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

On 5 May 2008 20:42:01 -0400 in rec.arts.sf.fandom, "Keith F. Lynch"
<kfl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote,
>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...
>
>The people of New Orleans and surrounding areas got plenty of notice
>of Hurricane Katrina.  What they didn't get was trans****tation out
>of the New Orleans area.  Apparently the government assumed that
>absolutely everyone had a car, without exception.

They had trans****tation.  Do you remember the photo of the parking
lot full of school busses, half under water.  According to the city
emergency plan, those were to be used for evacuating residents.  
The problem was not lack of resources for trans****tation.