Wacka Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 I heard that this disaster is covering NINE THOUSAND SQUARE MILES! Think of an area of WNY out to almost Syracuse devestated. Stevestojan and the others, get your heads out of your ass and think! Drop food and water-? Even with parachutes, it hits the ground at 5-10 mph- all the bottles break. That is if it doesn't land in 20 ft deep water or on someone's roof and kills them inside. The hospital ship is in port. It is a hospital ship. Probaly has only a heliport on deck and is not an aircraft carrier. The supplies meeded ned to loaded. The crew has to be rounded up . Cant resupply it while underway. God, there sending the Truman there. You went through a hurricane. You'd think you would be one of the people to understand about the aftermath. Or were you complaning because you couldn't play X-box?
Tux of Borg Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Yesterday's argument aside, I realize the magnitude of the situation makes coordinating aid a slow and cumbersome process but it is Thursday and we're pushing 72 hours without with little to no relief for the poor bastards in metro New Orleans. As a parent I can't image my rage if I had nothing to feed my son or daughter for 72 hours. Why don't we simply fly a shitload of C-130's over the city and push a few hundred pallets of MRE"s and water out. We do it in foriegn countries as part of relief efforts all the time????? I would bet that the 82nd airborne could do a nice job of setting up a base camp and providing much needed order. I'm pretty sure that can do it under the authority of the Governor. It's just horrifying so see these people holding up infants begging for help in our own damn backyard. 425459[/snapback] First you need to find a drop zone to perform the heavy drop at. It's an awesome site seeing hummers and stuff being pushed out of a C-17, but the sh-- falls fast and you don't want to be under it. If people see what they thing is water and food out of a plane, there will be a mad rush to get it. Also heavy drop pallets take time to rig up, get inspected and get loaded on the plane. I've put hundreds of them together over the years and it's a time consuming process. As for the 82nd being called in... Last time I recall them being called up for homeland duty was back in 98 (i think). Some sicko kidnapped a kindergartner from her bus stop, raped her and then chopped her into pieces. The 82nd was bused in to search the woods for the guy. So is it doable, yeah. But I think it would be faster just to load up a C-141 and fly it in.
John Adams Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Am I the only one that heard the reports of rescue and assistance teams being assembled in Baton Rouge on Saturday and Sunday? 425605[/snapback] On top of which, there would have been manageable damage from the storm if the levee had held. When Katrina was still off-shore and losing some of its steam, most of the reports I read- the same ones I presume that FEMA was reading- were predicting less rainfall and that the levees would be able to hold back the water. Given that scenario, there was only so much disaster-preparedness that we could do. Should we assemble a few hundred million dollars of equipment for every hurricaine?
aussiew Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 This has become very similar to war, and as in war, the military is better equiped to fight it. Not be sitting around waiting for government departments to give them their orders.
John Adams Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Stevestojan and the others, get your heads out of your ass and think! 425617[/snapback] Heh. He-heh. He said "think."
Wacka Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Well if your town is about to be hit with a Cat 5 you might just want to do something. Unfortunately I'm not talking about the police and fire deparments in Baton Rouge. Did you hear any reports of teams assembling in oh say Texas or Utah or Ohio or New York?? 425616[/snapback] Why didn't the National Guard mobilize all over the country before our Blizzard of 77?
IDBillzFan Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 It never ceases to amaze me how quick some people are to stop taking action so they have plenty of time to point fingers at people who are not taking action as fast as they would like. !@#$ing stunning.
BRH Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Why didn't the National Guard mobilize all over the country before our Blizzard of 77? 425625[/snapback] Because snow melts.
nobody Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 And it didn't really get bad in NO until Tuesday morning - the day after the hurricane.
Terry Tate Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 It never ceases to amaze me how quick some people are to stop taking action so they have plenty of time to point fingers at people who are not taking action as fast as they would like. !@#$ing stunning. 425630[/snapback] I propose establishing a "Camp Stadium Wall" outside the White House. We stay until the President and his cabinet meet with us personally and answer the question of why aren't they dropping water out of planes. Meet you there. I'm gonna have to stop and buy gas first.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 On top of which, there would have been manageable damage from the storm if the levee had held. When Katrina was still off-shore and losing some of its steam, most of the reports I read- the same ones I presume that FEMA was reading- were predicting less rainfall and that the levees would be able to hold back the water. Given that scenario, there was only so much disaster-preparedness that we could do. Should we assemble a few hundred million dollars of equipment for every hurricaine? 425620[/snapback] No. Just the ones that would obviously cause disasters with the application of hindsight.
IDBillzFan Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 I propose establishing a "Camp Stadium Wall" outside the White House. We stay until the President and his cabinet meet with us personally and answer the question of why aren't they dropping water out of planes. Meet you there. I'm gonna have to stop and buy gas first. 425638[/snapback] Good plan. Instead of sitting here doing nothing but complaining, let's go there and do nothing but complain.
Live&DieBillsFootball Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 We can play the blame game later. Right now, they need to figure out a way to get food and water to these people. If they can get empty busses to the Superdome to load people, why can't they get truckloads of water to the same place? As for the people who did not evacuate, I'm sure that a lot of them were too poor or frail to go anywhere. The Superdome was billed as the main shelter, so I don't think that we can blame people for going there before the storm. As frustrating as it is to watch on tv, it must be a million times more frustrating to be there and have no communications telling you when to expect food, water, or a ride out.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Well if your town is about to be hit with a Cat 5 you might just want to do something. Unfortunately I'm not talking about the police and fire deparments in Baton Rouge. Did you hear any reports of teams assembling in oh say Texas or Utah or Ohio or New York?? 425616[/snapback] I'm not talking about police or fire in Baton Rouge, either. FEMA was putting people in place inland of the coast to respond to the storm. Hell, they had people in New Orleans during the storm to get real-time feedback on conditions.
BuffaloRebound Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Gotta love f'in 'know-it-alls'. They watch a report from Foxnews or CNN and have the answers to everything.
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 Why didn't the National Guard mobilize all over the country before our Blizzard of 77? 425625[/snapback] It was 60 degrees days before the Bliz. Some people were wearing shorts and sneakers when they got stranded (idiots I know) They had no idea that it was coming and very local. They did mobilze USACE units and equipment from as far as Chicago and the Quad Cites. Why not placate some of the worry at the Superdome and Convention Center?... Seems those are the places that are the hot spots and show the potential for mass death. Why resue them if you are just gonna send them to their grave somewhere else? Time is ticking... I will give them another 24 hours to right this thing... To quote Mike Robitille "Katy bar the door" if the people at those two locations have to hold out any more than that.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 We can play the blame game later. Right now, they need to figure out a way to get food and water to these people. If they can get empty busses to the Superdome to load people, why can't they get truckloads of water to the same place? 425642[/snapback] Uhhh...maybe they don't have the water available? Same with this looney airdrop idea...you can't deliver what you don't have available. And I know the next question would be "Why weren't they prepared with stocks of water?" Because no one stocks much of anything anymore...and even if they did, it'd probably be in a warehouse in Oregon and take just as long to get to NO as it would to order it from a regional bottler.
Mike in Syracuse Posted September 1, 2005 Author Posted September 1, 2005 I'm not talking about police or fire in Baton Rouge, either. FEMA was putting people in place inland of the coast to respond to the storm. Hell, they had people in New Orleans during the storm to get real-time feedback on conditions. 425643[/snapback] Well here's your quote: "Am I the only one that heard the reports of rescue and assistance teams being assembled in Baton Rouge on Saturday and Sunday?" So help me out here, are you talking about??? Find me a number of the number of NG and SnR mobilized and I'll shut up.
Nervous Guy Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 And I know the next question would be "Why weren't they prepared with stocks of water?" Because no one stocks much of anything anymore...and even if they did, it'd probably be in a warehouse in Oregon and take just as long to get to NO as it would to order it from a regional bottler. 425653[/snapback] Then why don't we have a national water reserve located right next to the national oil reserves?!?!? Stupid government!
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 1, 2005 Posted September 1, 2005 It never ceases to amaze me how quick some people are to stop taking action so they have plenty of time to point fingers at people who are not taking action as fast as they would like. !@#$ing stunning. 425630[/snapback] Some people look more inward than others. ONLY KIDDING LA, ONLY KIDDING! I am not pointing fingers... I know everybody is trying hard... There has just got to be a way to placate the GOOD people of NOLA before they turn BAD.
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