Isn't the point demanding instant results when things take time and is
often the case, too much time.

We tend to forget many of the challenges like they can't work at night
because of the lack of lights. Driving at night is very dangerous
because of the destruction of stop signs and traffic signals.

People can't even agree on a time line. Katrina hit Monday and there is
video of the NG all over the New Orleans on Friday which seems closer to
four days than six.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"sfb" wrote in message
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You remember correctly, but it takes time to assemble troops in
armories, load vehicles, and move into the disaster areas clearing
roads
and bridges of debris as necessary.

Six days? That's nuts. Even Bush is saying the time to respond was
far
beyond reasonable.


"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"sfb" wrote in message
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Katrina is an enormous challenge in logistics. New Orleans is at
the
southern end of a very large damaged area. It takes time to clear
roads,
inspect bridges, etc. I saw one photo where every single power
pole
for
a half mile or so was snapped off and lying across the road.
Whether
that was a main road is unknown, but clearing that kind of damage
takes
time.

You can't just run the National Guard in without food, water, fuel
for
vehicles, places to rest else the NG becomes refugees within a
couple
of
days.

Seems I remember seeing on quite a few occasions the NG bringing
all
that
stuff with them. Do they now stay at Hiltons and have their meals
catered?



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I really can't stand the situation that is occuring in the
Convention
Center. There are about two thousand at the Convention Center
with
NO
police or rescue personel onsite. Babies have no milk. At least
two
dead bodies are there. An SUV with one police officer drove by
and
raced away. One girl has been raped.