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Thank you for posting this, Ray.
Finally, another voice of reason asking WHERE were the plans that the =
mayor and governor of Louisiana stood there on a news cast promising the =
people of New Orleans, two days before the hurricane hit, that a plan =
was in place and not to panic...? Then they disappeared until the time =
for accounting arrived and then it was *someone else's fault!* They =
didn't even have the sense of the young black boy in his teens who drove =
a school bus full of anyone he could pick up and drove them to the =
Astrodome in Houston....And today, we see so many school buses standing =
in water in NOLA..If you remember in a prior post of mine on 9/3, I =
mentioned the lack of any leadership or intervention of what so ever by =
the Governor of LA...almost as if she were a nonentity.
Where was she when she was supposed to have ordered the NG to be there =
before the looting started? If the looters could get out into the =
streets, why couldn't the NG have been ordered there? Was the mayor out =
there giving any guidance or coordinating things with law enforcement =
officers, who now tell that they were given no directions or orders?...
The very people who want less Federal Government in their lives, want =
the Federal Government to be *Mommy* when they get in trouble...Well, =
it's responsibility time, folks...It is time to have a real disaster =
response plan and it starts with YOUR city, county and state =
government..then when necessary, the Federal Government steps in.. When =
Kelly USA was notified of the evacuees, work started 24 hrs around the =
clock to have things in place. The mayor was out there coordinating =
things..I saw him..
Don't tell me that I'm not compassionate...I have seen the evacuees =
arriving and been there when they were being processed. I saw the shock, =
confusion and desperation in those eyes..It will be something I will =
never forget.
Today at Mass, our parish pastor told us that he had requested =
permission from the Archbishop, that our church take in 100 people to =
live in the gymnasium of our parish school..It has kitchen facilities =
and rest rooms..He also has asked for approval for 100 children to be =
allowed to attend our school so that they will have some continuity in =
their lives and no interruption in their studies.
Texas has received all that we can properly care for...We shall see...
--Jean
--Jean
wrote in message =
news:431BC419.2000905@yahoo.com...
Bishop Emeritus Rene Henry Gracida of Corpus Christi, Texas, issued a =
valuable statement:=20
On The Lack Of Disaster Emergency Response Team in the City of New =
Orleans
=20
Shortly after I was installed as Bishop of Corpus Christi on July 11, =
1983, Monsignor Robert Freeman, Director of Catholic Charities, asked me =
for permission to accept an invitation from the Mayor of Corpus Christi =
to become a member of the Disaster Emergency Response Team of the City. =
I gladly gave him permission. Subsequently he kept me informed every =
year of the work of the Team. The Team established a plan for a secure =
headquarters with electric generators, water food and communications =
equipment. The devised a plan to organize all elements of the City's =
infrastructure to be ready to meet any challenge posed by another =
hurricane like Celia which had devastated the City in 1969 when the City =
did not have such a Team in place.
That Team went into action last Friday when Corpus Christi was =
informed that our City's request to receive=20
evacuees from New Orleans had been approved. Within hours the =
facilities to receive the evacuees were ready and the infrastructure =
was ready to serve them. As you can see from the attachment to this =
email, today, thirty hours later the evacuees are safely in the =
facilities planned for them.
I was born in New Orleans and spent the first seven years of my life =
there. I was a student in the General Pierre Gustave Touton Beauregard =
Elementary School. I still have fond memories of my childhood there. We =
lived in the Lakeview section of New Orleans and our home was just a few =
blocks from Lake Pontchartrain, the area most flooded I have many =
relatives and friends who live in New Orleans.=20
I watched in shocked disbelief as the horror of the flooding of New =
Orleans unfolded before the eyes of the=20
Nation and the world. I listened and watched the tragedy on all the =
major networks and cable channels. No=20
once did I hear any reporter mention a Disaster Emergency Response =
Team in the City of New Orleans. Not once did I see or hear any city =
official other than the Mayor who did not once describe what the City of =
New Orleans officials were doing. All he did was complain about the =
failure of the Federal Government of be in the City as soon as the levee =
broke. The police of New Orleans complained to television reporters =
that they were without any contact with their supervisors and had no =
food or water. There was total local governmental and organizational =
chaos. It was the responsibility of the City of New Orleans government =
to provide ALL of the emergency response for the first 24 hours and to =
request and coordinate the specific help expected from the State of =
Louisiana and the Federal Government. It was the responsibility of the =
Governor of Louisiana to provide immediately the first help through the =
deployment of the National Guard of Louisiana which should have been =
activated and on standby duty ready to move into the coast of Louisiana =
to cope with the damage to be expected from Hurricane Katrina. The =
Governor of Louisiana was strangely invisible during the week following =
the break in the levee Governor Rick Perry set an example of how the =
Governor of Louisiana should have acted.=20
Within a matter of hours after the levee broke, Governor Perry set in =
motion throughout Texas the Emergency Response plans of the major cities =
and the rest, as they say is history. The response of the people of =
Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Beaumont, and here in Corpus Christi shows =
how effective good planning can be in meeting the challenge of natural =
disasters. God forbid that we should be subjected to another terrorist =
attack such as 9/11 but it is good to know that at least some cities are =
prepared.
It is shameful that the media of the left and the Bush-haters in our =
society have chosen to put all of the blame for the tragic events of the =
past week in New Orleans on President George W. Bush. He responded =
quickly and in a proper way. The total governmental confusion in New =
Orleans and Louisiana was an obstacle with which all agencies outside of =
Louisiana had to cope.
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Thank you for posting this, =
Ray.
Finally, another voice of reason =
asking WHERE=20
were the plans that the mayor and governor of Louisiana stood there on a =
news=20
cast promising the people of New Orleans, two days before the hurricane =
hit,=20
that a plan was in place and not to panic...? Then they =
disappeared until the time for accounting arrived and then it was =
*someone=20
else's fault!* They didn't even have the sense of the young black =
boy in=20
his teens who drove a school bus full of anyone he could pick up and =
drove them=20
to the Astrodome in Houston....And today, we see so many school buses =
standing=20
in water in NOLA..If you remember in a prior post of mine on 9/3, I =
mentioned=20
the lack of any leadership or intervention of what so ever by the =
Governor of=20
LA...almost as if she were a nonentity.
Where was she when she was supposed to =
have ordered=20
the NG to be there before the looting started? If the looters could =
get out=20
into the streets, why couldn't the NG have been ordered there? Was =
the=20
mayor out there giving any guidance or coordinating things with law =
enforcement=20
officers, who now tell that they were given no directions or=20
orders?...
The very people who want less Federal =
Government in=20
their lives, want the Federal Government to be *Mommy* when they get in=20
trouble...Well, it's responsibility time, folks...It is time to have a =
real=20
disaster response plan and it starts with YOUR city, county and =
state=20
government..then when necessary, the Federal Government steps =
in..=20
When Kelly USA was notified of the evacuees, work started 24 hrs around =
the=20
clock to have things in place. The mayor was out there coordinating =
things..I=20
saw him..
Don't tell me that I'm not =
compassionate...I have=20
seen the evacuees arriving and been there when they were being =
processed. I saw=20
the shock, confusion and desperation in those eyes..It will be =
something I=20
will never forget.
Today at Mass, our parish pastor =
told us that=20
he had requested permission from the Archbishop, that our church =
take in=20
100 people to live in the gymnasium of our parish school..It has kitchen =
facilities and rest rooms..He also has asked for approval for 100 =
children to be=20
allowed to attend our school so that they will have some continuity in =
their=20
lives and no interruption in their studies.
Texas has received all that we can =
properly care=20
for...We shall see...
--Jean
--Jean
<
href=3D"mailto:rayboudreaux@yahoo.com">rayboudreaux@yahoo.com>=20
wrote in message
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face=3DVerdana>Bishop Emeritus Rene Henry Gracida of Corpus =
Christi, Texas,=20
issued a valuable statement:
On The Lack Of =
Disaster=20
Emergency Response Team in the City of New Orleans
=
Shortly after I was =
installed as Bishop=20
of Corpus Christi on July 11, 1983, Monsignor Robert Freeman, Director =
of=20
Catholic Charities, asked me for permission to accept an invitation =
from the=20
Mayor of Corpus Christi to become a member of the Disaster Emergency =
Response=20
Team of the City. I gladly gave him permission. =
Subsequently he=20
kept me informed every year of the work of the Team. The Team=20
established a plan for a secure headquarters with electric generators, =
water=20
food and communications equipment. The devised a plan to =
organize all=20
elements of the City's infrastructure to be ready to meet any =
challenge=20
posed by another hurricane like Celia which had devastated the City in =
1969=20
when the City did not have such a Team in place.
face=3DVerdana>That Team went into action last Friday when Corpus =
Christi was=20
informed that our City's request to receive
face=3DVerdana>evacuees from New Orleans had been approved. =
Within hours=20
the facilities to receive the evacuees were ready and the =
infrastructure=20
was ready to serve them. As you can see from the =
attachment to=20
this email, today, thirty hours later the evacuees are safely in the=20
facilities planned for them.
I was =
born in=20
New Orleans and spent the first seven years of my life there. I was a =
student=20
in the General Pierre Gustave Touton Beauregard Elementary =
School. I=20
still have fond memories of my childhood there. We lived in the =
Lakeview=20
section of New Orleans and our home was just a few blocks from Lake=20
Pontchartrain, the area most flooded I have many relatives and friends =
who=20
live in New Orleans.
I watched in =
shocked=20
disbelief as the horror of the flooding of New Orleans unfolded before =
the=20
eyes of the
Nation and the =
world. I=20
listened and watched the tragedy on all the major networks and cable=20
channels. No
once did I hear any =
reporter=20
mention a Disaster Emergency Response Team in the City of New Orleans. =
Not=20
once did I see or hear any city official other than the Mayor who did =
not once=20
describe what the City of New Orleans officials were doing. All =
he did=20
was complain about the failure of the Federal Government of be in the =
City as=20
soon as the levee broke. The police of New Orleans complained to =
television reporters that they were without any contact with their =
supervisors=20
and had no food or water. There was total local governmental and =
organizational chaos. It was the responsibility of the City of New =
Orleans=20
government to provide ALL of the emergency response for the =
first 24=20
hours and to request and coordinate the specific help expected from =
the State=20
of Louisiana and the Federal Government. It was the responsibility of =
the=20
Governor of Louisiana to provide immediately the first help through =
the=20
deployment of the National Guard of Louisiana which should have been =
activated=20
and on standby duty ready to move into the coast of Louisiana to cope =
with the=20
damage to be expected from Hurricane Katrina. The Governor of =
Louisiana=20
was strangely invisible during the week following the break in the =
levee=20
Governor Rick Perry set an example of how the Governor of Louisiana =
should=20
have acted.
Within a matter of =
hours after=20
the levee broke, Governor Perry set in motion throughout Texas the =
Emergency=20
Response plans of the major cities and the rest, as they say is =
history. =20
The response of the people of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Beaumont, =
and here=20
in Corpus Christi shows how effective good planning can be in meeting =
the=20
challenge of natural disasters. God forbid that we should be =
subjected=20
to another terrorist attack such as 9/11 but it is good to know that =
at least=20
some cities are prepared.
It is =
shameful that=20
the media of the left and the Bush-haters in our society have chosen =
to put=20
all of the blame for the tragic events of the past week in New Orleans =
on=20
President George W. Bush. He responded quickly and in a proper =
way. The=20
total governmental confusion in New Orleans and Louisiana was an =
obstacle with=20
which all agencies outside of Louisiana had to=20
cope.
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