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re: Unreleased footage of hurricane Katrina from New Orleans fire department documentary
Posted on 12/29/23 at 8:12 am to Tasty Thrill
Posted on 12/29/23 at 8:12 am to Tasty Thrill
quote:Not nearly as many airboats here as you think. Couple that with access to the city was virtually nil until water receded.
I thought, "Lousiana has more airboats than they do people. The airboats will be out in full force performing rescues."
Then when we watched the news I saw very few people in boats out trying to help.
The big failure was at the City and State level prior to the storm - nearly 1000 school buses that were left in the city could have been used for evacuating. There were more than enough resources available prior to the storm to get nearly everyone out that had the means the lack of mobilization and execution by the Mayor and Governor is perhaps the biggest failure of the democratic party placed upon it's people other than LBJ and the gun grab that took place in the after math. People should have gone to prison over that.
Anyone that stayed in NOLA on their own free will chose to ignore the risks, which everyone well knew and chose to ignore - it happened in 1965(just no media coverage), 1915, 1893 1856 and it will happen again. It would have taken far less effort to get people out prior to the storm that it did after.
Perhaps the many false alarms lulled people to sleep but if you play games with mother nature long enough she will win.
Posted on 12/29/23 at 8:24 am to choupiquesushi
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it happened in 1965(just no media coverage),
The water was not near as bad in 1965.
Posted on 12/29/23 at 9:48 pm to choupiquesushi
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and it will happen again
Closing mr. go and the surge barriers are a fortress. The levee system was a joke pre-Katrina.
Posted on 12/30/23 at 12:38 pm to choupiquesushi
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The big failure was at the City and State level prior to the storm - nearly 1000 school buses that were left in the city could have been used for evacuating. There were more than enough resources available prior to the storm to get nearly everyone out that had the means the lack of mobilization and execution by the Mayor and Governor is perhaps the biggest failure of the democratic party placed upon it's people other than LBJ and the gun grab that took place in the after math. People should have gone to prison over that.
Why are you so ignorant?
The city didnt have the resources to execute a massive evacuation plan to utilize the school buses..
First of all they only had 24 hours notice once the storm changed its track.....
Secondly....who was going to drive the buses?
You think the city or state could get 1000 bus drivers with Class D license's to NOLA and fire up these buses that had been sitting all summer since May?
Service, oil change, check the tires, etc. in a matter of a few hours?
And what about insurance???
Tell me what insurance company was going to cover 1000 school buses with 100 people on each bus?
Use your fricking head
This post was edited on 12/30/23 at 12:49 pm
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