Re: New Orleans Evacuation Plan
Ralph<br /> gotta agree with ya on the jeb thing. <br /> That should have been a lesson in planning as well. FEMA is now under Homeland security which is appointed by and the direct responsibility to the president of the united states. by monday afternoon, long before the levee broke it was obvious to all concerned it was a catastrophe far beyond any state or local stuff. instead of waiting FEMA should have stepped in and found the govenors. I am sure they have the address. seems the USCG did not wait for a hand delivererd RSVP to the event.<br /> thats why I contacted my sister in MS, a cousin in MS a cousin in AL a few friends in lower AL and my mom in mobile and warned them to get out.<br /><br /> and I seem to recall the govenors of LA and MS asking for help on monday. <br /> seems private sar teams from other areas beat the feds in by a few days. <br /> <br /> Everyone was so focused on new orleans they forgot the wind speed and direction field of the entire gulf of mexico. <br /> To anyone that has to deal with wind driven coastal floods it was obvious what was going to happen to the westFL,AL,MS and LA coast.<br /> Even president Bush said, and then reiterated, that the FED reaction was not acceptable. now whether he will accept the responsibilty for his dept heads actions or backpedal will remain to be seen. <br /> but a better plan to evacuate the coastal/low areas of the MS,AL and LA coast needs to be thought of.<br /> there is a lot more than just new orleans involved,altough NO will be the most costly to rebuild.<br /> I will say that the levee problem was not of any one administrations making but complaceny on about 30 years worth of administrations both republican and democrat. all share the blame. <br /><br />erikdc<br /> I am not blaming the president, but blame or not does not relieve him of the responsibilty of the action or lack of action of the dept heads he appointed. thats the whole reason to have appointments.<br /> me and a few others that have lived in this area, as well as family since sometime about 1750, used to attend the local EOC meetings. it got to stupid to attend. lots of awards and 2 day conferences at motels with breakfasts but the EOC personel were clueless. kinda like the kitty hawk cop shop and the two new rescue boats, one is a 30hp tohatsu jet the other a wave runner. I have towed the wave runner once and the tohatsu once. several crabbers have also towed them. we tried to tell the over educated yankee transplant that in the sound its very shallow and full of milfoil and jets wont work. now we have 2 trailer queens cause after the repairs due to the overheats they quit using them.<br /> so evacuation planning needs to start with local inputs first. not just sitting with a map and a Phd in transportation.<br />read some of the picayune times and review some of the CNN interviews with various officials and govenors. some were saying as early as saturday afternoon to evacuate.
