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Originally Posted by Jefferson Isn't it part of your "private life" if a Federal Agent - FEMA or otherwise - comes into your house and says, "You ARE leaving, and you're leaving RIGHT NOW - whether you like it or not."? |
The vast majority of FEMA's failures have nothing to do with forced evacuation.
Mandatory evacuation was a decision at the STATE/LOCAL level, and it was the STATE/LOCAL level which made the majority of mistakes in the evacuation issue.
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Originally Posted by Jefferson Again... I'm not defending FEMA, nor excusing their ineptitude in the New Orleans debacle. But what most people expect them to have done would have been micromanagement. And that is NOT building on the principles of the Constitution. |
"what most people expect them to have done"???
You have NO CLUE what most people expected them to do. You have no clue as to what FEMA's mistakes ACTUALLY were...
You JUST PROVED THAT by pretending that it revolved around forced evacuation.
Announcing mandatory evacuation was a failure at the state level. It should have been earlier, and been more thorough in its announcement.
Please. Start educating yourself on these issues instead of making it up as you go along...
I recommend you start here...
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/...ess/index.html
Then, you can review the actual report itself. Here is a summary of what they said about the failures of evacuation. A failure at the state and local level.
The failure of the federal government in this venue, if any, was on ASSISTING evacuation. Not in forcing it...
The failure of complete evacuations led to preventable deaths, great suffering, and further delays in relief
■ Evacuations of general populations went relatively well in all three states.
■ Despite adequate warning 56 hours before landfall, Governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin delayed ordering a mandatory evacuation in New Orleans until 19 hours before landfall.
■ The failure to order timely mandatory evacuations, Mayor Nagin’s decision to shelter but not evacuate the remaining population, and decisions of individuals led to an incomplete evacuation.
■ The incomplete pre-landfall evacuation led to deaths, thousands of dangerous rescues, and horrible conditions for those who remained.
■ Federal, state, and local officials’ failure to anticipate the post-landfall conditions delayed post-landfall evacuation and support.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2...xecsummary.pdf http://katrina.house.gov/full_katrina_report.htm