Ken, that's absolutely true.  I have first-hand knowledge and experience with recovery operations post-Katrina and the blame lies completely at the mayor's feet.  It's how our National Response Plan (NRP) works.  State resources don't get deployed until local resources are exhausted.  Federal resources don't get deployed until the State's resources are used up.  That's just the way it is.  All of the buzz about the lack of rapid Federal response is a bunch of hooey.  Resources were staged and ready to go, but local and state officials refused to "trip the switch" until it was too late.
 
...and they re-elected him!
 
It will be interesting to see how Gustav is dealt with pre-emptively by local officials this time around.  We've already received a "Warning Order", just in case.
 
A bit of advice to those of us on the list who drive:  Fill your tanks on Friday because there's sure to be a spike in prices come the weekend.  

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From: Cerebral Palsy List on behalf of ken barber
Sent: Wed 8/27/2008 3:30 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: New Orleans and Gustav



i remember seeing pictures of thousands of school busses sitting in flooded water down there. they really could have used those. can we say "thank you mayor?"


--- On Wed, 8/27/08, Anthony Arnold <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Anthony Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: New Orleans and Gustav
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 3:26 PM
> That's easy for those of us with cars to say, I did that
> when we had the
> flood in 1997 but I have a van with a lift. However I
> remember my brother
> saying why couldn't they have had buses go down in
> ' 05 to help people get
> out, that's what we did in 1997 and we didn't even
> have 1 death, but we only
> had about 5,000 at max without vehicles.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony Arnold
> Remote Troubleshooter for PRC
> 1-800-262-1984 ext. 494
> www.anthonyarnold.net
> Proud Member of Speak Share
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> ken barber
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:49 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: New Orleans and Gustav
>
> i just read an article that new orleans was
> "considering" evactuation  ahead
> of Gustav.
>
> after Katrina they are only considering? if it got close,
> i'd be out of
> there.
>
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