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To: Tradelite who wrote (40017)9/1/2005 6:35:59 PM
From: Amy JRead Replies (2) of 306849
 
RE: "And what's up with all the radio reports I heard earlier today about helicopter rescue lifts from the Superdome being suspended because the helicopters were being shot at? Rumor? Or fact?"

The article said the govt would not confirm if this happened. But a private ambulance helicopter company said that it was not sending their people into the area.

In a nutshell, this area needs military helicopters to be flown into the area. There's no reason why they couldn't send a platoon of military helicopters into the area - with few exceptions, those can handle gun fire for the most part. If they can send those helicopters into hostile zones in Afghanistan, they can certainly send those helicopters into New Orleans to save people's lives.

Basically, they should have dropped food/water supplies into New Orleans citizens efficiently as they did in Afghanistan.

On a different note, a govt agency predicted there were three main disaster risks for the USA and they submitted this information to the govt prior to 9/11. Here's their three risk areas:
1- terrorism
2- new orleans flooding
3- san fran earthquake

It's amazing - 2 out of 3 of their predictions have happened only 5 years after their report was submitted to the President. ( They might want to get a little bit better at airborning food supplies into a region before #3 happens. )

RE: "This might be the only time a city has sustained MORE damage AFTER a storm than it did while the storm was occurring???? (not sure)"

This factual information is what makes their mistake inexcusable. They should have had military helicopters on standby ready to go. Rather than waiting four days. We treat lost hikers better than this.

Regards,
Amy J
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