Research Note

Just a follow up to the last post. It seems that the Federal government was well aware that the levee's protecting New Orleans from the waters of Lake Ponchatrane were only designed to withstand a Category 3 Hurricane. Hurricane Katrina was a massive Category 4 storm, which was predicted to make a direct hit on New Orleans as much as 3 full days before it happened. They should have known the levee's could and probably would breech. In fact, LAST YEAR, the governement held a "Mock Hurricane" disaster drill IN NEW ORLEANS!!!! This drill predicted massive flooding, massive evacuations, potentially massive loss of life, massive property destruction. The government knew it could happen. The events currently unfolding in New Orleans have been high on the Governments potential catastrophic disasters list for a long time. Every major figure in government who says this could have never been predicted is lying. This exact scenario has been predicted years ago and is now happening. Oh yeah, and we're winning the war in Iraq. The insurgents are getting desparate. And the Brooklyn Bridge is now for sale.

I still cannot believe the complete lack of an immediate, overwhelming government relief effort to the city and surrounding areas of New Orleans. Well over half the nation, and dozens of military bases were completely unaffected by the Hurricane. Why weren't these bases put on high alert for disaster relief? Why weren't they immediately mobilized? Why were the people who remained in New Orleans left alone for days to suffer, starve and die? Most of these people were unfortunately the sick, the poor, the disabled. The ones most in need of their government in a time of crisis. The death toll is now predicted to be in the thousands. I am just shocked.

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- Ken