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Ezra · #21 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 04:51 PM

While I was doing my best to avoid "BUSH SUCKS" comments in all of this... and was happy to lay blame for the mess on FEMA and the local LA government... just read this:

2003: Under its new organization chart within DHS, FEMA's preparation
and planning functions are reassigned to a new Office of Preparedness
and Response. FEMA will henceforth focus only on response and
recovery.

Everything the BushCo administration has done is a cluster ****.

Malloy · #22 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 05:07 PM

niel · #23 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bgandersen

Let me refer you to this ...

http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5

You know, what's really astounding about that article is that it's a perfect description of what actually happened. I actually thought I was reading about Katrina until I got to this part: "When did this happen? It hasn't yet. But it could."

rhawnhurst diva · #24 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 05:21 PM

yum...

Warm beer. Yeah..that's what I want to drink in the heat :droool:

Ezra · #25 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 05:31 PM

Cheaper than water?

Only reason I can think to steal Lite beer.

seand · #26 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 05:50 PM

Quote:

WASHINGTON - The federal government so far has been slow in helping the hungry, thirsty and desperate victims of Hurricane Katrina, former top federal, state and local disaster chiefs said yesterday.

The experts, including a former Bush administration disaster-response manager, said that the government was not prepared, had scrimped on storm spending, and had shifted its attention from dealing with natural disasters to the global fight against terrorism.

The agency at the center of the relief effort is the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is now part of the Department of Homeland Security.

"What you're seeing is revealing weaknesses in the state, local and federal levels," said Eric Tolbert, who until February was FEMA's chief of disaster response. "All three levels have been weakened. They've been weakened by diversion into terrorism."

In interviews yesterday, several men and women who have led relief efforts after killer hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes over the years chastised current disaster leaders, saying they were not prepared.

Bush administration officials said they were proud of their efforts. "We are extremely pleased with the response of every element of the federal government," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said during a news conference yesterday in Washington.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...n/12530585.htm

eldondre · #27 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 05:57 PM

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A cocktail of natural and human factors is putting the coast under. Delta soils naturally compact and sink over time, eventually giving way to open water unless fresh layers of sediment offset the subsidence.

I suppose RFK didn;t read that article. in its own right, rich jerks notwithstanding, it's a great article. one thing I do have a problem with in blaming opnly bush thogh is that assumes someone else woudl have done better. that's a mighty assumption if you ask me. the chicago fire was handled privately. nothing really has happened like this in recent memory. ..

Neward Rylet · #28 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 06:07 PM

This certainly is a tragedy, New Orleans knew it "was not if but when" and officials probably should have done more. But what does the habits of the Secretary of State have to do with this? Why not stalk the daily habits of the secretary of the interior or the head of the EPA or Army corps of Engineers? I suppose she could be soliciting and coordinating foreign aide, but I have little doubt that people are already on that. Bush Sr. & Clinton have already got together to do more fundraising (after getting together earlier this year for SE Asia).

Ezra · #29 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 06:10 PM

"U.S. President Bill Clinton said his administration was doing all it could to answer the threat from Hurricane Floyd off America's Southeast coast during a press conference with New Zealand's Prime Minister Jenny Shipley in Christchurch, New Zealand, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 1999. Clinton is cutting his overseas trip by a day so he can return to Washington to deal with the pending hurricane. He and other Pacific Rim leaders were in New Zealand to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit."

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ezra

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-ce...nt_b_6509.html

President George W. Bush showing the nation that not even
a major city being entirely submerged can prevent him from
getting on with his life. And yes, this photo was taken
Tuesday. (proof here - via Kos )

Malloy · #30 (**permalink**) 09-01-2005, 06:20 PM

Ezra, why the double post in the same thread?

*lookit me lookit me*