[Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control problems

[Wally Buck]

Hank,

Having a plan helps. Did they not do this on any of the limited exit routes?

Charleston was ravaged and bounced back nicely from Hugo. It was terrible 
but not the desperate situation resulting from Kat.

Changing the subject just a little .... the resulting violence and 
lawlessness is very scary to see. According to the "news" there have been a 
handful of murders and rapes in the Superdome. Cops have no fuel to patrol 
and many have resigned or just walked off the job.

Wally

>From: Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control problems
>Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 07:32:46 -0400
>
>We were in Myrtle Beach for Charle last year and they did the same thing.
>The major arteries were all one way.
>  Hank
>
>  On 9/2/05, Wally Buck <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am not sure when you moved to SC but they did this for Hugo. All lanes
> > of
> > 26 were NORTH! Both my wife and I were wonering why this wasn't done.
> >
> > Wally
> >
> >
> > >From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
> > >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > >Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control problems
> > >Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:41:06 -0400
> > >
> > >Wrong: The Red Cross should always beat the National Guard to a 
>disaster.
> > >The National Guard is a military organization, not a social relief
> > >organization. Better yet, national religious organizations should also
> > >beat
> > >the National Guard. States, Counties and municipalities should have
> > >disaster plans. Obviously, New Orleans, Louisiana and southern
> > Mississippi
> > >did not good evacuation plans. Did you see the pictures of people 
>trying
> > >to
> > >leave on the northbound interstates? It was a six-lane road. Three 
>lanes
> > >bumper to bumper trying to get out. Three lanes with occasional traffic
> > >going south. The proper thing would have been to close all traffic 
>going
> > >south and divert traffic going north onto the south bound lanes. Six
> > lanes
> > >out would have expedited the evacuation. They should have had gas tank
> > >trucks filling up cars before they got on so that people who had 
>limited
> > >gas
> > >could go farther away. Blame the wimpy and slow to act local and state
> > >officials.
> > >Now the National Guard and military police are needed to control the
> > >situation. I would hope that they are armed with orders to shot to kill
> > >troublemakers. There is no need to tolerate bad human behavior. They
> > >jeopardize the efforts of good people trying to do good deeds. Did you
> > see
> > >the pictures of all the private fishing boats, bass boats, fan boats,
> > >volunteering to assist. There is good and bad. This situation is
> > >illustrating both.
> > >Why is the Federal Government the one to blame about lack of flood
> > control
> > >funding. Why aren't municipal and state governments responsible? It is
> > >because they would have to raise local and state taxes. Why should 
>people
> > >in Minnesota have to pay for flood control in New Orleans? Facilities 
>and
> > >businesses could locate in safer locations, and some have.
> > >
> > >Oh, hum.
> > >Ed Kroposki
> > >Greenville, SC, USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > >[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of anima13
> > >Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:13 AM
> > >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > >Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control funding
> > >
> > >Yes, Saroj,
> > >
> > >The Red Cross should never beat the National Guard to a disaster.
> > >
> > >Anne
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> > >[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Saroj Gilbert
> > >Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:55 AM
> > >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control funding
> > >
> > >
> > >Interesting piece tying in the impact of the Iraq war with the current
> > >disaster in New Orleans:
> > >=======================
> > >
> > >"No One Can Say they Didn't See it Coming"
> > >
> > >By Sidney Blumenthal
> > >
> > >In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of 
>the
> > >three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut
> > New
> > >Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.
> > >http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372455,00.html
> > >
> > >========================
> > >
> > >This is sickening... I just can't figure out why the streets (or should 
>I
> > >say "streams") of New Orleans and other gulf coastal areas are not
> > swamped
> > >(sorry) with U.S. Military handing out food, water, diapers, and other
> > >essentials... oh... they're all in Iraq... well I guess the Navy got 
>soft
> > >and decided to deploy a ship out of Norfolk yesterday.... hmmm... 
>should
> > >arrive in a week? The way the government has responded to this disaster
> > so
> > >far is shameful. We treat citizens in other countries better than we
> > treat
> > >our own.
> > >
> > >Saroj
> > >
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