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Originally Posted by LessGovMrPrez
Well considering I worked Katrina, all I can say is you dont have a clue.
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I do have a clue, thank you.
However, I'd like to post the time-line of events of the first two days when it hit Louisiana to break this discussion wide open:
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Hurricane Katrina Timeline
Friday, August 26, 2005
At 1:00 AM EDT, maximum sustained winds had decreased to 70 mph and Katrina was again downgraded to a tropical storm. At 5:00 AM EDT, the eye of Hurricane Katrina was located just offshore of southwestern Florida over the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Key West, Florida. Maximum sustained winds had again increased to 75 mph (121 km/h) and Katrina was upgraded again to a category 1 hurricane.
In early afternoon, the National Hurricane Center officially shifts the possible track of Katrina from the Florida Panhandle to the Mississippi/Louisiana coast. Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco declared a state of emergency for the state of Louisiana.[4] The declaration included activation of the state of Louisiana's emergency response and recovery program under the command of the director of the state office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to supply emergency support services. Following the declaration of a state of emergency, federal troops were deployed to Louisiana to coordinate the planning of operations with FEMA.[5]
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So you said that she waited 24 hours?
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By 11:00 PM EDT, the National Hurricane Center predicted that Hurricane Katrina would strike the town of Buras-Triumph, Louisiana, 66 miles (106 km) southeast of New Orleans.[6]
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Here, the Hurricane hits.
The time-line goes on....
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Saturday, August 27, 2005
By 5:00 AM EDT, Hurricane Katrina reached Category 3 intensity.
At 10:00 AM EDT, officials in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, St. Tammany Parish, and Plaquemines Parish ordered a mandatory evacuation of all of their residents. Jefferson Parish and St. Bernard Parish ordered voluntary evacuations, recommending that all residents evacuate, particularly those living in lower areas. Jefferson Parish officials did declare a mandatory evacuation for the coastal areas of Grand Isle, Crown Point, Lafitte, and Barataria. Tolls were suspended on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway as well as the Crescent City Connection, to speed up the evacuation process.
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Hmmmmm.......What of the federal government? Still vacationing? Attending that Bird Flu conference? Buying Feregamo shoes and seeing Spamalot? Playing a guitar in
California with a country star?
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At 5:00 PM EDT, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin announced a state of emergency and a called for a voluntary evacuation. He added that he would stick with the state's evacuation plan and not order a mandatory evacuation until 30 hours before the expected landfall. This would allow those residents in low-lying surrounding parishes to leave first and avoid gridlocked escape routes. However, he did recommend that residents of low-lying areas of the city, such as Algiers and the 9th Ward, get a head start. Nagin said the city would open the Superdome as a shelter of last resort for evacuees with special needs. He advised anyone planning to stay there to bring their own food, drinks and other comforts such as folding chairs. "No weapons, no large items, and bring small quanties of food for three or four days, to be safe," he said.[7]
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Ray Nagin was doing his job. The federal government was not doing theirs. He even broadcasted on the radio talking how he needed help in New Orleans. And it still didn't come.
FEMA, the DHS or any other federal representative did not come until their political rears were on the line for letting such a large percentage of people suffer under drastic circumstances. The police and the firemen were under siege because some of them either fled or were affected themselves by the deluge.
I still say that there is a difference between the California wildfires and Hurricane Katrina: the rich (white) people suffering their trauma were quickly taken care of while the black folks (and the poor in general) suffered under a republican administration with a lack of response simply because they were "disposable".
And of course,
what about all those other mayors from those Louisiana Towns who were also affected? Why aren't they blamed? And were you impressed with Pres. Bush's Flyby over New Orleans? What in the hell did he do? What did FEMA do? Why aren't you blaming the federal government?
And don't you worry. Trent Lott, who had his house flooded out by the storm, got his FEMA money first. I wonder what his views on race are?
An btw, San Diego was within the area of the disaster. The wildfires erupted all around the city down to the border of Mexico. So yes, Qualcomm qualifies as much as the Superdome does.
So, the only shame here is your own.
Have a nice day.