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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mikey: [QB] Ok, I have remianed silent long enough. Ender, I feel the need to respond to you first. The first step for the federal and state agencies in an event such as this is to get as many of their resources OUT of the area quickly. Don't forget what started this was a Hurricane with sustained winds of 160mph. Setting up camps of troops and moving rescue equipment into the area ahead of time would have made the situation 1000% worse and probably delayed their response considerably. You said it took them 2 days to respond. I am assuming you are basing this on what you have seen on CNN or something. This is also completely false. There were enormous preparations taking place several days before the hurricane hit land. Also don't forget that NO was not the only place hit by this. There were numerous coast gaurd choppers and other federal search and rescue resources there on Wed. 1 day after the levy broke. Many of them were pulled out of the area late Wed. and Thur. as the mass looting and shooting at them started by the mobs. I think what many of you are overlooking is that there was a significant portion of the population in NO that WANTED to stay and take advantage of the situation by looting. As early as Wed. afternoon "federal" resources attemting to make food and water drops were met with gunfire. Many of the police resources on the ground were either low of OUT of ammunition on Thurs. My point is that much of the "delayed" resonse that many speak of is directly due to the chaos that was tatically created by the remaining residents. Also, it was no secret for at least 2 days that Katrina was going to hit NO. The residents there should have had at least 3 days worth of food, water and essential medicine. No matter how poor you are 3 days of food and water is not too much to ask. Next Joe. It came to no surprise to any of us on this board that you would take advantage of this event of great human suffering to bash the Bush "Administration". That's all I have to say about that. It is my understanding of most disaster plans ( and I have read quite a few in the MPLS area) that the Federal role is that of long term support. The real Federal test will be what happens to the refugees over the next months. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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