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**YpbWF5Yo** · 02-21-2007, 04:11 PM

Then you should be upset that Nagin had the time and wherewithal to carry this out - but was impotent in protecting lives and saving lives (remember the 1000's of city buses that were under water???)

The N.O. humanitarian disaster is not an example of citizen apathy...what we all saw was large sections of a major city destroyed in a few minutes...and all levels of government not prepared to deal with it, and Nagin and the media blaming the Feds - when they were at the very least equally responsible (more I believe).

I disagree.

There was nothing "surprising" about Katrina. Hurricanes don't sneak up on you. The problem of the levees has been known and documented for at least 40 years. Instead of fortifying the levees, installing new pumps, and fortifying the breaks, they did nothing.

The city was not equipped to handle a catastophe of that magnitude. 95% of the oil that flowed from the Gulf of Mexico was interrupted. The US is the most technogically advanced nation in the world and to suggest that a local government was more responsible for the disaster is far from the truth.

Less advanced nations of the world offered to help, like Cuba, Venezula, China, Russia, Iran, and Holland .. all of which was denied.

I'm at a loss trying to determine how you figure a local government was more responsible for a disaster that affected the entire nation.

02-21-2007, 04:11 PM	#32
YpbWF5Yo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	Then you should be upset that Nagin had the time and wherewithal to carry this out - but was impotent in protecting lives and saving lives (remember the 1000's of city buses that were under water???) The N.O. humanitarian disaster is not an example of citizen apathy...what we all saw was large sections of a major city destroyed in a few minutes...and all levels of government not prepared to deal with it, and Nagin and the media blaming the Feds - when they were at the very least equally responsible (more I believe). I disagree. There was nothing "surprising" about Katrina. Hurricanes don't sneak up on you. The problem of the levees has been known and documented for at least 40 years. Instead of fortifying the levees, installing new pumps, and fortifying the breaks, they did nothing. The city was not equipped to handle a catastophe of that magnitude. 95% of the oil that flowed from the Gulf of Mexico was interrupted. The US is the most technogically advanced nation in the world and to suggest that a local government was more responsible for the disaster is far from the truth. Less advanced nations of the world offered to help, like Cuba, Venezula, China, Russia, Iran, and Holland .. all of which was denied. I'm at a loss trying to determine how you figure a local government was more responsible for a disaster that affected the entire nation.
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