Recent content by cynder

The press does not have to answer to the voters on why a few million dollars of their money is being spent on something that is rarely used. This is a high crime city, I am sure the voters would rather see more cops on the streets - the reality is the cost is HUGE and the practicality hard to...

According to Newsweek, city officials had a FEW old satellite phones and the batteries on these went dead pretty quickly. It appears the FEMA officials sent in did NOT have their own - they asked to borrow a phone from someone else. The state does have an emergency communication set-up with tha...

They are expensive though - the cheapest one I could find was $800 and service is $30 (minimum) a month. It would take supplying EVERY person involved with their own phone and maintaining service on them. At $800 that's aprox $1600000 to equip the New Orleans PD alone plus $60000 a month...

These were not "Shelters Of Last Resort" Or "Supershelters" as noted in the report. I have seen other shelters named BUT I believe some of them may have flooded or been evacuated to OTHER shelters when the levees failed. It appears that most people either went to the Superdome OR to the...

They are still bringing pets into TX from LA so I don't think there is a quarantine anywhere but the state sponsored shelters. Many of the rescue groups are handling their own shelter and transportation needs themselves and are not involved with the state at all. Cats and dogs from, Katrina have...

The way I understand it was that they had supplies, gasoline, food, water, batteries, for 2 - 3 days, not 5 or 6. There was 2 days of food water etc at the Superdome - the people went 5 days+ AND more and more people kept showing up.The convention center was never suposed to be a shelter -...

That would have worked just fine IF LE had A - Adequate Undamaged Vehicles (Truck and Boats) and Gas For Them B - A Full Contingent Of 1400 Officer On Duty AND Support From Additional LE (more than half the officers were gone, evacuated, couldn't get to work etc) C - Adequate Working...

They would have had to shoot ME before they shot a single one of my pets. I can see someone needing a weapon - but they should NOT have been used for anything but self defense. Shooting a beloved pet in front of the owner against their wishes is NOT self defense. Who were these people...

"The deployment of thousands of National Guard troops from Mississippi and Louisiana in Iraq when Hurricane Katrina struck hindered those states' initial storm response, military and civilian officials said Friday. Lt. Gen. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said that "arguably"...

Brown is still Director of FEMA, just not the Katrina Response. Jimmy Carter, Rudy Guiliani and Colin Powell have all been "mentioned" as possible candidates to oversee the Katrina recovery/rebuilding process. The Administration has not named anyone so far, nor indicated any decisions have been...

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/09/D8CGS6680.html FEMA Chief Relieved of Katrina Duties "Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being removed from his role managing Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, The Associated Press has learned."

:clap: :clap: I totally agree !!!! I am so sick over this - and millions of migrating birds (some critically endangered) are headed that way as we speak - and they have NO PLAN to protect them !!! Our very own Chernobyl and Love Canal wrapped in a deceptively charming, spanish moss draped...

I know Powell and Bush are NOT on the best of terms BUT if Bush can reach out to Bill Clinton when things are tough surely he can reach out to Powell and mend fences as well. I have said all along they need to choose someone who can rally support and who inspires confidence and who can also...

This morning Colin Powell's name is being mentioned to coordinate the New Orleans recovery for the Feds - I think he might be pretty good as head of FEMA as well. I think ALL the residents of NO would welcome Powell AND he and Gen Honore would make a heck of a team.

What is scarier is that they haven't yet figured out WHERE the lead contamination is coming from. The researchers are very perplexed - this was NOT something they expected to find.