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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude
I stand by my original post...
Considering that this disaster was predicted and predicatable, I would say that effective relief should have arrived as soon as the main storm had past, and Government provided evacuation support should have occured before the storm even hit.
Preventative measures (such as shoring up the old levees), should have been done well in advance of the storm. Even without that, the disaster response had ample time to be organized, staged, and implmented, without the loss of life and suffering that occured.
I am simply amazed that you are so delighted with the timely wonderful response to the disaster. Tell it to the people who have lost their worldly possessions, and those who have lost their loved ones.
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Hmm...forced evacuation prior to the storm hitting land would have been the legal responsibility of the local and/or theState Government and not the Federal Government.
Officials of the Army Corp of Engineers have already stated that any plans they had for the levees in the foreseeable future would not have prevented breeches in the levees. The levees were built to withstand a cat 3 and not a cat four or cat 5 hurricane...and the funds that were denied the Army Corp of Engineers would not have altered this fact. They were only going to strengthen the levees is some areas to bring them back up to cat 3 standards.
Where have I stated that I am delighted with anything. I have stated facts.