>>>>OooKey. the levies been a topic of concern for decades, and they didn't know it could blow?
>>>>hum. I guess now is not the time to talk about who and why.
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>>>Just in case they claim they didn't know... they were warned in a very explicit, detailed and timely manner: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001054595
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>>So why were the school buses lost in the storm. Couldn't they have been used to bus people out? On TV/radio the mayor of NO was heard crying about lack of buses/transportation. he had about 500 buses at his command. According to the article, it wasn't like they weren't warned ahead of time.
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>The only thing I heard about this was that someone was worried that the busses would be stolen. Or some other red tape.
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>Whato worries me more are the numerous reports of FEMA refusing help, or the staged photo-ops, where it'd all work smoothly while the cameras were rolling, and then whisked away within an hour. Including the machinery which was patching the breach in the dike, reduced to one single crane the next morning.

When it first happened, our PM Paul Martin got on the phone with Dubya, and offered whatever help he needed. George thanked Martin and said they didn't need any help yet.

Still in St. Bernard parish outside of New Orleans, a Canadian relief team showed up in 4 days.
"If you can get a Canadian team here in four days, U.S. teams should be here faster than that," Stone said. Stone is the fire chief in the area.