Those Who Ignore History are Destined to Repeat It
..The specter of Gustav and the danger it poses to the Gulf Coast grows this weekend as the nation marked the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Friday, regarded as one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history……[snip]….The current forecast takes the eye of Gustav into the coast of Louisiana, west of the Mississippi Delta, by early Tuesday. However, all interests along the Gulf Coast from the Florida Panhandle to South Texas should monitor Gustav and prepare accordingly…..[snip]….If the center of the storm moves over southwestern Louisiana, there will be less of a storm surge into Lake Ponchartrain. However, the track to the west of New Orleans will test the levees that were breached during Katrina with powerful winds and heavy rain. – Double Danger for the US?
Unused school buses that could have been used for evacuation before hurricane Katrina
If you pray, pray.
If you live in any of the targeted areas, evacuate in time.
If you stay in any of the target areas, help each other.
If you are a government official – local or national – do the right thing.
QUOTE: “I take full responsibility for the federal government’s response. And a year ago, I made a pledge that we will learn the lessons of Katrina and that we will do what it takes to help you recover.” ~President George W. Bush (emphasis mine)
RIGHT VOICES FLASHBACKS:
UN official: Do more for Katrina victims..Reality:Most of $4.5B in Gulf Coast aid unspent
Katrina Victims Hit Feds With 489,000 Claims Including 1 for $3 Quadrillion
Blanco’s Re-Election Strategy: “The Blame Game”
Feds Say FEMA Continues to Waste Millions of Dollars in Disaster Aid
Ray Nagin Blames Racism, Red Tape on Slow Katrina Recovery
New Orleans Will Be ‘Chocolate’ Again
Nursing Home Death Arrests Expected in NOLA
Mike Brown defends his FEMA Response
Hurricane Evacuation For Dummies
589,000 People polled say Nagin Failed
A Closer Look at the Politics of Disaster Relief
What was the $2000 for?
GWB: The Aftermath of Katrina
“I take responsibility”
Mike Brown Resigns
The sun is beginning to shine
Is George Bush To Blame?
A Katrina Timeline
August 31, 2008 - 01:14 PM on August 31st, 2008
But IT WAS ALL BUSH’S FAULT! We have been told that!
I saw Ray Nagin at a press conference the other night. He said something like “This time if it comes we’ll be ready.” I thought: There you have it! We still have the same Bush in office, who doesn’t care about Black people. So what’s different? Perhaps this time the incompetent leadership of New Orleans and Louisiana have their heads out of their rectums? Is that what Nagin was saying?
August 31, 2008 - 01:28 PM on August 31st, 2008
Amazingly, the Louisiana National Guard have been on duty in NOLA for the past two days, executing an evacuation. Calling in the National Guard is the Governors job… not the Presidents job. Why is it that the NG gets called in with full organization and a sense of duty and purpose THIS time… why not last time?
Different Governor this time – - a Republican one at that.