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To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (2683)	8/31/2005 1:57:25 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26021

Water 12 feet deep and rising. I read a pre-storm dicussion about impaired barge traffic on Mrs. Ippi's River; especially on the grain harvest. Anybody talking about that yet?

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (2683)	8/31/2005 7:32:26 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26021

It's very sad to hear (and see) what has happened in New Orleans...The Mayor was just on CNN and was frustrated that there was a lack of communication between the groups assisting...Yesterday a helicopter team was supposed to drop significant #s of sand bags in the levvy areas that are broken...Yet, the copter(s) was diverted for another mission...The Bush Administration should have assigned a top General to head up Disaster Relief efforts as soon as a Category 5 Hurricane was forecasted to be moving towards New Orleans (BEFORE IT HIT)....Advanced Mobile Satellite Communications should have been in place quickly and ALL the key groups (like FEMA, Army Core of Engineers, Private Contractors with Expertise, Cost Guard Rescue Teams, Nation Guard Forces, the Red Cross, and the Mayor) could have coordinated early on and a "SWAT TEAM" could have been set up right away to deal with potential levvy issues...Now its going to be so difficult and so much damage has been done...IMO, we could have had much better leadership -- from the top down...This storm was forecasted to be AN USUALLY POWERFUL HURRICANE in advance and more could have been done. I can understand why the Mayor of New Orleans and many of the residents are very frustrated...I hope things improve soon (but I fear that they won't).