| Re: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (a warning) |
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Group: balt.general · Group Profile
Author: The Sanity InspectorThe Sanity Inspector Date: Jul 13, 2007 04:59
On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:09:42 +0000 (UTC) in atl.general, danny
burstein panix.com> shared with usenet this thought...:
>In "NotMe" privacy.net> writes:
> [ lots of valid Katrina problems snipped]
>>>We had US Military choppers in place within 24 hours of the Tsunami yet the
>>Coast Guard could not get refueled during Katrina for days.
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>Actually the Coast Guard response to Katrina
>was one of the most professional and effective
>aspects of gov't actions.
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>As always, in hindsight there are (were) some tweaks
>that could have been helpful, but the Coasties
>got a solid A plus for their work.
The very worst thing that FEMA did was issue this order to the public:
"Do not self-dispatch". The city could have been rescued one van-load
at a time by the good-hearted general public, acting independently.
Instead, well...
--
bruce
The dignified don't even enter in the game.
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