as mighty as any country is you can never beat nature, that said there was a report dug up by the bbc i think that said there were reports months ago that because of the drop off in funding the dykes would not be fully functional. it does appear that no one seemed to do anything for far too long. i listed to a really good news report about the entire situation and a local man said that there are a lot of homeless people in the city, more than most, and that these have never been counted and so will add a lot to the overall death total.
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>I was hoping someone else would start this...
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>By any measure I can muster I have to conclude that the deaths in New Orleans will mostly be caused by ineptness of the "emergency response"!
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>They sent people to the Superdome and the Convention Centre then totally forgot about them for days on end! Sent no water. Sent no food.
>Sent 500 busses and many arrived (it seems) yet none of those carried water or food!
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>We've seen all the big-wigs all day long on all the TV chanmels telling us all how well they're working together and how all "requests" are being answered as soon as heard. Yet no water/food at the Superdome! No water/food to the Convention Centre. No water/food on boats to give to stranded people!
>Levees still breached for Chri5t's sake!!!
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>This truly is an unbelievable situation for the mightiest country on earth. They're own people refugees - surrounded by abundance! Worried more about protocol between agencies than saving lives it appears.
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>I feel great sadness for all of the victims and for the people of New Orleans especially. They are trapped and they have been forgotten.
>The big story is the looting! Imagine! The suffering is a side-issue. There might have been no looting if the suffering had been tended to and the trapped were freed.