[Rhodes22-list] Hurricane Evac

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

I've tried to find the written pre-Katrina evacuation plan but the City of
NO has removed it from their site.  Actually, the plan called for NO city
busses to be used but that plan was delayed/and or ignored.

Here is a link to NPR with an audio account:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4860776&ft=1&f=17

Here is an article about  the cost of not building the NO levee system to
Cat 5 standards.

http://www.illuminati-news.com/keeps-on-raining.htm

There is a special on Discovery Tuesday night about re-engineering NO.  The
argument about cost-benefit analysis will continue.

Brad




On 8/28/06, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>
> Herb,
>
> You had strong opinions before you went to NO.
>
> Most people in NO did not die from the hurricane, they died because of
> levee failure.
>
> The Federal Evacuation Plan for people without cars living in New
> Orleans was not implemented by the Federal Government (read FEMA).  The
> people and city followed the plan.  FEMA failed to provide the promised
> resources to move them out of the city.
>
> The Federal Government put up and certified those levees.  The people of
> NO did not ask for them.  The people of NO had been complaining for
> years and years and years that the levees would not hold if they were
> ever hit by a Cat 3 storm, and that they should be raised to Cat 5
> standards.  That still has not been done, and the levees are still not
> up to Cat 3.
>
> I think the days of shifting the blame and pointing fingers at everyone
> else are coming to an end.  We shall see shortly.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
>
> Herb Parsons wrote:
> > Interesting indeed. I did some rescue work in NO after Katrina, and came
> away with some strong opinions. I think, eventually, this country is going
> to have to come to some clear defined standards for "recommended evacuation"
> and "mandatory evacuation". I believe a "mandatory evacuation" should
> consist of this type of warning:
> >
> > You are in a free country, and we will not force you to leave. However,
> we will shut down all emergency personnel. We will not provide police or
> ambulance support, we will not deliver food or water to you, and we will not
> send in rescue workers for you. In short, if you foolishly decide to risk
> your life by staying, we will not let your foolish affliction spread to us,
> by risking the lives of others to make up for your refusal to take advice
> now.
> >
> >
> >
> > Herb Parsons
> >
> > S/V O'Jure
> > 1976 O'Day 25
> > Lake Grapevine, N TX
> >
> > S/V Reve de Papa
> > 1971 Coronado 35
> > Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast
> >
> >
> >>>> jhnpldng at earthlink.net 8/27/2006 1:13:23 pm >>>
> >>>>
> >
> > Interesting article on Katrina and Ivan.
> > http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/index.php?menuID=2&subID=840
> >
> >
> >
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