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Originally Posted by Cubbie I am hearing thru the weather watching sites, that the Levy's in NO are at capacity and some are beginning to overflow. the industrial canal is overlfowing. | At least they prepared properly this time. |
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09-01-2008, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by garysher Do you think Pensacola will suffer much damage? I'm so glad I live in southern California. | Just called. Pensacola is fine and dandy. |
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09-01-2008, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by pensacola_niceman What the fuck are you talking about? | Are you seeing the measures taken by Ray Nagin from Iraq?
It's totally different than in 2005.
Why didn't Nagin do this in 2005?
Why did Nagin blame President Bush in 2005, when Bush did not have the Constitutional authority to do Nagin's job? |
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09-01-2008, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by garysher Do you think Pensacola will suffer much damage?
I'm so glad I live in southern California. | Well, you and I may both live in SoCal, but where one area has hurricanes, another is prone to earthquakes, such as we are located in. L.A. gets more of them than San Diego does.
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09-01-2008, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Wow Are you seeing the measures taken by Ray Nagin from Iraq?
It's totally different than in 2005.
Why didn't Nagin do this in 2005?
Why did Nagin blame President Bush in 2005, when Bush did not have the Constitutional authority to do Nagin's job? | I get the feeling if Nagin tried to pass the buck for another failure, he'd be running for his life.
In 2005, I wondered why, when the city of NO and the state of LA knew the levees were in bad shape, did THEY do nothing to shore them up? It isn't a federal deal, surely? Around here, the STATE and local municpalities are responsible for things like bridges, levees, dams...makes sense, since if something lets lose, it is going to effect that area, not the whole country.
ALL cities/towns should have emergency plans on hand, regularly reviewed and revised as needed, for disasters which are known to happen in that area, or man-made (this includes massive fires and bombings) The federal government shouldn't have to get on their cases to do this....it is common sense. |
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09-01-2008, 04:44 PM
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In the scarsdale area.
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Originally Posted by Bronwyn I get the feeling if Nagin tried to pass the buck for another failure, he'd be running for his life.
In 2005, I wondered why, when the city of NO and the state of LA knew the levees were in bad shape, did THEY do nothing to shore them up? It isn't a federal deal, surely? Around here, the STATE and local municpalities are responsible for things like bridges, levees, dams...makes sense, since if something lets lose, it is going to effect that area, not the whole country.
ALL cities/towns should have emergency plans on hand, regularly reviewed and revised as needed, for disasters which are known to happen in that area, or man-made (this includes massive fires and bombings) The federal government shouldn't have to get on their cases to do this....it is common sense. | Exactly!
You ask very good questions! |
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Originally Posted by Tirya Um... "Gustav" is a male name. Wouldn't "Father of all storms" be a better cliche?
And won't he feel like a complete schmuck if it happens to swing west and hit Texas instead? | I got my answer. Quote: |
"I would not do a thing differently," Nagin said. "I'd probably call Gustav, instead of the mother of all storms, maybe the mother-in-law or the ugly sister of all storms."
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