Jack wrote:
On Sep 30, 7:24 am, wf3h wrote:
On Sep 29, 11:47 pm, Jack wrote:



Within the United States and as delineated in the National Response
Plan, response and planning is first and foremost a local government
responsibility.
which, of course, is a non sequitur. there's not a local govt in the
US that could handle a disaster like katrina. the feds, under bush,
ignored FEMA and appointed a horse lawyer to head the agency....they
didn't take it seriously

No local gov has to by themselves... they just have to ask for
assistance from the feds. Nagel and Blanco did not.


Any shine you may have had has quickly worn off... you've become
another insincere, disingenuous non-boating liberal shill in this NG.
fine. you let me know how your local govt would deal with a disaster
like katrina. go ahead...we'll wait

Reference Hugo... The SC gov asked for federal assistance in a timely
manner, evacuated it's citizens before landfall, and was as ready as
it could be. They did what they needed, and were supposed to do.

Nagel and Blanco failed miserably in NO. Bush tried to get them to
let feds take over, and they refused. Two days after landfall, they
finally asked for federal assistance. The blood is on their hands.
Oh, and they are Demoncrats.

The National Weather Service tried to put the fear of god into those
people a full 3 days in advance of that disaster. What in the world were
those people thinking? They must have been waiting for the big black
government limousines to come and pick them up and carry them to safety.
There is a downside to demanding cradle to grave Government guidance and
protection. I hope we learn that lesson before it's too late. Maybe it's
too late already.