It looks like North Carolina did a better job preparing for a Cat. 1
Hurricane hitting a secluded beach than LA did when preparing for a Cat. 5
Hurricane hitting major cities, one below sea level..

I noticed the NC National Guard was on the scene as soon as the hurricane
passed, providing SAR, police support and damage control.

Hopefully other local and state agencies can learn from NC.

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:15:18 -0400, Starbuck's wrote:

It looks like North Carolina did a better job preparing for a Cat. 1
Hurricane hitting a secluded beach than LA did when preparing for a Cat. 5
Hurricane hitting major cities, one below sea level..

Not to defend New Orleans inept job, but let's be fair. There is no
comparison between the two events. The problems of evacuation a million
plus, under the best circumstances, are overwhelmingly difficult. One of
those circumstances would be a competent Mayor/Governor. ;-)

I noticed the NC National Guard was on the scene as soon as the hurricane
passed, providing SAR, police support and damage control.

Hopefully other local and state agencies can learn from NC.

I respectfully suggest, here is one city that hasn't learned from New
Orleans.

http://sptimes.com/2005/09/02/Tampab..._plans_u.shtml

Katrina would have put half the county under water, yet they have no plans
for a full evacuation.

Damn it Starbucks.........stop trying to pass over the main issue with
Ophelia........the hurricane was obviously Bush's fault and should not have
happened in the first place.


"Starbuck's" wrote in message
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It looks like North Carolina did a better job preparing for a Cat. 1
Hurricane hitting a secluded beach than LA did when preparing for a Cat. 5
Hurricane hitting major cities, one below sea level..

I noticed the NC National Guard was on the scene as soon as the hurricane
passed, providing SAR, police support and damage control.

Hopefully other local and state agencies can learn from NC.

*JimH* wrote:
Damn it Starbucks.........stop trying to pass over the main issue with
Ophelia........the hurricane was obviously Bush's fault and should not have
happened in the first place.

Damn you're stupid.

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*JimH* wrote:
Damn it Starbucks.........stop trying to pass over the main issue with
Ophelia........the hurricane was obviously Bush's fault and should not
have
happened in the first place.

Damn you're stupid.


Yes it would be stupid to blame the hurricane on Bush. Just as it would be
stupid to blame the lack of preparedness by NO and LA for a Cat4 hurricane
and flooding in a city lying 11 feet below sea level on Bush.

Thunder,
I respectfully suggest that any city and state (except for NO and LA) that
knew a Cat. 5 hurricane was going to hit them, would have called up the
National Guard prior to landfall.


"thunder" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:15:18 -0400, Starbuck's wrote:

It looks like North Carolina did a better job preparing for a Cat. 1
Hurricane hitting a secluded beach than LA did when preparing for a Cat.
5
Hurricane hitting major cities, one below sea level..

Not to defend New Orleans inept job, but let's be fair. There is no
comparison between the two events. The problems of evacuation a million
plus, under the best circumstances, are overwhelmingly difficult. One of
those circumstances would be a competent Mayor/Governor. ;-)

I noticed the NC National Guard was on the scene as soon as the hurricane
passed, providing SAR, police support and damage control.

Hopefully other local and state agencies can learn from NC.

I respectfully suggest, here is one city that hasn't learned from New
Orleans.

http://sptimes.com/2005/09/02/Tampab..._plans_u.shtml

Katrina would have put half the county under water, yet they have no plans
for a full evacuation.

Kevin,
NO and LA screwed the pooch, when they failed to take the most basic
precautions when a Cat 5 was predicted to hit a city surrounded by levees
and was below sealevel.

When people ignore this obvious fact, and use this disaster as an excuse to
attack ones political opponents, it is not only stupid, but
counterproductive to solving the problem.


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*JimH* wrote:
Damn it Starbucks.........stop trying to pass over the main issue with
Ophelia........the hurricane was obviously Bush's fault and should not
have
happened in the first place.

Damn you're stupid.

Starbuck's wrote:
Kevin,
NO and LA screwed the pooch, when they failed to take the most basic
precautions when a Cat 5 was predicted to hit a city surrounded by levees
and was below sealevel.

Please stop replying to my posts, and calling me Kevin. Are you really
so stupid that you can't figure out how I can post from someone else's
address?
If and when you stop refering to me as Kevin, then I'll answer
questions and correspond with you.

Kevin,
What is your correct name?


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Starbuck's wrote:
Kevin,
NO and LA screwed the pooch, when they failed to take the most basic
precautions when a Cat 5 was predicted to hit a city surrounded by levees
and was below sealevel.

Please stop replying to my posts, and calling me Kevin. Are you really
so stupid that you can't figure out how I can post from someone else's
address?
If and when you stop refering to me as Kevin, then I'll answer
questions and correspond with you.

On 16 Sep 2005 07:34:49 -0700, wrote:


Starbuck's wrote:
Kevin,
NO and LA screwed the pooch, when they failed to take the most basic
precautions when a Cat 5 was predicted to hit a city surrounded by levees
and was below sealevel.

Please stop replying to my posts, and calling me Kevin. Are you really
so stupid that you can't figure out how I can post from someone else's
address?
If and when you stop refering to me as Kevin, then I'll answer
questions and correspond with you.

OK, I won't call you Kevin. But, b'asskisser, when are you going to give us the
Moto Guzzi Desmo URL? Also, when are you going to show us some pictures of that
one-of-a-kind machine?
--
John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."