Dave Land wrote: > >> These are leaders who defined national security in terms > of 9/11. The > >> question is whether we will insist that the blighters we > put in their > >> places can think in terms of 8/29, too. > > > > I feel sorry for the victims, but wasn´t here an alarm, calling for > > evacuation from the city _3 days_ before Katrina hit? > > Yeah, but a lot of the ones who remained behind did so > because they do not have cars or financial means to get out > otherwise.
What he said. Here is an article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR200509 0301508.html Jack Shafer add another dimesion when he talks of class and race and says: "To be sure, some reporters sidled up to the race and class issue. I heard them ask the storm's New Orleans victims why they hadn't left town when the evacuation call came. Many said they were broke"I live from paycheck to paycheck," explained one woman. Others said they didn't own a car with which to escape and that they hadn't understood the importance of evacuation. But I don't recall any reporter exploring the class issue directly by getting a paycheck-to-paycheck victim to explain that he couldn't risk leaving because if he lost his furniture and appliances, his pots and pans, his bedding and clothes, to Katrina or looters, he'd have no way to replace them. No insurance, no stable, large extended family that could lend him cash to get back on his feet, no middle-class job to return to after the storm." That was his article in Slate. I also recall reading somewhere that the public transportation had stopped working a day/few days before Katrina hit but can't figure out where I read that. I am sure someone onlist would know if that is true or not. Ritu, who is off to bed now. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
