Katrina
Strangely enough this is the first post since Katrina has come and gone. I think the reason for this is because I am in shock. Not at the storm, but at the total failure of this country to respond in a timely manner to this disaster of enormus porportions. Have we learned nothing for past hurricanes regarding response? In this age of our boasting about our "uber"technology and uber communications, Don't cha think the good old Jeb would have placed a call to the gov of Lousiana and offered a little- you might want to stage a truck or two with some water and ice- in an area close to but not in the path of the hurricane- to enable a quicker response?
Today, for just this moment I am ashamed to be an American. the richest country in the world can not figure out how to get water to the people on the 1-10 overpass who are in the process of dying of dehydration. The national guard troops drove right by them, they sent busses, but no water. Please n the suburbs has ice and water two days ago. But not the people on the overpass. We should all be ashamed, for today, of our governments lack of timely response to this disaster.
And I ask you- what color were the people on that overpass? What economic class were they? take a good look Mr. George, bible thumping Bush. I am disgusted. And we all should be ashamed, if not just for today.
posted by skippy @ 8:30 PM
2 Comments:
I'm sick and tired of everyone blaming Bush and now the Bush family for the response to the storm. The buck needs to stop w/the Governor of the great state of Louisiana. She is the one who should have had the National Guard ready and waiting. She is the one who should have had a Hurricane plan in place so that the state was prepared. Also, where does the mayor of New Orleans fit into this. It's his city who is below sea level. Don'tcha think it would have been a little proactive for him to have had some sort of plan ready to go in the effect that the storm hit. And by the way they had several days to plan. We all knew that the storm was headed for New Orleans several days before it got there. The leaders of the city should have known that the Levees would not be able to withstand a hurricane above a level 3. They saw that this storm was much greater than that. I think it would have been wise for the leadership of that state and city to have been ready to meet the needs of their people. Granted it is a terrible catastrophe and it is going to require federal help. But federal help is going to take more than the next day to show up. That's why the LOCAL/STATE National Guard should have been in control and ready to roll. Yes there was problems w/the response. But I do not believe the problems were from the Federal Government. Look at Mississippi and Alabama. They were hit really bad. But obviously there was a process in place to restore order quickly.
SO where's the NAtional guard in FLorida? Ans JEb is ewven George's brother and he can't get his shit together.
Post a Comment
<< Home