During the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, various members of the U.S. government were out toting the "party line" about how everything was under control when it was not.
On Thursday, President Bush said, "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees" when computer models have been forecasting that exact occurrence for decades.
The Moderate Voice says:
the New Orleans Times Picayune published a five-part series on "The Big One," examining what might happen if they did.
It predicted that 200,000 people or more would be unwilling or unable to heed evacuation orders and thousands would die, that people would be housed in the Superdome, that aid workers would find it difficult to gain access to the city as roads became impassable, as well as many other of the consequences that actually unfolded after Katrina hit this week.
In spite of that, former FEMA head Mike Brown said that he was not informed that there were people in the Superdome until Thursday.
Why is it seemingly inherent in government that people not be able to think for themselves? Why must we wait for official word to get help out to people who need it? Why is covering our own hindquarters more important than doing our job?
And, given this inherent lack of effectiveness, who in the world will be worthy to vote for in the next election?!
you know theres really nothing they could of done. i mean they evacuated the city and got people where they could. im sure they knew that the leeves could be broken, but they were probably anticipating them holding up. they thought of the best circumstances instead of the worst. they are doing what they can though, and whats the crap about people shooting at the rescue helicopters? there thier help is and they are going to shoot at them. so you see i don't think its all the government. people are making this a bigger deal than necessary. so the hurricane hit and some things got really messed up. there is absolutley nothing we can do but rebuild and start over.
ReplyDeleteWell, that's certainly true. It is beyond my comprehension how people could shoot, and otherwise abuse, the rescuers.
ReplyDeleteI just think a little less red tape and a little more communication and actually carrying out of any pre-planning that was done, would have helped the rescue efforts.
you can thank the lawyers for the red tape...red tape is really CYA
ReplyDeleteExactly. I think the government is absorbed in CYA to the point where they don't see reality.
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