Brian wrote:
>
> On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 03:52:23 -0400, John Ramsay
> wrote:
>
> >Why blame city and state yet exempt the feds?
> >
> >It was the city and state that were flooded
> >and unable to help themselves.
>
> New Orleans wasn't flooded before the hurricane hit. The city's own
> evacuation plans called for using school and city busses for
> evacuating those who didn't have their own means to do so.
> That meant many more people left than there should have been. Some
> would never have left, some still won't, but many would have.
>
I don't understand the above paragraph. Are you
saying the city had enough resources to
completely evacuate itself?
"That meant many more people left than
there should have been."
Are you saying more people left the city
than should have, or more people were left
in the city?
> Apparently even today, Nagin and Blanco can't agree whether those who
> refuse to leave should be forced to. |