NORTA buses were in fact used during the prestorm evacuation. Not to the extent that states like Fla. now do, and seemingly inadequate, but saying it never happened is simply false. Actually, I'm being literal. The buses in the pictures that have come out of various bus yards, around the parrish, weren
There seems to be a whole bunch of people who jumped in and assigned blame based on a political point of view. As each day passes, the accusations of indifference, racism, neglect, maliciousness, etc continue to fall apart. It's disappointing to see that even with all the help that was provided the region in the years leading up to the storm and up to the day of the storm, NO wasn't able to take care of its citizens.
This is actually good news, based on news reports, I had been afraid there was no food and water at the Superdome. I'm not sure how successful their attempt at getting the poor of NO to be self-sufficient was though. "Mayeaux, who is the deputy director of the state’s Office Of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said that the state began shippi
I checked and I see what you're talking about: In the event of a terrorist attack, natural disaster or other large-scale emergency, the Department of Homeland Security will assume primary responsibility on March 1st for ensuring that emergency response professionals are prepared for any situation. This will entail provid
Each bus could hold 40 people so clearly that is not 3500 it more like 28000. Don't forget, they buses can be used for more than one trip. To Baton Rouge and back is a 2 hour trip, so in the days before the storm hit, alot of people could have been evacuated and the buses saved for any help need
Here's a great article which goes into how the ACE get's their funding and how it's spent. Specifically, how LA prioritized the funding they did receive (hint: it wasn't levees). Although not highlighted, the article points out that the Bush Administration sided with NO citizens (mostly black and poor) fighting a floodgate project against the City and
"There is a huge scoreboardYou can display any message you want on the scoreboardIt's not being usedPeople don't know what the lines were for" I like it! Something along the lines of "Debit card applications: Concourse A".
Actually, I'm surprised that an organization like FEMA wouldn't have some people carrying signs and calling out what the line is for. That little bit of man-power would do a lot to reduce stress for the people who have lost everything. But surprisingly, I've seen a lot of businesses or places that don't take care of this kind of thing. Bingo! I just saw your comment and you're exactly right! I'm sure FEMA knew what the line was for at
My point is, I wouldn't be so swift to judge people on this. Lines are confusing things, and yes, we tend to follow a crowd mentality, assuming that the group knows something that we don't. If the rumor throughout the crowd was that the line was for handing out $2K debit cards via FEMA, then it's pretty reasonable to expect that folks would believe it. No harsh judgements here, just some head shaking. I can totally understand about be
If you read the paragraph just prior to the one mentioning assistance for evacuation/sheltering assistance you will see that the New Orleans metropolitan parishes were mentioned where an even higher level of assistance was requested than the paragraph you noted. If you're talking about the SBA and DFA, that's just money, those are not resources that can be used in an evacuation. I agree the percentage of citizens choosing not
The study recently made had precisely such an eventuality in mind. Unfortunately because of budget cuts and the Iraq war the few million dollars needed to repair the levees were not spared. One of my critics who left an angry comment on my earlier piece think that it is not proper to make this political point. The fact is theat Bush and his Busmmen have other priorities and cannot think of the situation at home. There is no politics in this. <BR
On Wednesday, a line queued up in FEMA's registration line at the Astrodome for the $2,000 debit cards that are going to be passed out to victims. Well, after some people stood in line for 4 hours, it turns out the line was for normal FEMA emergency registration (not debit card registration), which most people had already signed up for. Whose fault is that?
"you don't care anything for the poor" How did you get that out of his article? It seems he's concerned that the evacuees are getting a bum rap because of the looting in LA. That being said, it's quite a gamble to bring into your house strangers to live with you; you never know what's going to happen that first time you go to sleep.
Interesting huh? Her own request says that Orleans is handling the mandatory evacuations, when in fact they weren't! I guess that's born out in the section where she talks about FEMA supplanting the evacuation/sheltering effort is specific parrishes and the Orleans parrish isn't even mentioned!
"Shortly before Katrina hit, she sent President Bush a request asking for shelter and provisions, but didn't specifically ask for help with evacuations. One aide to the governor told ABC News today Blanco thought city officials were taking care of the evacuation."
At least with them, you know what you get for your money. You're right though, it seems they completely ignored all the plans they have been publishing all these years and the training they had done just a year ago and just said forget it. I can't wait for the Mayor's "We can't help you, you're on your own" PSA to be shown.
Cool photo, it looks like it came from that port area on the left side. I had no idea they had locks in the canal and used that area for shipping, but it makes sense.
That's right, the State of Louisiana's Homeland Security department blocked the Red Cross from bringing food and water from the first day. According to the head of the Red Cross (now making televised interviews), the LHSD didn't want food/water brought in since they didn't want the evacuees to get too comfortable and stay.
I could have sworn on Gizmodo or Engadget they had a USB/Card reader converter (can't remember the formats though). That seems like a no brainer to invent? Of course, you'd have to have the whole contraption sticking out from the deck, but it's better than nothing.
"It was announced at a news conference by the Mayor Ray Nagin on Sunday 28 August, less than 24 hours before the hurricane struck early the next morning. The question has to be asked: Why was it not ordered earlier? The Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said at the same news conference that President Bush had called and personally appealed
"The federal government began rushing baby formula, communications equipment, generators, water and ice into hard-hit areas of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, along with doctors, nurses and first-aid supplies"
"Nagin said late Saturday that he's having his legal staff look into whether he can order a mandatory evacuation of the city, a step he's been hesitant to do because of potential liability on the part of the city for closing hotels and other businesses."
So really, if you want to criticize what's going on the Guard and responses may be 24 hours behind optimum schedule, the best you can hope for but they're moving enormously quickly for a disaster that spanned 90,000 square miles.
Simple question, is anyone ever happy with the pace of any type of emergency response? After going through the 4 hurricanes last year and checking out news reports of other emergencies and disaster it should be readily apparent to everyone that no matter how fast help arrives, it never arrives quickly enough. <!-- Ju-Anchor-Footer
"NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 3 - Reeling from the chaos of this overwhelmed city, at least 200 New Orleans police officers have walked away from their jobs and two have committed suicide, police officials said on Saturday."
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