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to: John Cuccia
from: Robert G Lewis
date: 2005-10-15 18:21:26
subject: Re: Blanco Busted

From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:39:40 -0500, "Robert G Lewis"
>  wrote:
>>John has ALWAYS said there were mistakes made other then FEMA and the
>>Feds.
>
> I agree with those that say Blanco is done as governor. She seems to
> be a very nice lady, but she doesn't seem to be much of a leader.
> Mistakes were definitely made all around, and the feds made more than
> their share. People keep forgetting that FEMA promised the world in 48
> hours during the Hurricane Pam exercise and that is what set the
> expectations of locals.  That's why Ray Nagin thought the Superdome
> would be adequate as a shelter, because FEMA promised to have
> everything needed to support those in shelters and those needing
> evacuation, within 48 hours of landfall.
>

And as a short term shelter it was a  good idea. I wonder how many of those
would have died without access to the Dome. Pity the followup failed l.

>>Gary posting old news . Hmmmmmm
>
> Did he?  I no longer read his posts; something in him is broken,
> keeping him from becoming a fully realize human being.
>

I try not to take him seriously . Gary does have some good points
when he doesn't go overboard with his toss out anything bull. He just likes
to stir the pot. Pity , when he's reasonable he can be quite interesting,
even when I disagree with him .

The particular web site was put up VERY shortly after Katrina struck and
only had a few stories from the first 4 or 5 days as far as I could tell.
Hasn't been updated since.

Bob Lewis

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