More Katrina

Local Channel 5 is flying its Robinson 44 helicopter up and down the
coast, sending back video.

Holy ****.

This is far worse than we were being told even this morning. Whole
sections of Biloxi are leveled. Multi-story casinos have been driven
all the way across Hwy 90 and into neighborhoods. It looks like the
city has been carpet bombed.

Hancock County, to the west of Biloxi, is expected to be *worse*! How
that could be possible, I do not know.

And New Orleans is leaking and being looted.

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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Local Channel 5 is flying its Robinson 44 helicopter up and down the
coast, sending back video.

Holy ****.

This is far worse than we were being told even this morning. Whole
sections of Biloxi are leveled. Multi-story casinos have been driven all
the way across Hwy 90 and into neighborhoods. It looks like the city has
been carpet bombed.

Hancock County, to the west of Biloxi, is expected to be *worse*! How
that could be possible, I do not know.

And New Orleans is leaking and being looted.

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view the
damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...

"N93332" wrote:

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view
the damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the
helicopter rescue operations...

Would you expect the President *not* to come down to the scene of a
disaster of this magnitude?

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

On 2005-08-30, Dan Luke wrote:

"N93332" wrote:

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view
the damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the
helicopter rescue operations...

Would you expect the President *not* to come down to the scene of a
disaster of this magnitude?

No, but for all else concerned (rescuers, relief workers etc.) he would
be doing everyone a favour if he stayed away. Making the flight
environment more difficult for helicopter crews is NOT helpful.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
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"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

"Dylan Smith" wrote

No, but for all else concerned (rescuers, relief workers etc.) he would
be doing everyone a favour if he stayed away. Making the flight
environment more difficult for helicopter crews is NOT helpful.

IMHO, people, in such dire situations, EXPECT the president to show concern
by making an appearance, be he Democrat, or Republican. It is tradition,
and expected. It will be a quick trip, in and out.

Not to show would be like your dad not coming to see you in the hospital.
Not much class.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
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IMHO, people, in such dire situations, EXPECT the president
to show concern by making an appearance, be he Democrat,
or Republican. It is tradition, and expected. It will be a
quick trip, in and out.

I personally don't believe that "tradition" has priority in an
emergency situation.

Not to show would be like your dad not coming to see you
in the hospital. Not much class.

No, I think a more appropriate analogy would be your dad
not being allowed in the operating room during surgery,
when he would be in the way. The appropriate time for
your dad to visit is when you are recuperating, and the
emergency is over.

Same with the President, IMO.

But that's just my opinion.
Being Canadian, my opinion's probably wrong anyway. g

Jim in NC

--
Jeff Shirton jshirton at cogeco
dot ca

Keep thy airspeed up, lest the earth come from below
and smite thee. - William Kershner
Challenge me (Theophilus) for a game of chess at Chessworld.net!

I heard that he cut it short and was returning to DC, not view the area

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI


Dan Luke wrote:
"N93332" wrote:


And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view
the damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the
helicopter rescue operations...


Would you expect the President *not* to come down to the scene of a
disaster of this magnitude?

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view the
damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...


Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the president
would not disrupt response efforts."

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view the
damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...

Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the president
would not disrupt response efforts."

This is a question of the lesser of two evils and the most good.

Does the President stop and take a "land" tour of the area, drawing
precious resources from the recovery efforts?

or,

Does the President do a flyover in AF1 enroute to DC and let the boots
on the ground do their job?

In this case, politics will probably interfer with the job at hand.
It doesn't matter if there is a D or an R after the title.
The President's physically being there doesn't contribute anything to
clearing the debris and getting the infrastructure back in working order.

"Sammy" wrote in message
.. .
This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com
says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the
president
would not disrupt response efforts."

Sorry, I heard on NBC news that Bush was heading to the area and posted my
response. I later checked some news websites that say he headed to DC and
won't be going to the area, yet...