Re: Re: By the way, Bill

This is just a rumour I heard and didn't bother to follow up, but is it true that shortly before
the hurricane struck there was legislation under review in congress to limit further funding for
the strengthening of hurricane/flood protection in the gulf states?

Sounds ridiculous given last year's season, still I wouldn't be surprised.  Anyone hear of this?

-Mike


--- William Highfield <[email protected]> wrote:

> There are disasters and then there are DISASTERS.  You simply can never 
> be ready for devestation on this level.  However, Louisiana could have 
> been better prepared.  I don't think they had the national guard 
> prepared at all, and yes, 30% of them are in Iraq, but plenty remained 
> and frankly, ALL OF THEM should have been at staging areas ready to move 
> in the moment the winds died down.
> 
> In Florida, the National Guard was ready in every hurricane after 
> Andrew.  After Charlie, I remember seeing troops in the streets of St 
> Cloud at intersections only a couple of hours after the eye passed over 
> my house.
> 
> The problem with Katrina is that the hurricane came and went and the 
> levees held.  Officials in Louisiana failed to take into account that 
> weakened levees would not handle the flow of water coming down the 
> Mississippi AFTER the hurricane.
> 
> FEMA will take it's lumps, no doubt about it.  But Louisiana was not 
> prepared, and the mayor of New Oreleans and governor of the state should 
> be ashamed of themselves for trying to blame everyone but themselves.
> 
> -- 
> Bill Highfield
> St Cloud, Florida, USA!
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