Re: Laure Bush - Myanmar yes, New Orleans no...

On Mon, 05 May 2008 18:39:16 -0600, Doug Wickstrom
<nimshubur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Mon, 05 May 2008 18:16:40 -0400, mike weber
><fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>I might almost say that that second graph petty well sums up the
>>actions of the Current Ruling Junta in Wa****ngton DC regarding
>>Hurrican Katrina...
>
>You're not seriously arguing that the people of New Orleans
>weren't warned of the approach of Hurricane Katrina, or that they
>were at risk?
>
>_I_ was warned about the damned storm, and what it could mean for
>New Orleans, and I live 1200 miles to the north.
>
>I don't believe it is possible for any thinking, reasoning human
>being to live in New Orleans and not understand the peril
>represented by high winds and a huge wall of water.
>
>Apparently you believe otherwise.
>
>That doesn't say much for your opinion of the people of New
>Orleans.

Not to mention that the response to Katrina was the largest and
fastest rescue effort ever undertaken...

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/2315076.html

"...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."
-- 
"No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who 
 does not want to adopt a rational attitude."
    Sir Karl Popper