and it's spillways and locks.It's a different kettle of fish that because of the Bushies budget cuts, the Corps essentially stopped major work on the now-breached levee system that had protected NewOrleans from flooding. It was the first such stoppage in 37 years, the Times-Picayune reported.http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12528233.htm Vince-- -jmgChaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
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Except those 'protests' were about the REDESIGN and expansion of the levee system and it's spillways and locks. It's a different kettle of fish that because of the Bushies budget cuts, the Corps essentially stopped major work on the now-breached levee system that had protected New Orleans from flooding. It was the first such stoppage in 37 years, the Times-Picayune reported. http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12528233.htm I think if you read through the ACE report to the senate in 1997, they argued (and several argued against) that without a complete reconstructure of upstream levees and a redesign of spillways, there was very little with the ground given.. outside of massive imminent domain claims as city projects were built too close to current levees. Many argued this was the wrong way to look at it, but four times this was proposed. I do agree with those who say hey, just because people protested that's right, occassionally the government has to do what is politically unpopular. But let's be honest, with so many groups protesting, and so many in office in the senate / house on both sides living and dying off of the goodwill of the people who support those causes, no one had the testicular fortitude to do the right thing. CW
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Part of the criticism levied at bushco right now though hinges around the simple fact that the federal money to simply maintain the levee's vanished with the onset of the war in iraq and afghanistan and all the spending on DHS, oh and the TSA, oh and the ill advised tax cuts...On 9/1/05, CW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Except those 'protests' were about the REDESIGN and expansion of the levee system and it's spillways and locks. It's a different kettle of fish that because of the Bushies budget cuts, the Corps essentially stopped major work on the now-breached levee system that had protected New Orleans from flooding. It was the first such stoppage in 37 years, the Times-Picayune reported. http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/12528233.htmI think if you read through the ACE report to the senate in 1997, they argued (and several argued against) that without a complete reconstructure of upstream levees and a redesign of spillways, there was very little with the ground given.. outside of massive imminent domain claims as city projects were built too close to current levees.Many argued this was the wrong way to look at it, but four times this was proposed.I do agree with those who say hey, just because people protested that's right, occassionally the government has to do what is politically unpopular.But let's be honest, with so many groups protesting, and so many in office in the senate / house on both sides living and dying off of the goodwill of the people who support those causes, no one had the testicular fortitude to do the right thing.CW-- -jmgChaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
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and it does not matter whom is in office IMO fp At 09:41 AM 9/1/2005, Al Poked the stick with: This Administration and Congress don't care about the common people. Only the rich, the corporations and profits. Al -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- It's who you look like..Not who you are.
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and if the dog hadn't stopped to take a shit he would have caught the rabbit At 10:40 AM 9/1/2005, j m g Poked the stick with: Part of the criticism levied at bushco right now though hinges around the simple fact that the federal money to simply maintain the levee's vanished with the onset of the war in iraq and afghanistan and all the spending on DHS, oh and the TSA, oh and the ill advised tax cuts... -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- It's who you look like..Not who you are.
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The problem with the repair was that many even within the department disagreed with the project entirely. Rebulking the current sitting levees (not a redesign, a reset repair) was something that even those within the USMS had some oppossition to.. the current weight and buttressing of the sitting levees was creating infrastructure problems (or at least they contended) and the continual enhancement of them was causing the nearby land area to sink even more then doing nothing; so, the Army Corp of Engineers proposed that such projects were fools errands and they argued that they were not the solution, they were the problem.. they contended that spillways and secondary runoffs were the most viable solution. Now, this doesn't mean that there assessment was right. But a lot of people on both sides did by into it, and -some- of the secondary spillway money was approved (though it won't see any impact until about 2007) so the largest amount spent in almost 30 years went to reconstructing secondary spillways. At the same time, efforts to rebuttress the current levees did diminish - in proposal, with the cuts taking direct impact in the FY 2006 budget. Note that here: -Original message- From: Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:56:08 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina Chris, I think if you read through the ACE report to the senate in 1997, they argued (and several argued against) that without a complete reconstructure of upstream levees and a redesign of spillways, there was very little with the ground given.. outside of massive imminent domain claims as city projects were built too close to current levees. Many argued this was the wrong way to look at it, but four times this was proposed. I do agree with those who say hey, just because people protested that's right, occassionally the government has to do what is politically unpopular. But let's be honest, with so many groups protesting, and so many in office in the senate / house on both sides living and dying off of the goodwill of the people who support those causes, no one had the testicular fortitude to do the right thing. But you're still referencing the future plans to REDESIGN the entire infrastructure, and I assume there was plenty to argue about on that count. The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. Vince
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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Analyst wrote: The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. Why didn't the city of NO pick up where the federal government stopped? I mean hell, it's thier Levees! Christopher Fisk
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The problem with the repair was that many even within the department disagreed with the project entirely. Rebulking the current sitting levees (not a redesign, a reset repair) was something that even those within the USMS had some oppossition to.. the current weight and buttressing of the sitting levees was creating infrastructure problems (or at least they contended) and the continual enhancement of them was causing the nearby land area to sink even more then doing nothing; so, the Army Corp of Engineers proposed that such projects were fools errands and they argued that they were not the solution, they were the problem.. they contended that spillways and secondary runoffs were the most viable solution. Now, this doesn't mean that there assessment was right. But a lot of people on both sides did by into it, and -some- of the secondary spillway money was approved (though it won't see any impact until about 2007) so the largest amount spent in almost 30 years went to reconstructing secondary spillways. At the same time, efforts to rebuttress the current levees did diminish - in proposal, with the cuts taking direct impact in the FY 2006 budget. Note that here: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20050606/ai_n14657367 Now, the reality is, New Orleans was hit with basically a Category THREE hurricane. Not a FIVE. While some of Mississippi, etc. was hit with a higher storm, the current estimated storm values for New Orleans is around 122 MPH, or a Category 3. In an area where the entire city is constructing itself closer and closer to the levees, and where they have enacted continual excavation projects, they have lowered their relative land-level in comparison to surrounding land area as well as to the ocean. The entire city sits below the ocean, below the river, and below the lake. Was the ACE proposal the right one? Who knows. But the patchwork proposals, which were investigated several times for trouble with graft (millions of dollars up and dissappeared, according to CBO audits) and with the proposals moving the other way, the upkeep proposals were diminished. Was this the right strategy? I would agree with you that it was not. However, would even the basic upkeep strategies made any difference? I would argue no, they would make no difference at all. And I would argue if Katrina had not turned eastward, and full brunt had hit New Orleans, it wouldn't have mattered at all. In 1980, there were big complaints about how USGS funding went down in 78 79 before Mt. St. Helens erupted. Well, I know it's cruel, but if you built your house on a Volcano and thought the government could save you, you were a fool. People in Pompei learned that one. Nothing any administration could do would raise the relative sea level of New Orleans. And New Orleans and the State of Louisiana had used their federal block grants for a few hundred million extra to redo the Super Dome. So, did both the feds the state make a mistake? Yes. Did that mistake make any substantial difference in the outcome? I don't think so nothing anyone was going to do would change the layout of the city, where it was built, how it was built, nor the nature of the system in place. Now we'll see. Last night, when we last heard from my brother, he had told us that they project a 10 month cleanup from pumping. Even if none of the Levees broke (which, BTW, the break in the Ponchatrain levee is less then they had anticipated by a great deal) the pumping from the waves of water in would have still been a multi-month project, regardless of any fresh water intake or not. -Original message- From: Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:56:08 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina Chris, I think if you read through the ACE report to the senate in 1997, they argued (and several argued against) that without a complete reconstructure of upstream levees and a redesign of spillways, there was very little with the ground given.. outside of massive imminent domain claims as city projects were built too close to current levees. Many argued this was the wrong way to look at it, but four times this was proposed. I do agree with those who say hey, just because people protested that's right, occassionally the government has to do what is politically unpopular. But let's be honest, with so many groups protesting, and so many in office in the senate / house on both sides living and dying off of the goodwill of the people who support those causes, no one had the testicular fortitude to do the right thing. But you're still referencing the future plans to REDESIGN the entire infrastructure, and I assume there was plenty to argue about on that count.
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Remember, until 1997 FY, Louisiana, with an 18 year old drinking age, had been locked out of federal hiway funds, as well as having been locked out of land-based-grant programs until their drinking age became 21. So, until then, the state really had almost no money to do such projects; by congressional rules, no money for anything other then federal projects could be handed to them. -Original message- From: Christopher Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 12:12:37 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Analyst wrote: The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. Why didn't the city of NO pick up where the federal government stopped? I mean hell, it's thier Levees! Christopher Fisk
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In addition, when Bush tries to use the nobody could have anticipated defense: I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4204754.stm I.e lies to the public, he deserves to be critized. Sure maybe Chris is right in that there wasn't much that could be done but everyone knew that it could happen and there should have been some plans on what to do if it did happen. Eli - Original Message - Part of the criticism levied at bushco right now though hinges around the simple fact that the federal money to simply maintain the levee's vanished with the onset of the war in iraq and afghanistan and all the spending on DHS, oh and the TSA, oh and the ill advised tax cuts...
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Chris, The problem with the repair was that many even within the department disagreed with the project entirely. Rebulking the current sitting levees (not a redesign, a reset repair) was something that even those within the USMS had some oppossition to.. the current weight and buttressing of the sitting levees was creating infrastructure problems (or at least they contended) and the continual enhancement of them was causing the nearby land area to sink even more then doing nothing; so, the Army Corp of Engineers proposed that such projects were fools errands and they argued that they were not the solution, they were the problem.. they contended that spillways and secondary runoffs were the most viable solution. You're still off some tangent. Several areas of the levees had been down to FOUR FEET in height, and the repairs were in progress. I'd like to see the opposition to THAT, and I don't mean by anti-tax groups that don't want to spend money on anything besides a national defense. At the same time, efforts to rebuttress the current levees did diminish - in proposal, with the cuts taking direct impact in the FY 2006 budget. Nope: Federal flood control spending for Southeastern Louisiana has been chopped from $69 million in 2001 to $36.5 million in 2005, according to budget documents. Federal hurricane protection for the Lake Pontchartrain vicinity in the Army Corps of Engineers' budget dropped from $14.25 million in 2002 to $5.7 million this year. Both the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper and a local business magazine reported that the effects of the budget cuts at the Army Corps of Engineers were severe. Vince
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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, CW wrote: The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. Why didn't the city of NO pick up where the federal government stopped? I mean hell, it's thier Levees! New York City has it's own tax collection. Send out the collector and get money to work the Levees. It's not a state issue, it's a city one. That is what I'm saying. Christopher Fisk -- A FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIRE A FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIRE Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 4F16
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Chris, So, did both the feds the state make a mistake? Yes. Did that mistake make any substantial difference in the outcome? I don't think so So it's your position that finishing the repairs on the the levees, the pre-positioning of many pumping ships and hospital ships, let alone the organization of a coordinated air lift, would not have made any substantial difference in the outcome ? Vince
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Oh, I think it's foolish to say no one anticipated a break in the levees. However, what are you going to say before hand? Because the state of Louisiana did a really poor job of spinning I-10 to go one direction, would you say two days beforehand: We think this may break the levees? What good do you get out of that? Riots as people kill each other to be the one who gets out? Yeah, I think the statement is completely foolish; but *shrug* who doesn't count on that kind of foolishness ;) CW -Original message- From: Eli Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 12:34:38 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina In addition, when Bush tries to use the nobody could have anticipated defense: I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4204754.stm I.e lies to the public, he deserves to be critized. Sure maybe Chris is right in that there wasn't much that could be done but everyone knew that it could happen and there should have been some plans on what to do if it did happen. Eli - Original Message - Part of the criticism levied at bushco right now though hinges around the simple fact that the federal money to simply maintain the levee's vanished with the onset of the war in iraq and afghanistan and all the spending on DHS, oh and the TSA, oh and the ill advised tax cuts...
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It was much easier to put $200M to the Superdome. CW -Original message- From: Christopher Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 12:36:08 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, CW wrote: The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. Why didn't the city of NO pick up where the federal government stopped? I mean hell, it's thier Levees! New York City has it's own tax collection. Send out the collector and get money to work the Levees. It's not a state issue, it's a city one. That is what I'm saying. Christopher Fisk -- A FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIRE A FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIRE Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 4F16
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On 1 Sep 2005 at 14:03, Christopher Fisk wrote: The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. Why didn't the city of NO pick up where the federal government stopped? I mean hell, it's thier Levees! How are the locals supposed to raise an additional $40-$50 BILLION ? Vince
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You're still off some tangent. Several areas of the levees had been down to FOUR FEET in height, and the repairs were in progress. I'd like to see the opposition to THAT, and I don't mean by anti-tax groups that don't want to spend money on anything besides a national defense. I'm not proclaiming oppossition to that. Moreover, let's really get to it.. levees weren't down to four feet, they had -sunk- four feet: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051313 The panel authorized that money, and on July 1, 2004, it had to pony up another $250,000 when it learned that stretches of the levee in Metairie had sunk by four feet. Here's what was happening: as we kept restructuring the levees, they kept gaining more heft.. and they sunk faster and faster. From 1995-2001, we spent more then $240M. And I agree that cutting the budget on this item, in retrospect, could have been reviewed. But let's see what we got.. we spent the most money imaginable after 1995, and the levees sunk -quicker- in that 6 year period then over the 20 years preceeding. Shouldn't that have told us something? It should have told us one of two things: either this whole thing was idiotic and we should just abandon the city and realize that while it was great military positioning for the French in 1712, it's stupidity now; or we should have realized that this would be a continuous spending spree to hold a little dutch boy's finger in the dyke. Federal flood control spending for Southeastern Louisiana has been chopped from $69 million in 2001 to $36.5 million in 2005, according to budget documents. Federal hurricane protection for the Lake Pontchartrain vicinity in the Army Corps of Engineers' budget dropped from $14.25 million in 2002 to $5.7 million this year. Both the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper and a local business magazine reported that the effects of the budget cuts at the Army Corps of Engineers were severe. As I noted, because the ACE submitted their budgets which were mostly gutted, they didn't plan on dispersement well.. and some projects where senators had a lot more power did better. After all, how many people right or left were really eager to help a flailing Trent Lott in 2002 after his debacle.. kicking him while he was down by cutting into state subsidies was pretty entertaining for everyone. So, in the end (going year by year) we went from a project in 1995 that was proposed to spend $430M over 10 years to a project that spent slightly under $360M over ten years.
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NYC gets ton's of federal aid. Museums, bridges, hospitals, tons of cash go to various projects/causes, both infrastructure and fluff.On 9/1/05, Christopher Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, CW wrote: The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. Why didn't the city of NO pick up where the federal government stopped? I mean hell, it's thier Levees!New York City has it's own tax collection.Send out the collector and getmoney to work the Levees.It's not a state issue, it's a city one.Thatis what I'm saying. Christopher Fisk--A FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIREA FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIREBart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 4F16-- -jmg Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
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And I'm sure everyone's overjoyed to know that the Pentagon's Patriot Day festivities are still fully funded...On 9/1/05, j m g [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:NYC gets ton's of federal aid. Museums, bridges, hospitals, tons of cash go to various projects/causes, both infrastructure and fluff.On 9/1/05, Christopher Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, CW wrote: The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. Why didn't the city of NO pick up where the federal government stopped? I mean hell, it's thier Levees!New York City has it's own tax collection.Send out the collector and getmoney to work the Levees.It's not a state issue, it's a city one.Thatis what I'm saying. Christopher Fisk--A FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIREA FIRE DRILL DOES NOT DEMAND A FIREBart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 4F16 -- -jmg Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918] -- -jmgChaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Analyst wrote: On 1 Sep 2005 at 14:03, Christopher Fisk wrote: The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. Why didn't the city of NO pick up where the federal government stopped? I mean hell, it's thier Levees! How are the locals supposed to raise an additional $40-$50 BILLION ? WTF do they need 40-50 BILLION to upkeep the current levee's? The Federal Budget was just 70 million for the levees. Christopher Fisk -- Marge: Homie, are you really going to ignore Grampa for the rest of your life? Homer: Of course not, Marge, just for the rest of his life. Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
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Chris, WTF do they need 40-50 BILLION to upkeep the current levee's? The Federal Budget was just 70 million for the levees. Sorry, that was a typo. That should be $40-$50 MILLION. That's what the cuts were, annually. Vince
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You know what, we can go back and forth about why and who should have paid for what, state, local or federal funding. But this is a big, big, disaster, where is the federal response? check out cnn.comOn 9/1/05, Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris, WTF do they need 40-50 BILLION to upkeep the current levee's?The Federal Budget was just 70 million for the levees.Sorry, that was a typo. That should be $40-$50 MILLION. That's what the cuts were, annually.Vince-- -jmgChaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
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On 1 Sep 2005 at 15:15, j m g wrote: You know what, we can go back and forth about why and who should have paid for what, state, local or federal funding. But this is a big, big, disaster, where is the federal response? On vacation. Vince
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Understandable. But to say where were they to come up with $40-$50M is somewhat laughable also.. New Orleans spent over $320M in the last three years divided between the New Orleans Saints stipend program, Superdome rebuild, and guarantees in fees paid to the now New Orleans Hornets. So, they have plenty of money to spend on a Superdome that was Category 5 resistant that blew apart in a Category 3 wind force, and plenty of money to pay out to the NBA in revenue fees.. but damn, that $40M for levees, you know, the survival stuff.. eh, I guess that wasn't as important ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Analyst Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:12 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina Chris, WTF do they need 40-50 BILLION to upkeep the current levee's? The Federal Budget was just 70 million for the levees. Sorry, that was a typo. That should be $40-$50 MILLION. That's what the cuts were, annually. Vince
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Chris, I'm not proclaiming oppossition to that. Yet that is exactly what was stopped by the budget cuts. Federal flood control spending for Southeastern Louisiana has been chopped from $69 million in 2001 to $36.5 million in 2005, according to budget documents. Federal hurricane protection for the Lake Pontchartrain vicinity in the Army Corps of Engineers' budget dropped from $14.25 million in 2002 to $5.7 million this year. Both the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper and a local business magazine reported that the effects of the budget cuts at the Army Corps of Engineers were severe. As I noted, because the ACE submitted their budgets which were mostly gutted, they didn't plan on dispersement well Look again. That was more than just cuts to the ACE. There were also cuts in (separate) flood control programs and cuts to a federal hurricane protection program for that area. Vince
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Right now there are over 18,000 national guard and military on hand. USMS services have been there since before the storm, last Thursday, with several thousand men, and they have worked around the clock.. and I mean, around the clock. We can talk ill of political ends, but let's not say that none of the people who are there now are actually doing anything. Right now, relief in the form of a congressional relief act is on stall (Congress may come back from vacation for an emergency session) which is just. As of this morning, another 10,000 National Guard, and the movement of GVS Navy services came into play, which marks more then 36,000 people involved.. over 18,000 who are there -now-. This is the single largest domestic troop movement since the US Civil war (period). The removal has been hindered a great deal; since the beginning, the focus has been on immediate removal of the sick infirmed to help lower disease spread and give them a chance at survival, followed by everyone else. People rushed busses and military convoy equipment to demand their entrance in.. which is just not safe.. not for them, the healthy to be mixed with the sick, and not for the vehicle to get a chance to get out. Right now, even with 18,000 on the ground, and another 18,000 heading there, you'd almost need a hundred thousand because there is a growing influx of outsiders.. people who are going -there- instead of out who are looting, etc. which creates other issues. So, in other words, I'm just saying we can make cracks about the politics of it, but let's not make cracks about all the rescue workers who are there.. because right now, they've been on the ground for days now, working their asses off. CW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Analyst Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:28 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina On 1 Sep 2005 at 15:15, j m g wrote: You know what, we can go back and forth about why and who should have paid for what, state, local or federal funding. But this is a big, big, disaster, where is the federal response? On vacation. Vince
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from the dailykos - Category 4 Hurricane Determined to Strike U.S. -- Cont. by Hunter Thu Sep 1st, 2005 at 10:28:22 PDT George W. Bush was once known as the C.E.O. President, a term his handlers eagerly coined in order to convey that the country would from now on be run like a business. That quickly evolved into the less flattering Enron President... then the War President... now it's looking like we can all finally settle on one. George W. Bush: the Disaster President. I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. He honestly said that. If that brings up more than a passing twinge of familiarity, being a more than remarkable restatement of Condi Rice's now-famous assertion to the Senate panel -- then I suppose we shouldn't be surprised. But it does bring up something that we joke about often, but apparently have never taken quite seriously enough: our President is an idiot. I don't mean an average, run-of-the-mill idiot. I mean an idiot who apparently, for the entire duration of his presidency, literally was paying absolutely no attention to even the most life-threateningly critical tasks of government. The administration specifically cut the funds to fix these specific levees, in order to specifically divert that Corps money to Iraq, despite urgent warnings and predictions of catastrophic disaster if the levees were breeched. The administration specifically cancelled the Clinton-backed flood control program to preserve and restore the wetlands between New Orleans and the gulf, instead specifically opening parts of that buffer zone for development. Nobody anticipated this disaster? It was identified by FEMA as one of the top three likeliest major disasters to strike America. (That link, one of countless stories, was from 2001, by the way.) It has been a major disaster scenario for years. Everybody anticipated it, which makes this single statement by George W. Bush possibly the most dishonest, lying, craptacularly false thing he has ever said in his presidency -- even surpassing his now-infamous State of the Union Address. Truly, this is President Bush's blue-dress moment. And yet, funneling the money into Iraq was more important. You better bet your crapulent, lying, one-track, drink-addled ass that's a political issue. He also said today: I hope people don't play politics at this time of a natural disaster the likes of which this country has never seen. Oh, I'm touched. Utterly touched. After 9/11, the entire Republican Party went en masse to get Twin Towers ass tattoos. The Republican convention was a wholesale tribute to crass exploitation, the sets themselves designed to evoke the aftermath of the attack. Every domestic and international policy this administration -- no, this entire Republican government -- has produced has been heaved up before the public while waving the spectre of 9/11 as the catch-all vindication of every administration whim. Every tax cut, every civil rights issue, every budget cut, every budget expansion, no matter how tortured the logic must be, has some Republican senator standing on the Senate floor and proudly raping the corpses of that day as justification for their particular agenda item. Oh, we've seen politicization of disaster. Every Republican campaign for the last four years has revolved around the politicization of disaster. But Lord help us, George W. Bush is going to get the vapors if anyone asks him to explain his administration's active cuts of the very programs designed to keep New Orleans safe.On 9/1/05, Eli Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to Drudge, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has recentlyenjoyed a little Broadway entertainment. And Page Six reports that she'salso working on her backhand with Monica Seles. So the Gulf Coast has gone all Mad Max, women are being raped in the Superdome, and Rice is enjoying abrief vacation in New York. We wish we were surprised.What does surprise us: Just moments ago at the Ferragamo on 5th Avenue,Condoleeza Rice was seen spending several thousands of dollars on some nice, new shoes (we've confirmed this, so her new heels will surely get coveragefrom the WaPo's Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom theabsurdity of Rice's timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless! Neverone to have her fashion choices questioned, Rice had security PHYSICALLYREMOVE the woman. http://www.gawker.com/news/condoleezza-rice/index.php#breaking-condi-rice-spends-salary-on-shoes-123467- Original Message -From: j m gTo: The Hardware ListSent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - KatrinaYou know what, we can go back and forth about why and who should have paidfor what, state, local or federal funding.But this is a big, big,disaster, where is the federal response? check out cnn.com-- -jmgChaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
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What does the Secretary of State have anything to do with disaster relief? Should she go to Paris and beg for aid? Even though Rice *IS* an incompetent ass, those stories are a cheap shot. Not surprised that a closet poofter like drudge pays more attention to shoe shopping habits rather than the duties of the top position of the state dept. From: Eli Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 16:01:10 -0400 According to Drudge, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has recently enjoyed a little Broadway entertainment. And Page Six reports that she's also working on her backhand with Monica Seles. So the Gulf Coast has gone all Mad Max, women are being raped in the Superdome, and Rice is enjoying a brief vacation in New York. We wish we were surprised. What does surprise us: Just moments ago at the Ferragamo on 5th Avenue, Condoleeza Rice was seen spending several thousands of dollars on some nice, new shoes (we've confirmed this, so her new heels will surely get coverage from the WaPo's Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom the absurdity of Rice's timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless! Never one to have her fashion choices questioned, Rice had security PHYSICALLY REMOVE the woman. http://www.gawker.com/news/condoleezza-rice/index.php#breaking-condi-rice-spends-salary-on-shoes-123467 - Original Message - From: j m g To: The Hardware List Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina You know what, we can go back and forth about why and who should have paid for what, state, local or federal funding. But this is a big, big, disaster, where is the federal response? check out cnn.com
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Um, she shouldn't be on vacation playing around in NYC, she should be doing something to help with the disaster. She is a cabinet level official, not just anyone. Eli - Original Message - On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Eli Allen wrote: from the WaPo's Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom the absurdity of Rice's timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless! Never one to have her fashion choices questioned, Rice had security PHYSICALLY REMOVE the woman. I played online poker last night. How dare I gamble while thousands are dying and homeless! WTF Was the shopper there shopping for if she's gonna get upset if she sees someone else shopping. Damn hypcrites. Christopher Fisk -- Peter Griffin: You know, some people think that dandelions are weeds. But you know...uh... I always think, who the hell decided tulips were so great?
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On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Eli Allen wrote: from the WaPo's Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom the absurdity of Rice's timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless! Never one to have her fashion choices questioned, Rice had security PHYSICALLY REMOVE the woman. I played online poker last night. How dare I gamble while thousands are dying and homeless! WTF Was the shopper there shopping for if she's gonna get upset if she sees someone else shopping. Damn hypcrites. Christopher Fisk -- Peter Griffin: You know, some people think that dandelions are weeds. But you know...uh... I always think, who the hell decided tulips were so great?
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Yep, it's a bottomless pit. Bush was smart not throwing good money after bad. Gary VanderMolen - Original Message - Here's what was happening: as we kept restructuring the levees, they kept gaining more heft.. and they sunk faster and faster. From 1995-2001, we spent more then $240M. And I agree that cutting the budget on this item, in retrospect, could have been reviewed. But let's see what we got.. we spent the most money imaginable after 1995, and the levees sunk -quicker- in that 6 year period then over the 20 years preceeding. Shouldn't that have told us something? It should have told us one of two things: either this whole thing was idiotic and we should just abandon the city and realize that while it was great military positioning for the French in 1712, it's stupidity now; or we should have realized that this would be a continuous spending spree to hold a little dutch boy's finger in the dyke.
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The issue is that the repair, maintenance, and beefing-up of the levees, the very levees that broke through, was STOPPED in 2004, for the first time in 37 years, because of the Bushies massive budget cuts. How can you beef-up something when the very act of beefing-up will cause it to sink faster? Ever heard of quicksand? Gary VanderMolen
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The removal has been hindered a great deal; since the beginning, the focus has been on immediate removal of the sick infirmed to help lower disease spread and give them a chance at survival, followed by everyone else. People rushed busses and military convoy equipment to demand their entrance in.. which is just not safe.. not for them, the healthy to be mixed with the sick, and not for the vehicle to get a chance to get out. Evacuation helicopters are getting shot at, because the locals all want to be first to get evacuated, to hell with the sick and infirm. Gary VanderMolen
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So just because people in NO have it bad, everyone else is supposed to be in sack cloth and ashes? Ms Rice's job is to deal with foreign dignitaries, not to provide aid relief. Gary VanderMolen - Original Message - According to Drudge, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has recently enjoyed a little Broadway entertainment. And Page Six reports that she's also working on her backhand with Monica Seles. So the Gulf Coast has gone all Mad Max, women are being raped in the Superdome, and Rice is enjoying a brief vacation in New York. We wish we were surprised. What does surprise us: Just moments ago at the Ferragamo on 5th Avenue, Condoleeza Rice was seen spending several thousands of dollars on some nice, new shoes (we've confirmed this, so her new heels will surely get coverage from the WaPo's Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom the absurdity of Rice's timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless! Never one to have her fashion choices questioned, Rice had security PHYSICALLY REMOVE the woman.
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Chris, Vince, I really don't think we are arguing bitterly with each other Gee, I would hope not. and I think we have a lot of grounds of agreement. I want to state that right off. OK. The concept of coming up with $50M/yearly, as you point out, fails to put into perspective that the number will go up, considerably, with inflation and difficulty. The more weight applied to the levees, the less stable, level and manageable they are.. the heavier the levee is, the faster it sinks as the soil doesn't have enough base rock value.. this is something that everyone knows, it's something that nature cannot deny.. the more tributaries bring in water and the undercurrent (like the Mississippi) the more you get a shift. Other issues also play into it which make it more difficult as well... anyway, I will agree with you that $50M a year is not only every year, but it is a figure that will go up drastically every year, even with the best upkeep imaginable because of the nature of the problem. Keep in mind that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requested $27 million for this fiscal year (2005) to pay for hurricane-protection projects around Lake Pontchartrain. The Bush administration countered with $3.9 million, and the Republican controlled Congress eventually provided $5.7 million. Michael Parker, a former Republican Mississippi congressman who headed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from October 2001 until March 2002, told the 'Chicago Tribune' today: I'm not saying it wouldn't still be flooded, but I do feel that if it had been totally funded, there would be less flooding than you have. So, I tend to go along with a very unpopular recommendation.. in 1993, it was proposed that we consider moving the city, basically, by slowly planning for it to go away by just the design of nature. Even several environmental groups lobbied that the demolition of the levees would create a giant boom in natural wildlife and restore the original marshlands much closer to their intended state. I have no problem with that. Move people to more solid ground, make where New Orleans a nice, gigantic national wildlife preserve, and you save all the money.. and you do something nice for mother nature.. and you immediately increase a big area of wetlands which provide for a nice buffer later when you need it ;) I think that argument has gained some additional weight given what has happened. Vince
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BTW, the last thing I want to note because now apparently a few politicos have said this and been hammered. I get people who say things like what about the great Chicago fire and LA is on a fault line I get that. But, the reality is, those situations are not pressing in a continuous manner to cause year after year of restructure to just do something to nature that wasn't ever intended to happen. New Orleans was built, from the beginning, in a marsh. It was built as good military and shipping land, and it made sense. And I understand for tons of people it is there home, and by god, it's the American way to fix it and make it work. But in the long term, reasonable science is against them. No matter what plan we put into effect, the lake pressure will increase, and the continued growth projects do more to imperil the city then improve it as far as ecology goes. I think anyone who says this aloud will be taken to task and beaten up for it. Which is too bad. Real critical thought and evaluation sometimes gets pummeled when we don't like it. CW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Analyst Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 5:14 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina I have no problem with that. Move people to more solid ground, make where New Orleans a nice, gigantic national wildlife preserve, and you save all the money.. and you do something nice for mother nature.. and you immediately increase a big area of wetlands which provide for a nice buffer later when you need it ;) I think that argument has gained some additional weight given what has happened. Vince
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Ok this is starting to piss me off. Can I get an admin ruling on when to take this thread off the list and to private? Another few days and I will be tempted to just unsubscribe. -- Brian
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On 9/1/05, Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Al If this is the worst that ever happens to you, you will have it made. Well I didn't mean it that way. It's just I see this crap of blaming Bush or Clinton or Osama from every other media source 24/7 and all kinds of speculation about what could have been done to stop it and I was wondering if at some point this could become a hardware list in the next couple days :) -- Brian
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Ok this is starting to piss me off. Can I get an admin ruling on when to take this thread off the list and to private? Another few days and I will be tempted to just unsubscribe. Back away from the coffee. :) And set your email client to ignore/delete this thread automatically. Gary VanderMolen
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What would Glass do?On 9/1/05, Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok this is starting to piss me off.Can I get an admin ruling on when to take this thread off the list and to private?Another few days and I will be tempted to just unsubscribe. Back away from the coffee. :)And set your email client to ignore/delete this thread automatically.Gary VanderMolen-- -jmgChaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
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Brian, you are of course, correct. The normal list rule has been to allow a thread to run no more then three days. However, even after 1 day, we're generating way to much traffic, and too much of it still HTML format, which doesn't make many people happy. So, why don't we say, after 12 AM PST tonight, the thread ends. CW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:17 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina On 9/1/05, Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Al If this is the worst that ever happens to you, you will have it made. Well I didn't mean it that way. It's just I see this crap of blaming Bush or Clinton or Osama from every other media source 24/7 and all kinds of speculation about what could have been done to stop it and I was wondering if at some point this could become a hardware list in the next couple days :) -- Brian
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From: Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina So it's your position that finishing the repairs on the the levees, the pre-positioning of many pumping ships and hospital ships, let alone the organization of a coordinated air lift, would not have made any substantial difference in the outcome ? Vince Vince, In keeping with your thought of pre-positioning ship, my question would be just where in the hell would you pre-position those ships with a wiggling cat 5 hurricane, 250 mile diameter(conservatively), headed somewhere in the direction of NO. But please throw into the mix the fact that the storm could have turned north, at any time, toward the Florida Panhandle. I have been reading this thread from the beginning and, for one, am tired of hearing the garbage and agenda you are peddling. We have people dying down there(maybe into the tens of thousands after all is said and done). I can hear enough crap and political innuendos on CNN(THE Communist News Network) network. I wonder how much comfort the folks on roofs would take from your statements. I hope someone save this kind of stuff so the survivors can see how some of these people supported them. Thank God there were few of these types around after Pearl Harbor or we would be flying Swastikas and meatballs on our flag poles...and you think we have troubles now..but that's probably before your time. Of course, on the other hand, some of my friends and relatives, died so you can shoot your mouth off. You are doing a good job at that. If I have offended anyone unnecessarily, I sincerely apologize and will leave the list if required. Thanks for listening. Jeff
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I was done with this thread, but since this was sent directly at me... On 1 Sep 2005 at 17:40, jeff.lane wrote: Vince, In keeping with your thought of pre-positioning ship It wasn't my thought. It was part of a plan that FEMA had laid out under the previous administration, part of 'Project Impact', which this administration killed. my question would be just where in the hell would you pre-position those ships with a wiggling cat 5 hurricane, 250 mile diameter(conservatively), headed somewhere in the direction of NO. Well, since the intention of the ships with the massive pumping stations was to pump the water out from behind the levees surrounding New Orleans, if it was hit, then quite obviously they would be pre-positioned right off the coast of New Orleans, eh ? But please throw into the mix the fact that the storm could have turned north, at any time, toward the Florida Panhandle. Then they would not have been needed, would they ? I have been reading this thread from the beginning and, for one, am tired of hearing the garbage and agenda you are peddling. Just the facts. If you can't handle the truth, don't read my posts. We have people dying down there(maybe into the tens of thousands after all is said and done). I can hear enough crap and political innuendos on CNN(THE Communist News Network) network. And just who is holding a gun to your head, forcing you to watch CNN ? I wonder how much comfort the folks on roofs would take from your statements. How much comfort are the Bushies providing, three days late ? I hope someone save this kind of stuff so the survivors can see how some of these people supported them. Thank God there were few of these types around after Pearl Harbor or we would be flying Swastikas and meatballs on our flag poles...and you think we have troubles now..but that's probably before your time. Non sequitur ? Of course, on the other hand, some of my friends and relatives, died so you can shoot your mouth off. You are doing a good job at that. Thanks. Vince
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At 04:07 PM 9/1/2005, Christopher Fisk typed: I played online poker last night. How dare I gamble while thousands are dying and homeless! I suppose BC was playing with interns. The reason we don't have an energy policy is because Monica was playing with his cigar. I've got an idea, why don't we wait until we need things before we start planning for them. In any case it's too late now so lets help pickup the pieces. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
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For what it's worth, they actually have plans for when Mt. Rainer blows. Won't do a lot of good and will make Katrina look mellow. But at least, if St Helens is a guide, we'll have several months warning. There won't be any warning when the big one quakes in the Pacific off Washington. Geologic evidence puts that one above 9 or 10 Richter. Coast line dropped 20 feet. Dave Gibney Pullman, WA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CW Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:22 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina In 1980, there were big complaints about how USGS funding went down in 78 79 before Mt. St. Helens erupted. Well, I know it's cruel, but if you built your house on a Volcano and thought the government could save you, you were a fool. People in Pompei learned that one
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Ah, republican penis envy. BC had a Rep congress the whole time and new we've got a Rep pres and congress. If stuff is broken now, guess what - it is their fault.On 9/1/05, Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:07 PM 9/1/2005, Christopher Fisk typed:I played online poker last night.How dare I gamble while thousands aredying and homeless!I suppose BC was playing with interns. The reason we don't have an energy policy is because Monica was playing with his cigar.I've got an idea, why don't we wait until we need things before we startplanning for them.In any case it's too late now so lets help pickup the pieces. --+--Wayne D. JohnsonAshland, OH, USA 44805http://www.wavijo.com-- -jmgChaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
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From Fox News. 8:02PM PDT. SENATE APPROVES $10.5 BILLION IN AID FOR HURRICANE KATRINA VICTIMS; HOUSE CONVENES AT NOON TO SPEED BILL TO BUSH FOR APPROVAL Looks like they are not on vacation after all. - Original Message - From: j m g To: The Hardware List Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina Ah, republican penis envy. BC had a Rep congress the whole time and new we've got a Rep pres and congress. If stuff is broken now, guess what - it is their fault. On 9/1/05, Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:07 PM 9/1/2005, Christopher Fisk typed:I played online poker last night.How dare I gamble while thousands aredying and homeless!"I suppose BC was playing with interns. The reason we don't have an energy policy is because Monica was playing with his cigar.I've got an idea, why don't we wait until we need things before we startplanning for them.In any case it's too late now so lets help pickup the pieces. --+--Wayne D. JohnsonAshland, OH, USA 44805http://www.wavijo.com-- -jmgChaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918] No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/88 - Release Date: 9/1/2005
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At 11:08 PM 9/1/2005, j m g typed: Ah, republican penis envy. BC had a Rep congress the whole time and new we've got a Rep pres and congress. If stuff is broken now, guess what - it is their fault. I'm sure that the Dems didn't filibuster anything that was worth doing either? If it were up to the Reps then we would've had higher gas prices long before now that would've paid for more refineries etc. It's the Dems that do all the loud mouth crying the minute something doesn't go their way. We can have construction of this or that because of the environment or it's too much money yet when we don't have the product that the construction would've provide they cry where is it. They can't have it both ways yet they do it all the time. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
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We have a situation where we are going to have American refuges. The people of the Gulf needs help, lots and lots of help. If you haven't yet, consider donating to the Red Cross. I don't usually (because of $$ excuses) but damn, my countrymen are in a world of hurt in gumbo land. But I can't sit back and just let Americans die right here, right now while I sit in AC eating pizza in comfort. If you got the impression that things where not that bad Monday and you haven't turned on the news lately, New Orleans is a doomed city. The levees broke and the city WILL drown. We have survivors walking out with nothing but what is on their backs not knowing where to go, what to do, no shelter, food, water, money, nothing. We are going to have refuge camps down there for a while. DO WHAT YOU CAN ASAP. Dear James, Thank you for your generous gift to the American Red Cross 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund. This fund makes it possible for the Red Cross to help nationwide Hurricane disaster victims of 2005 with critical needs such as shelter, food, clothing, counseling and other assistance. It's because of the 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund that our response can be immediate regardless of its location or the community's ability to financially support our efforts. Your generous support means the most to the families who rely on Red Cross to help them through some of the most difficult times of their lives. Please continue to visit us at http://www.RedCross.org to see how we're using your 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund donation to make a difference, and for the most current disaster updates and stories about the people being helped. Together, we can save a life. American Red Cross -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/85 - Release Date: 8/30/2005
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I did the same last night. We live just south of Lafayette, so we watched Katrina very closely, prepared to leave if it came this way. These things are horrible to sit through. Lili came through 3 years ago but weakened just before landfall, but the damage in this area was extensive, although nothing of this magnitude. My sister and her husband left NO before it hit. I doubt they have anything left to go back to. Mike -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Edwards Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 5:23 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina We have a situation where we are going to have American refuges. The people of the Gulf needs help, lots and lots of help. If you haven't yet, consider donating to the Red Cross. I don't usually (because of $$ excuses) but damn, my countrymen are in a world of hurt in gumbo land. But I can't sit back and just let Americans die right here, right now while I sit in AC eating pizza in comfort. If you got the impression that things where not that bad Monday and you haven't turned on the news lately, New Orleans is a doomed city. The levees broke and the city WILL drown. We have survivors walking out with nothing but what is on their backs not knowing where to go, what to do, no shelter, food, water, money, nothing. We are going to have refuge camps down there for a while. DO WHAT YOU CAN ASAP. Dear James, Thank you for your generous gift to the American Red Cross 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund. This fund makes it possible for the Red Cross to help nationwide Hurricane disaster victims of 2005 with critical needs such as shelter, food, clothing, counseling and other assistance. It's because of the 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund that our response can be immediate regardless of its location or the community's ability to financially support our efforts. Your generous support means the most to the families who rely on Red Cross to help them through some of the most difficult times of their lives. Please continue to visit us at http://www.RedCross.org to see how we're using your 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund donation to make a difference, and for the most current disaster updates and stories about the people being helped. Together, we can save a life. American Red Cross -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/85 - Release Date: 8/30/2005 __ NOD32 1.1205 (20050830) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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My heart goes out to you, who are affected by Katrina. We saw what the tsunami did to our neighbouring country last Xmas. Henrik A Dane Down Under - Original Message - From: Jim Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:22 PM Subject: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina We have a situation where we are going to have American refuges. The people of the Gulf needs help, lots and lots of help. If you haven't yet, consider donating to the Red Cross. I don't usually (because of $$ excuses) but damn, my countrymen are in a world of hurt in gumbo land. But I can't sit back and just let Americans die right here, right now while I sit in AC eating pizza in comfort. If you got the impression that things where not that bad Monday and you haven't turned on the news lately, New Orleans is a doomed city. The levees broke and the city WILL drown. We have survivors walking out with nothing but what is on their backs not knowing where to go, what to do, no shelter, food, water, money, nothing. We are going to have refuge camps down there for a while. DO WHAT YOU CAN ASAP. Dear James, Thank you for your generous gift to the American Red Cross 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund. This fund makes it possible for the Red Cross to help nationwide Hurricane disaster victims of 2005 with critical needs such as shelter, food, clothing, counseling and other assistance. It's because of the 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund that our response can be immediate regardless of its location or the community's ability to financially support our efforts. Your generous support means the most to the families who rely on Red Cross to help them through some of the most difficult times of their lives. Please continue to visit us at http://www.RedCross.org to see how we're using your 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund donation to make a difference, and for the most current disaster updates and stories about the people being helped. Together, we can save a life. American Red Cross -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/85 - Release Date: 8/30/2005
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Not to sound heartless, but people are not going to be totally reliant on donations to get by. There will be a ton of federal aid, insurance money, etc. going to these people. There will be no refugee camps. People will be relocated to other cities. We don't live in a 3rd world country, and have plenty of room for the displaced all over the country. Jim Edwards wrote: We have a situation where we are going to have American refuges. The people of the Gulf needs help, lots and lots of help. If you haven't yet, consider donating to the Red Cross. I don't usually (because of $$ excuses) but damn, my countrymen are in a world of hurt in gumbo land. But I can't sit back and just let Americans die right here, right now while I sit in AC eating pizza in comfort. If you got the impression that things where not that bad Monday and you haven't turned on the news lately, New Orleans is a doomed city. The levees broke and the city WILL drown. We have survivors walking out with nothing but what is on their backs not knowing where to go, what to do, no shelter, food, water, money, nothing. We are going to have refuge camps down there for a while. DO WHAT YOU CAN ASAP.
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Last Thursday, my oldest brother was relocated and put in charge of several thousand national guard to help handle the operation. The reality is, this will get worse before it gets better.. much, much worse. And the problem is, there is so much poverty in New Orleans, and the structural design of the city is still a mess.. it's going to be a very messy and difficult work through. CW -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 3:08 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina Not to sound heartless, but people are not going to be totally reliant on donations to get by. There will be a ton of federal aid, insurance money, etc. going to these people. There will be no refugee camps. People will be relocated to other cities. We don't live in a 3rd world country, and have plenty of room for the displaced all over the country. Jim Edwards wrote: We have a situation where we are going to have American refuges. The people of the Gulf needs help, lots and lots of help. If you haven't yet, consider donating to the Red Cross. I don't usually (because of $$ excuses) but damn, my countrymen are in a world of hurt in gumbo land. But I can't sit back and just let Americans die right here, right now while I sit in AC eating pizza in comfort. If you got the impression that things where not that bad Monday and you haven't turned on the news lately, New Orleans is a doomed city. The levees broke and the city WILL drown. We have survivors walking out with nothing but what is on their backs not knowing where to go, what to do, no shelter, food, water, money, nothing. We are going to have refuge camps down there for a while. DO WHAT YOU CAN ASAP.
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Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And the problem is, there is so much poverty in New Orleans, and the structural design of the city is still a mess.. it's going to be a very messy and difficult work through. President Bush says that now that the catastrophe has hit, government should swing into action and help people. I say, governments job was to prevent catastrophes like Katrina, and to be prepared. Its so American, wanting to be the hero and rescue survivors rather than the engineer to prevent the need. The municipal government is inept and had no ability to move people out of the city after it ordered a mandatory evacuation. There is only one road out of the city today. Worse, it is a cess pit of corpses, household and industrial toxins, water snakes, floating balls of red ants, and alligators. There is no organized way to get people out and no way to feed those trapped there. But the media is dwelling on looting. We've been aware of New Orleans inevitable horror for decades, and absolutely nothing sufficient was done about it. The levees, now broken and filling the city, were supposedly designed to protect against a Category Three hurricane, yet Katrina was only a Two when it hit. Its a major port, crucial to the nation. Shouldnt everything have been better and higher? Listening to Haley Barbour, the Governor of Mississippi, and Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans yesterday, I have the feeling that Southern corruption and conservative hatred of taxes has taken a hit. There seems to be no means to find out how many people are dead or missing without counting bodies, even in general terms. This, after an event long predicted. The Gulf Coast just had a long predicted catastrophe for which evidence shows no realistic preparations had been made despite previous hurricanes and floods. But the looters are black, so lets focus on that moral breakdown of American society and not on the hugely corrupt and incompetent governments along the Gulf coast for a half century. Its so American. Dont teach birth control, fight abortion. Dont prepare for mathematical certainty, worship the melodrama of numerically insufficient rescues. http://www.darkendeavors.com/commentaries/2005/08-31-2005.asp
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It's so American. Don't teach birth control, fight abortion. Don't prepare for mathematical certainty, worship the melodrama of numerically insufficient rescues. The only certainty is that Mother Nature is unpredictable. How much money should we throw at this bottomless pit? If you design levees for a Cat 3, next time it will be a Cat 4 hurricane. People should not live below sea level when they are so close to massive bodies of water. Gary VanderMolen
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Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only certainty is that Mother Nature is unpredictable. How much money should we throw at this bottomless pit? If you design levees for a Cat 3, next time it will be a Cat 4 hurricane. People should not live below sea level when they are so close to massive bodies of water. And where is this place of no earthquakes, tornados, floods, etc or some form of natural disaster? The cost of being unprepared in such a critical area for our nation, is many times what it would have cost to be better prepared. We seem to be so short sited. Pay a dollar later to save a dime now. I'm watching the city of Boulder repaint crosswalks. They are only doing it where it is completely worn off. I see where they paint for 2 feet, leave 10 inches, and paint again for another three feet. The 10 inch section in only half worn out. What is the cost of getting the truck and crew back there to paint that 10 inches next year, verses painting it now?
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While I do agree that living below sea level like that is a bad idea this was preventable. There was a major levee construction project whose funding was cut by Bush (~$250 million) If Bush didn't cut the funding the levees wouldn't have broke so easily like they did. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051313 Eli - Original Message - From: Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina It's so American. Don't teach birth control, fight abortion. Don't prepare for mathematical certainty, worship the melodrama of numerically insufficient rescues. The only certainty is that Mother Nature is unpredictable. How much money should we throw at this bottomless pit? If you design levees for a Cat 3, next time it will be a Cat 4 hurricane. People should not live below sea level when they are so close to massive bodies of water. Gary VanderMolen
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On 8/31/05, Eli Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I do agree that living below sea level like that is a bad idea this was preventable. There was a major levee construction project whose funding was cut by Bush (~$250 million) If Bush didn't cut the funding the levees wouldn't have broke so easily like they did. Ah great. Took all of about 10 seconds for people to start blaming Bush. While we are at it lets blame him for the residents of LA being poor and uneducated in the first place - it's all a racist plot by those awful Republicans. Give me a freaking break. I am sure that with a bit of digging I can find just as many Democratic governors, Congressmen, and Presidents who also cut funding. Don't forget that the Corps of Engineers has been embroiled in several major scandals over the past few years over their use of funds. http://www.taxpayer.net/corpswatch/LearnMore/scandals.htm is one example I quickly Googled. What about this report, released in Nov of last year - http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/nov04/nov04c.html It looks pretty darn accurate to me. Now why shouldn't we blame everyone who didn't pay attention to this? I bet we can find a few hundred people who fit that bill. Can you guarantee that the money the evil man Bush cut from the budget would have been used and the magical new levee would have been built before this storm hits? When was this new system supposed to have been completed by? Would it have worked? What about placing the blame on the city forcing the Mississippi to flow into one river channel? This did two things - it prevents the silt flow from building the delta which protects the city from the ocean. It also left NO in a sinking hole where every drop of water which falls on it needs to be pumped out. In fact, let's blame the Corps of Engineers who built the system of levees to prevent the river from changing course and caused NO to become a sinkhole: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374522596/qid=1125457675/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2930600-5361507?v=glances=booksn=507846 Leave you damn politics out of this. Everyone and no one is to blame for this tragedy. -- Brian
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It should be noted, though, that there were slightly over $38B worth of Army Corp. Engineer projects for upstream alleviation, spilloff grounds, and levee design that were openly opposed since 1997 by the National Wildlife Fund, PETA, River Conservation Forum, and the World Wildlife Fund (on the left) and the National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers America, and WasteRot organizaitons on the right. Since 1997, every proposal that the Army Corp of engineers has put up for levee redesign has been bitterly opposed by heavy lobbying groups on both sides of the isle, to the extent where the feasibility of moving forward with them was nil. I think I've said this, but my oldest brother has worked for the Pentagon for almost 4 years now, before then with the USMS, and so on.. and these projects were so bitterly opposed that I don't know what people expected. There were tons of people on both sides who lobbied in committee to get the cuts put into place.. and still, for many, the cuts were nowhere near enough. I'm not saying that's right, I'm just saying, let's not pretend that Bush (or anyone) operated in a vaccuum; the pressures against the Army Corp of Engineers were severe. I'll have a longer post later; I'll talk to him later tonight and see how things go ;) CW -Original message- From: Eli Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:52:58 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina While I do agree that living below sea level like that is a bad idea this was preventable. There was a major levee construction project whose funding was cut by Bush (~$250 million) If Bush didn't cut the funding the levees wouldn't have broke so easily like they did. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001051313 Eli - Original Message - From: Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina It's so American. Don't teach birth control, fight abortion. Don't prepare for mathematical certainty, worship the melodrama of numerically insufficient rescues. The only certainty is that Mother Nature is unpredictable. How much money should we throw at this bottomless pit? If you design levees for a Cat 3, next time it will be a Cat 4 hurricane. People should not live below sea level when they are so close to massive bodies of water. Gary VanderMolen
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The Red Cross is for front line help, getting food and water out there now. The logistics of relocation will take time. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 3:08 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina Not to sound heartless, but people are not going to be totally reliant on donations to get by. There will be a ton of federal aid, insurance money, etc. going to these people. There will be no refugee camps. People will be relocated to other cities. We don't live in a 3rd world country, and have plenty of room for the displaced all over the country. Jim Edwards wrote: We have a situation where we are going to have American refuges. The people of the Gulf needs help, lots and lots of help. If you haven't yet, consider donating to the Red Cross. I don't usually (because of $$ excuses) but damn, my countrymen are in a world of hurt in gumbo land. But I can't sit back and just let Americans die right here, right now while I sit in AC eating pizza in comfort. If you got the impression that things where not that bad Monday and you haven't turned on the news lately, New Orleans is a doomed city. The levees broke and the city WILL drown. We have survivors walking out with nothing but what is on their backs not knowing where to go, what to do, no shelter, food, water, money, nothing. We are going to have refuge camps down there for a while. DO WHAT YOU CAN ASAP. __ NOD32 1.1207 (20050831) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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I think we should forget the politics and do as Jim did -- give what we can to the Red Cross or other aid societies to help those so devastated by Katrina. Trying to place blame for such a disaster certainly doesn't help the victims of this horrible natural event. Myrna J. Rademacher, MCSE, MCSA, MCP Systems Administrator Humes Barrington, P.C. St. Louis, MO USA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CW Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 5:30 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina It should be noted, though, that there were slightly over $38B worth of Army Corp. Engineer projects for upstream alleviation, spilloff grounds, and levee design that were openly opposed since 1997 by the National Wildlife Fund, PETA, River Conservation Forum, and the World Wildlife Fund (on the left) and the National Taxpayers Union, Taxpayers America, and WasteRot organizaitons on the right. Since 1997, every proposal that the Army Corp of engineers has put up for levee redesign has been bitterly opposed by heavy lobbying groups on both sides of the isle, to the extent where the feasibility of moving forward with them was nil. I think I've said this, but my oldest brother has worked for the Pentagon for almost 4 years now, before then with the USMS, and so on.. and these projects were so bitterly opposed that I don't know what people expected. There were tons of people on both sides who lobbied in committee to get the cuts put into place.. and still, for many, the cuts were nowhere near enough. I'm not saying that's right, I'm just saying, let's not pretend that Bush (or anyone) operated in a vaccuum; the pressures against the Army Corp of Engineers were severe. I'll have a longer post later; I'll talk to him later tonight and see how things go ;) CW -Original message- From: Eli Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:52:58 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina While I do agree that living below sea level like that is a bad idea this was preventable. There was a major levee construction project whose funding was cut by Bush (~$250 million) If Bush didn't cut the funding the levees wouldn't have broke so easily like they did. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_c ontent_id=1001051313 Eli - Original Message - From: Gary VanderMolen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina It's so American. Don't teach birth control, fight abortion. Don't prepare for mathematical certainty, worship the melodrama of numerically insufficient rescues. The only certainty is that Mother Nature is unpredictable. How much money should we throw at this bottomless pit? If you design levees for a Cat 3, next time it will be a Cat 4 hurricane. People should not live below sea level when they are so close to massive bodies of water. Gary VanderMolen
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Myrna Rademacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trying to place blame for such a disaster certainly doesn't help the victims of this horrible natural event. But then it's not supposed to. It's supposed to create an awareness of our government spending 400 billion creating a war as a cover for building military bases over there, instead of fixing the broken borders and crumbling infrastructure over here. We can do both, help the current victims and demand better prevention of future victims. Al
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
that would be a good trick At 02:15 PM 8/31/2005, Al Poked the stick with: I say, governments job was to prevent catastrophes like Katrina, -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Free men do not ask permission to bear arms
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that would be a good trick At 02:15 PM 8/31/2005, Al Poked the stick with: I say, governments job was to prevent catastrophes like Katrina, Not to prevent hurricanes, but to prevent the depth of the disaster caused by it. Al
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
At 07:53 PM 8/31/2005, Al typed: Not to prevent hurricanes, but to prevent the depth of the disaster caused by it. The casinos in MS were supposedly designed for level 5 hurricane look what happened to them. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
Very good, Brian. I, too, am getting very tired of these ranting agendas. We have a lot of people out there that are dying or will be if help does not get there. This include the morons that stayed for the parties, surfing, jet skiing, etc. Nonetheless they need help, not agendas. Jeff - Original Message - From: Brian Weeden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 3:16 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina On 8/31/05, Eli Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While I do agree that living below sea level like that is a bad idea this was preventable. There was a major levee construction project whose funding was cut by Bush (~$250 million) If Bush didn't cut the funding the levees wouldn't have broke so easily like they did. Ah great. Took all of about 10 seconds for people to start blaming Bush. While we are at it lets blame him for the residents of LA being poor and uneducated in the first place - it's all a racist plot by those awful Republicans. Give me a freaking break. I am sure that with a bit of digging I can find just as many Democratic governors, Congressmen, and Presidents who also cut funding. Don't forget that the Corps of Engineers has been embroiled in several major scandals over the past few years over their use of funds. http://www.taxpayer.net/corpswatch/LearnMore/scandals.htm is one example I quickly Googled. What about this report, released in Nov of last year - http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/nov04/nov04c.html It looks pretty darn accurate to me. Now why shouldn't we blame everyone who didn't pay attention to this? I bet we can find a few hundred people who fit that bill. Can you guarantee that the money the evil man Bush cut from the budget would have been used and the magical new levee would have been built before this storm hits? When was this new system supposed to have been completed by? Would it have worked? What about placing the blame on the city forcing the Mississippi to flow into one river channel? This did two things - it prevents the silt flow from building the delta which protects the city from the ocean. It also left NO in a sinking hole where every drop of water which falls on it needs to be pumped out. In fact, let's blame the Corps of Engineers who built the system of levees to prevent the river from changing course and caused NO to become a sinkhole: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374522596/qid=1125457675/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2930600-5361507?v=glances=booksn=507846 Leave you damn politics out of this. Everyone and no one is to blame for this tragedy. -- Brian -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/86 - Release Date: 8/31/2005
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
Another good trick - Original Message - From: Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that would be a good trick At 02:15 PM 8/31/2005, Al Poked the stick with: I say, government's job was to prevent catastrophes like Katrina, Not to prevent hurricanes, but to prevent the depth of the disaster caused by it. Al -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/86 - Release Date: 8/31/2005
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
one we should have spent the 400 billion on. jeff.lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another good trick - Original Message - From: Al [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that would be a good trick At 02:15 PM 8/31/2005, Al Poked the stick with: I say, government's job was to prevent catastrophes like Katrina, Not to prevent hurricanes, but to prevent the depth of the disaster caused by it.
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
At 05:15 PM 8/31/2005, Al typed: We've been aware of New Orleans' inevitable horror for decades, and absolutely nothing sufficient was done about it. The levees, now broken and filling the city, were supposedly designed to protect against a Category Three hurricane, yet Katrina was only a Two when it hit. It's a major port, crucial to the nation. Shouldn't everything have been better and higher? It was a 2 when it crossed Fla but it was a 5 Sunday nite a 4 when it made landfall Monday morning as my wife I watched it on CNN. CNN had reported that the eye of the storm was just past NO when the levee started to break apart. NO was thinking that they were spared since the storm track was East of the City. Can you imagine what it would've been like if the storm had stayed to the west. FWIW a classmate of my wife was contacted Monday morning here in North Central Ohio by the Red Cross to go to NO MS he was en route Monday afternoon. FEMA people can't even pick up the dead bodies because there aren't enough morgues yet. This recovery stuff can not happen over night. There are many good people trying to help. Why should the Federal government be responsible for where local governments say that it's ok to build? In 1960 I saw houses floating out to sea that were swept off it's peers. The Feds had almost no environmental housing building codes back then like they do now so to say they're doing nothing is false. Most of the buildings in the French Quarter etc have been there for over a century. I went to an elementary school in NO was terrified when I was told that the city was below sea level. I wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper faster safer for everyone to just evacuate the city totally permanently. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
At 08:48 PM 8/31/2005, jeff.lane typed: Another good trick Didn't you know the federal gov't is suppose to build a sea wall all along the Gulf Atlantic coast without raising our taxes that can withstand the worst case scenario hurricane. I don't know what they can do to prevent damage from tornados blizzards tho. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina - Governement Plan to stop Hurricanes
Actually it is very funny someone should mention this. The government DID have a department designed to stop hurricanes, called Project Stormfury. They were using airplanes equipped with certain chemicals (silver iodide?) to help reduce the winds of a hurricane. ... How come no one heard of them? Not surprisingly they tried and while it looked like it worked, it turned out that the hurricanes would have reduced their winds naturally. It ran from 1962 to 1983 so about 20 years of tax dollars went into it. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hrd_sub/sfury.html - Carroll Kong -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:40 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina At 08:48 PM 8/31/2005, jeff.lane typed: Another good trick Didn't you know the federal gov't is suppose to build a sea wall all along the Gulf Atlantic coast without raising our taxes that can withstand the worst case scenario hurricane. I don't know what they can do to prevent damage from tornados blizzards tho. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
It's funny you should mention this as well. I just recovered from my computer woes. See, I had a RAID1 hardware mirror with 3Ware and I detected what seemed to be a harddisk failure. No problem, I should have high availability and tolerant this fault nicely. So, how come I had to end up ripping the 3ware out and reinstalling on a normal IDE disk? (a few times too!) Because sometimes the best designs are not going to work without a lot of field testing. Either that or the goals are too ambitious (kind of like those surge protectors that supposedly can stop direct hits of lighting). For the record, the RAID somewhat worked, but it didn't provide the fault tolerance which I was looking for. I ended up losing so many man hours, I was MUCH better off relying on my network server's RAID and backing up data there. No data was lost thankfully but I did not benefit from high availability because the RAID system failed for me. Next time I am going to go SCSI RAID, but for now, no more RAID. It's not that the designers are liars or crooks, just it's a bit hard to test for hurricane resistance when you can't just say hey let's go test this against a category 5 hurricane!. If I could run into this issue when I had the ability to do field testing, imagine running into scenarios where you are up against a force of nature that does not appear that often. That said, like my RAID scenario, I paid a lot of extra money and spent extra time accomodating and ensuring the RAID1 was setup to work. When push came to shove, my RAID1 solution did not provide all the features I wanted anyway, so I wasted all those resources for nothing. It's hard to pre-design for certain things, and you might end up spending more money without getting what you really want. In that sense, you were better off spending it elsewhere, ala opportunity costs. - Carroll Kong -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wayne Johnson Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 8:22 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina At 07:53 PM 8/31/2005, Al typed: Not to prevent hurricanes, but to prevent the depth of the disaster caused by it. The casinos in MS were supposedly designed for level 5 hurricane look what happened to them. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina
Strange you should mention total evacuation and desertion of the city. I was thinking that may be the only option, even after it is pumped out. No one knows what has happened to the ground structure; it may not be livable again and maybe it would just be best to let the Gulf have it's land back. Build New New Orleans on dry land to the north out of the major flood areas. Terrible thought, but Possibly a huge port, that was truly hurricane proof, could be created after dredging out the old city, with sealed warehouses, etc. A dream?...maybe... Probably be considerably cheaper and more effective than trying to save the old city. The money saved could rebuild the victim's homes and business' that were not covered by insurance. Jeff From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina At 05:15 PM 8/31/2005, Al typed: We've been aware of New Orleans' inevitable horror for decades, and absolutely nothing sufficient was done about it. The levees, now broken and filling the city, were supposedly designed to protect against a Category Three hurricane, yet Katrina was only a Two when it hit. It's a major port, crucial to the nation. Shouldn't everything have been better and higher? It was a 2 when it crossed Fla but it was a 5 Sunday nite a 4 when it made landfall Monday morning as my wife I watched it on CNN. CNN had reported that the eye of the storm was just past NO when the levee started to break apart. NO was thinking that they were spared since the storm track was East of the City. Can you imagine what it would've been like if the storm had stayed to the west. FWIW a classmate of my wife was contacted Monday morning here in North Central Ohio by the Red Cross to go to NO MS he was en route Monday afternoon. FEMA people can't even pick up the dead bodies because there aren't enough morgues yet. This recovery stuff can not happen over night. There are many good people trying to help. Why should the Federal government be responsible for where local governments say that it's ok to build? In 1960 I saw houses floating out to sea that were swept off it's peers. The Feds had almost no environmental housing building codes back then like they do now so to say they're doing nothing is false. Most of the buildings in the French Quarter etc have been there for over a century. I went to an elementary school in NO was terrified when I was told that the city was below sea level. I wonder if it wouldn't be cheaper faster safer for everyone to just evacuate the city totally permanently. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
RE: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina - Governement Plan to stop Hurricanes
I do remember that project couldn't remember exactly when it was fp At 06:45 PM 8/31/2005, Carroll Kong Poked the stick with: Actually it is very funny someone should mention this. The government DID have a department designed to stop hurricanes, called Project Stormfury. They were using airplanes equipped with certain chemicals (silver iodide?) to help reduce the winds of a hurricane. ... How come no one heard of them? Not surprisingly they tried and while it looked like it worked, it turned out that the hurricanes would have reduced their winds naturally. It ran from 1962 to 1983 so about 20 years of tax dollars went into it. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hrd_sub/sfury.html -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Old age treachery triumph over youth vigor.