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Skriven 2005-09-18 07:39:00 av VERN HUMPHREY (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ED HULETT
Ärende: More bad news for democra
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EH> VH> Nor is there any excuse for not getting National Guard in there early,
EH> VH> and preventing crime and looting.

EH>They held the NG back and didn't let them in until after it was too late.

Absolutely right.  Criminal negligence.

EH> VH> And as for marshalling all the construction equipment in the city and
EH> VH> spotting it where it could shore up the levees -- well, I guess that's
EH> VH> "too hard." :-(

EH>I guess. Tonight on the History Channel they had a program about the
EH>mechanics of what happened to New Orleans. In 1965 NO was hit by Betsy and
EH>the levees held, in 1969 Camile hit and the levees held. They knew it was
EH>just a matter of time before a cat.5 would hit and the levees might not
EH>hold. Not one person interviewed in that program blamed the Bush
EH>administration. They all pointed to the fact the it was a ticking timebomb
EH>and that a conspiracy of events caused the levee failure.

EH>New Orleans used to be about 100 miles from the gulf, but with erosion and
EH>geography it is now only about 50 miles inland. The barrier islands have
EH>all but disappeared and as they continually rebuild the levees they keep
EH>sinking. The more they rebuild, the faster the levees sink. As one COE
EH>person said, "it is a never ending project to keep the levees built up. No
EH>funding in the world would have made those levees any more resilient.

EH>They are looking at what they have been doing in northern Europe to see what
EH>they can do to get an upper hand on the process.

And when we send them the federal money to do it, they'll build even
more casinos and buy more airplanes. :-(
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