Hurricane Katrina and Me...

DerAdlerIstGelandet · 09-09-2005, 10:39 AM

We are about to get hit by a big storm front. It just passed through Spain and France causing Tornados there. I think it will calm down quite a bit before it hits us and even if it does not, it will not even compare to Katrina.

evangilder · 09-09-2005, 12:45 PM

Great news!

Quote:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The director of Federal Emergency Management Agency, Michael Brown, who has been fiercely criticized over the relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina, will be pulled off relief operations in the area, two U.S. officials said on Friday.

They said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was bringing Brown back to Washington and putting Vice Admiral Thad Allen, chief of staff of the U.S. Coast Guard, in charge of operations on the ground.

About damn time! Jesus, my 4 year old could have done a better job than Mike Brown.

lesofprimus · 09-09-2005, 12:49 PM

The throngs of displaced civilians all applaud at once............

This is what happens when u give ur buddies govt jobs......

evangilder · 09-09-2005, 12:51 PM

Amen brother! It's okay to give friends jobs if they are qualified. But Mike Brown was certainly not qualified, as witnessed these last couple of weeks.

Nonskimmer · 09-09-2005, 12:58 PM

Well the head of the Coast Guard can't hurt, eh?

At least one would think.

evangilder · 09-09-2005, 01:02 PM

I would think so. At least the Coast Guard knows how to prepare for disasters and help in recoveries.

Nonskimmer · 09-09-2005, 01:26 PM

Exactly.

lesofprimus · 09-09-2005, 01:30 PM

Lord knows Ive seen enough of em flying over my house.....

What right does someone who gets fired from judging and breeding Arabian horses have to head up the disaster relief department of the Federal Govt???

Gnomey · 09-09-2005, 02:24 PM

Friend of the President? In other words absolutely none.

zerum · 09-09-2005, 04:20 PM

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Lots of win in the atlantic.
Boss of the Fema is out,new boss is a marineofficer,Thad Allen
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trackend · 09-10-2005, 05:25 AM

Sorry Ive been out of the loop for a while in Crete Les, but I'm glad you're OK Ive just got off the red eye so I'm a bit knackered to read all 2000 odd postings since I've been away, sounds like you have had a **** time and I'm sorry to hear of your mates not getting through it . the bits I caught on the box in Crete sounded like this twat Brown couldn't organize a piss up in a brewery,
**** with the resources available to the US government I would have thought they could have swamped the area with relief aid and troops before the wind had settled. There was lots of talk of the levees not having funds pumped into them and being inadequate (how true this is I'm forked if I know) but I dare say it will be analyzed with a fine tooth comb by the media. I think old Bush has really shot himself in the foot his ratings must have gone through the floor.
Still as I say Les sorry its a bit belated by my thoughts are with you and your family.

GT · 09-10-2005, 06:45 AM

Update.

P38 Pilot · 09-10-2005, 07:27 AM

First, its not the President's fault. Second, the people responsible for what is going on in New Orleans is the Mayor and the Governor. Third, there was something about the D-Day museum on the news and i didnt get to watch it so if anybody knows what they were talking about with the D-Day museum, PLEASE TALK!

evangilder · 09-10-2005, 08:30 AM

9/11 was a host of intelligence failures that stretched through 2 presidencies. There is no way that the attack was planned only during Bush's watch.

Hurricance Katrina was a natural event. Although I am waiting for some crazy lefty to claim it was Bush's fault.

Maybe an earthquake? Maybe I'll grow tits tomorrow too. They have been saying the "big one" is coming for a LONG time. Will it ever happen remains to be seen. We have earthquakes out here, I have lived through a couple of pretty damn big ones, but again a natural disaster and nothing to do with politics. There is a pretty good chance it won't happen before Bush is done with his presidency, so maybe doesn't count.

More terror attacks? Again, speculation. It could happen, but it may not. There are all kinds of pseudo-sages out there predicting all kinds of things. Stay prepared and stay alive. I am not going to spend my life worrying about what if. I am prepared for any emegency and I don't worry about them until they hit. If I worried about what might happen, I would be dead by now.

Teh Mayor and the governor of New Orleans are certainly negligent in their duties, but the federal government ****-ed this up just as bad. Just ask Les how well FEMA has been operating. Who appointed the head of FEMA? GWB. I voted for Bush, because there was no alternative. but watching our border stay completely wide ass open and now this makes me wonder real hard about what the hell we are going to get stuck with in 2008.

Hey NS, you got room for some ex-patriots?

trackend · 09-10-2005, 08:40 AM

I just wondered if blaming the local govenmenrt is a bit of a cop out 38 because as it was such a major incident wouldnt the president if he had any bottle have the clout to take charge and push resources that for the local bods would not be at there disposal it is after all a national disaster its even effecting the rest of the oil using world so its far from NO's problem alone. It seems like he's distancing himself ready for the finger pointing onslaught thats already started.