Katrina

[rich]

I read lots of that kind've equipment is in Iraq with the LA National Guard 
units. d'oh!
 rich

 On 9/6/05, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> ...and why were the pumps electric? No alternate source of power. No 
> stand-alone generators. Might as well have a bunch of old guys standing 
> there with buckets. The first thing to go down in a flood is the power grid. 
> 
> 
> 
>  On 9/4/05, Mark Wright AIA <mwaia at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> > 
> > Also: I understand that the first catastrophic levee break was at one
> > of the recently improved concrete ones, not an old earth levee. I 
> > wonder who built it, and how they got the contract. Anyone know?
> > Mark
> > 
> > --- Ghetta Life <ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Mark is correct about #1 below. This, as bad as it has devolved, was 
> > > not
> > > the "worst case scenario" for the City. And anyone familiar w/ the
> > > area
> > > knows this. That is why the Feds "we didn't expect it to be this
> > > bad" line
> > > is just pure bullshit. They SHOULD have known, but the truth is that 
> > >
> > > domestic issues are a low priority for this gang. They have filled
> > > FEMA
> > > with political hacks while cutting budgets for Army Corp projects
> > > designed
> > > to protect against these disasters. They are searching desperately 
> > > now for
> > > a fig leaf, and hoping people will soon lose interest...
> > >
> > > I know some now wonder if New Orleans will be able to recover. I
> > > have no
> > > doubt it WILL.
> > >
> > > David Morris 
> > >
> > > >Howdy
> > > >Three purile observations:
> > > >
> > > >[1] As bad as it is it isn't as bad as they thought it was going to
> > > be the
> > > >day before the storm came ashore--- a category 5 hurricane landing 
> > > square
> > > >amidships on New Orleans, and overwhelming the levees on the
> > > Mississippi
> > > >side of town where the water level is substantially higher than in
> > > Lake
> > > >Ponchartrain. They thought the flooding would be even worse than it 
> > > has
> > > >turned out to be, and they just *left* the poor people there. Relief
> > > forces
> > > >should have been pre-positioned for instant deployment. "Marine One"
> > > should
> > > >have landed in the Superdome parking lot the moment the sun came 
> > > out.
> > > >
> > > >[2] A few days from now a few upper-management career people at FEMA
> > > and in
> > > >the Corps of Engineers are going to start using the "we were running
> > > around 
> > > >with our hair on fire" metaphor.
> > > >
> > > >[3] and lastly: Why oh why couldn't the storm have been named Katje?
> > > >
> > > >Terrible situation. This is going to be bad bad bad for a long long 
> > > >time, nationwide. But I'm sure George is sure that the Lord will
> > > >provide, and that the dead are in a better place.
> > > >Mark
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ______________________________________________________ 
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> > 
> 
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