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To: longnshort who wrote (19450)	9/6/2005 5:56:52 PM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

They expected to have 100,000 people left behind in NO - after they evacuated 80% of the city. Think most major cities could get everyone out - I don't think so - not surrounded on 3 sides by water. Only the Feds and FEMA have the outside resources to help with something this big - any local govt outside of maybe NYC and LA can't be expected to do it all. Or the state. Only Feds.

To: longnshort who wrote (19450)	9/6/2005 5:59:57 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Respond to of 20773

cityofno.com ohsep.louisiana.gov

To: longnshort who wrote (19450)	9/6/2005 6:34:38 PM
From: 49thMIMOMander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

School buses still lined up after the hurricane newsimg.bbc.co.uk After flooding in 1995, the existing system was improved. However, the sums were relatively small. About $500m was spent over the next 10 years. From 2003 onwards, the Bush administration cut funds amid charges from the Army Corps of Engineers that the money was transferred to Iraq instead. The latest annual budget was cut from $36.5m to $10.4m. Lt General Carl Strock, the Army Corps of Engineers commander, admitted that there was a collective mindset - that New Orleans would not be hit. Washington rolled the dice, he said. --- smart, because $36.5m would anyway had been far from enough to improve anything but inspections, another $26m saved.