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janner

Chain of Command

Sep 11, 2005 20:23

This is how the Chain of Command is in the N.O. disaster area ( Read more... )

Comments 7

moriar September 12 2005, 02:55:48 UTC

http://www.snopes.com/politics/katrina/nagin.asp

I'm inclined to trust Snopes. The Governor asked for Federal Help on Saturday before it happened, and Bush authorized FEMA.

Blaming the victim mooncatx September 12 2005, 05:41:21 UTC

Yes, it's all the fault of the poor black people of NO that it all went wrong, because they voted wicked democrats into office. *rolls eyes ( ... )

Re: Blaming the victim mooncatx September 12 2005, 05:58:07 UTC

Here is a time line of events and local government and federal government responses:

http://www.thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline

Includes multiple links to supporting articles of each timed event placed in the timeline.

Re: Blaming the victim janner September 12 2005, 21:01:34 UTC

"Yes, it's all the fault of the poor black people of NO that it all went wrong, because they voted wicked democrats into office. *rolls eyes* "

That's really stretching it. No one has said anything about it being the "poor black people's" fault. I think maybe you misunderstood what it was saying. It was in defense of the ridiculous claims of prejudice. Why haven't you heard anything bad about the mayor of N.O.? He had access to a lot more transportation and did not use it to evacuate even more people.
I honestly think that the administration did not think that the storm would be as bad as it was and reacted accordingly to that belief.

Thread 6

as a Louisianian greenbaron September 13 2005, 15:20:17 UTC

As someone who does not know when he will see his hoem again due to Katrina, I admit Nagin coudl have doen better, so could Blanco, and Bush coudl hav edoen more sure, but to hsi credit he declared Mississippi and Louisiana disaster areas on Sunday, so he did some forethought ( ... )