[Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control problems

[Hank]

We were in Myrtle Beach for Charle last year and they did the same thing. 
The major arteries were all one way.
 Hank

 On 9/2/05, Wally Buck <tnrhodey at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> I am not sure when you moved to SC but they did this for Hugo. All lanes 
> of
> 26 were NORTH! Both my wife and I were wonering why this wasn't done.
> 
> Wally
> 
> 
> >From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
> >Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control problems
> >Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:41:06 -0400
> >
> >Wrong: The Red Cross should always beat the National Guard to a disaster.
> >The National Guard is a military organization, not a social relief
> >organization. Better yet, national religious organizations should also
> >beat
> >the National Guard. States, Counties and municipalities should have
> >disaster plans. Obviously, New Orleans, Louisiana and southern 
> Mississippi
> >did not good evacuation plans. Did you see the pictures of people trying
> >to
> >leave on the northbound interstates? It was a six-lane road. Three lanes
> >bumper to bumper trying to get out. Three lanes with occasional traffic
> >going south. The proper thing would have been to close all traffic going
> >south and divert traffic going north onto the south bound lanes. Six 
> lanes
> >out would have expedited the evacuation. They should have had gas tank
> >trucks filling up cars before they got on so that people who had limited
> >gas
> >could go farther away. Blame the wimpy and slow to act local and state
> >officials.
> >Now the National Guard and military police are needed to control the
> >situation. I would hope that they are armed with orders to shot to kill
> >troublemakers. There is no need to tolerate bad human behavior. They
> >jeopardize the efforts of good people trying to do good deeds. Did you 
> see
> >the pictures of all the private fishing boats, bass boats, fan boats,
> >volunteering to assist. There is good and bad. This situation is
> >illustrating both.
> >Why is the Federal Government the one to blame about lack of flood 
> control
> >funding. Why aren't municipal and state governments responsible? It is
> >because they would have to raise local and state taxes. Why should people
> >in Minnesota have to pay for flood control in New Orleans? Facilities and
> >businesses could locate in safer locations, and some have.
> >
> >Oh, hum.
> >Ed Kroposki
> >Greenville, SC, USA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> >[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of anima13
> >Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:13 AM
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> >Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control funding
> >
> >Yes, Saroj,
> >
> >The Red Cross should never beat the National Guard to a disaster.
> >
> >Anne
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
> >[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Saroj Gilbert
> >Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 6:55 AM
> >To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> >Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control funding
> >
> >
> >Interesting piece tying in the impact of the Iraq war with the current
> >disaster in New Orleans:
> >=======================
> >
> >"No One Can Say they Didn't See it Coming"
> >
> >By Sidney Blumenthal
> >
> >In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the
> >three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut 
> New
> >Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.
> >http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372455,00.html
> >
> >========================
> >
> >This is sickening... I just can't figure out why the streets (or should I
> >say "streams") of New Orleans and other gulf coastal areas are not 
> swamped
> >(sorry) with U.S. Military handing out food, water, diapers, and other
> >essentials... oh... they're all in Iraq... well I guess the Navy got soft
> >and decided to deploy a ship out of Norfolk yesterday.... hmmm... should
> >arrive in a week? The way the government has responded to this disaster 
> so
> >far is shameful. We treat citizens in other countries better than we 
> treat
> >our own.
> >
> >Saroj
> >
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