On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 14:01:20 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:



Did the Feds fall on their faces during this? Perhaps, but I think it was
more a combination of factors. And let's face it - it's only been since
Tuesday at 11:30 AM in the morning when the 17th street levee failed. It
wasn't even reported on the news until 1 PM EST.

That's only four days since the beginning of the disaster.

I have to agree. When you see all the suffering, you want it to be over
yesterday, but this is immense and it's not just New Orleans. I was in S.
Florida, shortly after Andrew. What struck me was the simple things. The
locals were getting lost because the landscape had changed so much, forget
street signs. I can't imagine the difficulty in accessing a urban lake.
Tensions are high and things may not be going smoothly, but I guarantee
it's not for lack of effort. No one down there is dragging their feet.