Originally posted by: zendari
Originally posted by: conjur
Originally posted by: zendari
Anywhere would be better than the middle of a hurricane.
Ok, Mr. Callous, how were they supposed to get there?
Before the hurricane hit anyone could have easily gotten to the buses if there was some organization in the primary evacuation.
How many times do I have to repeat this:
Let's go over this AGAIN:
100,000 people or more needed to be evacuated.
The post-flood Superdome evacuation started about midnight Wed. night (60 hours ago) and only 15,000-20,000 have been evac'd from there (5,000 remain)
Now, extrapolate that out to 100,000 people and they would have had to have started the evacuation sometime back around the middle of August.
Also, I've read posts on other boards (like nola and wwltv) of people in that area discussing this topic and, in some districts, the keys are locked in a safe and that most of the city employees were already ordered out.
The NOLA emergency plan doesn't include public transportation out of the city, only public transportation to temporary shelters which is exactly what they offered.
Also, remember, Mayor Nagin was requesting outside assistance to provide security for the process and received little or none. The city, itself, cannot provide security to escort and control 100,000, esp. when they just evacuated 80% of the city.
Now. toss these into the mix:
Time to end the doubt. Letter from Gov. Blanco to Pres. Bush - 8/28
White House delayed approval for NG until Thursday
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=52&threadid=1680331&enterthread=y
Plus all of this:
Start here:
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524
Then go here:
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/9/2/2125/04978
And follow up with this:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/3/02454/07418
(one of the comments seems to indicate the Salvation Army has adopted this "work in progress" policy change, too)
Also, notice anything interesting in the political contributions of the Chairman of the Red Cross?
http://www.newsmeat.com/washington_poli...l_donations/Bonnie_McElveen-Hunter.php
Do you see the pattern forming?