okay are you back from the photo sites. were these
busses used. i think not. no one expected the levees
to break? the new orleans papers had wrote that this
was going to happen as reacently as 10 days before
this storm spawned in the bahamas. if you know this
guy, don't depend on him. he can't read a newspaper.
the article predicted that the poor were going to have
to make some plans becouse the city government would
not take care of them. you can get these articles on
line.
you can find the disaster plan on line. you can read
it your self and see that the mayors office had
athority and responsibility to put the plan into
action. it is in the 1st paragraph. page 13 in
particular states that the buses should be used. it is
spelled out that anything above a cat 3 would break
the levees and flood the city.
this guy might be there (i note his email address is
missouri.edu), but, he is only right that the city is
devestated and they need help.

   on a funny note or ironic note: sean penn goes down
with his boat to resuce some folks and leaves the plug
out of the bottom and his boat promptly sinks. way to
go sean.
 i am checking on voluteering to help take down
another truck load of water from our church. they may
just tell me that there is not much i can do top help,
we'll see.


--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I got this from another list...  It sheds some
> interesting light on the
> evacuation efforts in New Orleans from someone who
> was there.
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Hooks [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 11:20 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HYCEPH-L] About New Orleans and the
> aftermath
>
> Hey: Don't get me started here!  New Orleans is
> devistated, the citizens of the city and surrounding
> suburbs were ORDERED to evacuate, Mayor
> Nagin made it mandatory.  He provided every transit
> bus available for free, they enacted contra-flow
> where
> the interstates in the city were changed to allow
> traffic
> to flow out of the city in both sides.  There was no
> reason
> for anyone to remain in the city unless they chose
> to do so.
> Honestly, I live here, I saw it all.  They did
> everything they
> could to get those people out of there.  This is NOT
> a
> money issue.  I am so deeply saddened for the people
> that stayed behind and lost their lives.  They are
> still attempting to rescue people trapped in flooded
> homes.
> NO ONE expected the levy to collapse.  We have all
> learned
> from this.  There have been evacuations before for
> hurricanes
> that made a last minute turn and avoided the city.
> It's a cry wolf
> situation, what should you do?  They are doing
> everything they
> can to help those people.  Don't believe eveything
> you see
> on the national news.  It is so sensationalized and
> they
> aren't telling the whole story, only what will sell
> news.  My
> friends please believe me when I tell you this.  All
> of Southeast
> Louisiana is devistated as well as South
> Mississippi.  No one
> expects damage like this, but we are doing out best
> to cope.
> No one expected the levy to break, but it did.  NO
> ONE expected
> this much devistation.  Please, don't start pointing
> fingers, just
> put your hands together and pray instead.  Sorry but
> I am a bit
> emotional right now and reading these posts is very
> upsetting.
> You don't know what you are talking about until you
> are here and
> right in the middle of it.
> I still love ya'll,
> Mary Hooks
>





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