Katrina myths

Gonz

Gonz

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By Popular Mechanics. Read this last night at work. Seems the media failed us more than the government.

Myth #1: “’The aftermath of Katrina will go down as one of the worst abandonments of Americans on American soil ever in U.S. history.’\’—Aaron Broussard, president, Jefferson Parish, La., Meet the Press, NBC, Sept. 4, 2005”

“Bumbling by top disaster-management officials fueled a perception of general inaction, one that was compounded by impassioned news anchors. In fact, the response to Hurricane Katrina was by far the largest—and fastest-rescue effort in U.S. history, with nearly 100,000 emergency personnel arriving on the scene within three days of the storm’s landfall.”

“Dozens of National Guard and Coast Guard helicopters flew rescue operations that first day—some just 2 hours after Katrina hit the coast. Hoistless Army helicopters improvised rescues, carefully hovering on rooftops to pick up survivors. On the ground, ‘guardsmen had to chop their way through, moving trees and recreating roadways,’ says Jack Harrison of the National Guard. By the end of the week, 50,000 National Guard troops in the Gulf Coast region had saved 17,000 people; 4000 Coast Guard personnel saved more than 33,000.”

“While the press focused on FEMA’s shortcomings, this broad array of local, state and national responders pulled off an extraordinary success—especially given the huge area devastated by the storm. Computer simulations of a Katrina-strength hurricane had estimated a worst-case-scenario death toll of more than 60,000 people in Louisiana. The actual number was 1077 in that state.”
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American Thinker

Poplualr Mechanics story (slow load)
 
Yea, and there are people out there that think that it was Bush's fault and he also stole the election...
 
there is no real point. they're just trying to lull us back into the land of ward and june cleaver.
 
Huh? I was replying to highwayman's "people think" statement that strayed away from the topic with one of my own. Is that doubleplusungood? If it is just let me know.
 
My responce was aimed towards the first two paragraphs of the article and was not intended to stray too far "off topic"..

The fact of the mater is that there was no way to control what direction katrina took and the lack of assistance in the aftermath is a falisy. There was no doupt fumbling on FEMAs part but the population on NO had been conditioned to expect help from the government...
 
rrfield said:
I was refering to the stolen election comment.
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OK..
That also had been down the line that it was Bush that guided Katrina to NO and knew about 9-11 before it happened, nothing more then a falisy...Granted there could be some slight of hand somwere there is enough checks in the system to prevent a wide spread collapse. If Bush or any elected official had in mind to throw a major election nation wide they would not stop there and would continue to escalate to a dictatorship or anarchy...
 
BB said:
who are ward and june cleaver?


do they have a gingerbread cottage or something???
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There was an American TV show in the 50s called Leave it to Beaver that depicted life in a "typical" American suburb, where Mum (June) was a homemaker who always wore a dress and a pearl necklace and Dad (Ward) was an upstanding Citizen who wore a suit and carried a briefcase. Their children Wally and Beaver were always involved in some sort of hijinks, usually learning a life lesson from their mischief.

The name "Beaver Cleaver" is worth a chuckle or two.
 
highwayman said:
OK..
That also had been down the line that it was Bush that guided Katrina to NO and knew about 9-11 before it happened, nothing more then a falisy...Granted there could be some slight of hand somwere there is enough checks in the system to prevent a wide spread collapse. If Bush or any elected official had in mind to throw a major election nation wide they would not stop there and would continue to escalate to a dictatorship or anarchy...
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Yeah, I don't follow, buddy. Maybe next time.
 
Sharky said:
The name "Beaver Cleaver" is worth a chuckle or two.
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I'm surprised Inky hasn't chimed in with this oldie-but-a-goodie...

What's the dirtiest thing ever said on TV?


















"Ward, you were a little hard on the Beaver last night"
 
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