News CommentaryWednesday, 14 September 2005 03:15 pm
New Orleans – failure at every level of government
More details are emerging about the less than satisfactory responses from all levels of government to the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
- Local – New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin
Pictures of neat rows of submerged buses – not used; turning down offer from Amtrak to evacuate residents on its trains - State – Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco
Political and bureaucratic hindrance to help from the Federal government and other surrounding states - Federal – FEMA and the Department Of Homeland Security
Woeful response and coordination once the levees broke and most of New Orleans was flooded.
More in the link below, including a video that is especially damning on Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco.
CNN.com – ‘People making decisions hesitated’ – Sep 13, 2005
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This is where the americans are good at, finger pointing! Until now their inquiry on the 9/11 are still in the works. From the head of the FBI to the CIA is being blamed. Thousands have lost their lives, they better move on and make america a safer place and save the money from the inquiry to help the victims.