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<wrcowan1@hal-pc.org> wrote in message
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> Chris wrote:
> > <wrcowan1@hal-pc.org> wrote in message
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> >>Chris wrote:
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> >>>"Chris" <vscooter@nospam.copper.net> wrote in message
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> >>>>"Obwon" <obllOob@att.net> wrote in message
> >>>>news:ucq0i1tvt9hhi01hgbp3sag7koenev86lc@4ax.com...
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> >>>>
> >>>>>Please Phil, there were offers of help pouring in from
> >>>>>all over the world.  Bush kept them out by refusing
> >>>>>aid.
> >>
> >>You are wrong, Foriegn aid is being accepted.
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> >>>>>There was plenty of food and water in NO, it was
> >>>>>in the stores that had been abandoned.  Obviously there
> >>>>>was a plan...   To see to it that as many people would
> >>>>>die as could be killed by benevolent neglect.  Everyone
> >>>>>was working hard to keep aid,  food and water from
> >>>>>coming in.  Or do you somehow believe that it takes
> >>>>>three days to drive trucks from Texas and Fla to NO?
> >>>>>
> >>
> >>The Govenor of the state of Louisiana blocked food and supplies from
> >>reaching people trapped at the New Orleans Convention Center and the
> >>Louisiana Superdome.  Those were supplies had locally.
> >>
> >>Now as to getting trucks in from Texas and Fla, the roads were not
> >>passable.  It takes to to map and safe route for convoys to travel.
> >>
> >>
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> >>>>Yeah, it is funny how kids could steal school busses to get people out
> >
> > but
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> >>>>the government couldn't get military trucks in for three
days.....those
> >>>
> >>>must
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>be some damn powerful busses. Oops, I ruined another one of the bush
> >>>>faithfuls arguments...damn me all to hell.
> >>>
> >>Sorry to bust your bubble, but the mayor of New Orleans had hundreds of
> >>buses available to evacuate people on.  Houston;s Metro offered to send
> >>every available bus to N.O. to help in the evacuation of the city but
> >>were turned down by the mayor.
> >>
> >>As for the kid who stole a bus, the question is where was he when he
> >>found the bus and where were the people he picked up located?  Could it
> >>be he originated from an area not as flooded ans the rest of the city?
> >>How long did it take him ot get out?  How many times did he have to
> >>change route?  YOu know it is easy for someone who lives in the city to
> >>find route out.  For those who do not it is not easy to get into a
> >>flooded city not knowing which streets are passable and which are not.
> >>It takes time to map a route that is safe and passable.
> >>
> >>
> >>MRC
> >
> >
> > So you are saying there is no one from NO in the military who knows
there
> > way around the city? And have you heard of this new thing called GPS and
> > satellite imaging? You could find your way around downtown Baghdad at
night
> > in a snowstorm...so don't tell me they couldn't fine their way around NO
in
> > the daytime....
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> No, I am not saying that but the majority of the Guard units brought in
> did not know the city.  This is not star trek.  Gizmos are nice but a
> GPS can not tell you what is passible or not.  Not all guard units have
> the latest GPS systems.  Satilite imaging is not something that
> individual units have nor is something the Guard units are equiped with.
>   Further more Saltilite imaging does not tell you what is passiable
> (i.e debris or water depth).  When disaster strikes, GPS and Satelite
> imaging  can be worthless wheter you are in Bagdad or New Orleans.
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> MRC

You don't need the latest GPS....hell the one in my truck could have gotten
me through there and it is a retail version. And sattelite imaging can tell
you quite a bit about the waters depth...like if all you can see of a hosue
is it's roof, then the water is too deep....but if you can see the hubcaps
on a Hyundai then it is probably okay to go in there with your $120,000
Hummer....get real and think before you respond...