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To: tejek who wrote (251103)	9/12/2005 8:44:44 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1573877

nothing I didn't already know... cnn.com The Superdome has had a lousy track record as a refuge since it was first used in 1998 during Hurricane Georges. The place wasn't prepared for the 14,000 people who showed up there: in the chaos, people stole some $8,000 worth of barstools and artificial plants and did about $46,000 in damage. Seven years later, the city had still not stockpiled enough generator fuel, food and other supplies to handle the job. But there is no indication that buses also ferried people out of the city, beyond the reach of water. In fact, a fleet of several hundred buses was left to languish in a lot that eventually flooded. But we still don't know what happened to New Orleans' $7 million grant in 2003 for a communications system that would connect all the region's first responders. Soon after the hurricane struck, the radios used by police, fire fighters and Nagin drained their batteries. Then their satellite phones would not recharge, according to the Wall Street Journal. And, of course, land-line and cell phones went out. For two days, the mayor and his emergency team were cut off--holed up in the Hyatt Regency, fending off gangs of looters. We don't know why the mayor and his emergency team did not use the city's Mobile Command Center--meant for just such a disaster

To: tejek who wrote (251103)	9/12/2005 9:25:17 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573877

re: What was hidden? The fact that people would not want to evacuate? I will tell you from personal experience, nobody wants to evacuate. As a storm approaches, it's an hour, by hour, by hour decision. You weigh what the "authorities" say, what the forecasters says, what you personally think is going to happen. But the last thing you want to do, especially a day in advance, is to just abandon your home... when the odds are that it will miss you (regardless of the forecast, they usually miss the forecast spot). Hurricane Charlie last year was just like Katrina, except weaker. For two solid days it was aimed directly at Tampa as a cat 2. Few people will evacuate a car 2, just really low lying areas and mobile homes. 4 Hours out of Tampa, it went from a category 2 to a category 4 in about 1 1/2 hours... then took a sharp turn to the right and went inland. Where it hit, nobody thought about evacuating... where we were, dead center for two days... we got a little wind and a little rain, nicer than your normal summer afternoon. 80% evacuation is impressive. I've never seen it, anywhere. I don't think this area could ever accomplish 80% evacuation... I'm surprised New Orleans did. Most looked at Katrina, a real SOB of a storm, they listened to the forecasters, they listened to their officials (first ever mandatory evacuation) and those that could got the hell out. Some wanted to stay, some couldn't figure a way out... no surprise there. But I don't think you can blame local official that one out of five stayed... I think they get credit that four out of five left. John