WTW: Clinton Did What During Floyd?

By Jebediah Murphy September 7, 2005 – 6:59 pm

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Well, y’all, I was working on putting some info together on what the Clinton Admin and the NC State government did after Floyd. Newsmax beat me to it.

New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida were hit hard when Floyd slammed the coast on Sept. 16, 1999. It was the worst storm to hit the U.S. in 25 years – yet it killed only 61 people. That death toll expected to be dwarfed by Katrina.

Clinton FEMA Director James Lee Witt won high marks for hurricane preparation, but the flood that followed swamped his agency.

A full three weeks after the storm had passed, Rev. Jesse Jackson interviewed Witt on his CNN show "Both Sides Now" – and complained that flood victims were still suffering from a "misery index."

"It seemed there was preparation for Hurricane Floyd, but then came Flood Floyd," Jackson began. "Bridges are overwhelmed, levees are overwhelmed, whole town’s under water . . . [it’s] an awesome scene of tragedy. So there’s a great misery index in North Carolina."

Floyd was initially a cat 5, but came on shore as a cat 3. TS Dennis had previously come on shore, gone out, came back, then finally left, dropping lots of rain, saturating North Carolina from Raleigh east. When Floyd hit, he dropped tons more rain, causing rivers, such as the Tar and the Neuse, to overflow from Rocky Mount east. The State and local governments did a decent job of getting folks out using school buses (hint, hint), but it came on quickly. I remember a photo from the front page of the USA Today, showing a street sign for Willow and Oak. The water was almost to the top of that sign. I actually lived on that block for awhile in Greenville, NC.

Here is an old post with a photo from that area.

Now, here’s the thing. You plan, you prepare, and, hopefully, what you got ready for goes the way you think it will. And, rather then folks complaining, you do what you can to help. But this article shows that this is not the first time government has come under fire. We need to stay with reality when look for problems, rather then blaming because we hate somebody. If you expect government to respond really well, you will almost always be sorely disappointed.

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WTW: Nagin and Blanco: You’re not helping

By Jebediah Murphy September 7, 2005 – 6:30 pm

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Hey, y’all, Jeb here. I just gots ta wonder what planet New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Gov Kathleen Blanco are living on. It seems that they are having a little hissy fit over who can order the evacuation (bit late, eh?) of N’leans:

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco seemed at odds with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Wednesday, hours after the mayor ordered the mandatory evacuation of the crippled Crescent City by force if necessary.

As floodwaters caused by Hurricane Katrina began to slowly recede with the ruined city’s first pumps returning to operation, Nagin late Tuesday authorized law enforcement officers to force the evacuation of the estimated 10,000 residents who refuse to heed orders to leave.

But in a Wednesday interview with FOX News, Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said she had not signed off on the decision.

"The mayor certainly has ordered that but the governor, and that would be me, would have to enforce it or implement it. We are trying to determine whether there is an absolute justification for that," she told FOX News.

Do we really need this kind of petty pissing match? Nope. ‘Course, seems par for the course, considering the way they have handled the situation pre and post Katrina. Folks, set it aside and help!

"I think the most important thing driving that decision would be the possibility of disease. If indeed the disease problem is evident, is inevitable, we’ll have to move to the next stage," she said.

Huh? Run that one by me again. From what I have seen and heard on that television thingy, there is raw sewage and feces in that water, much less dead people and animals, gas, oil, pesticides, and anything else that got flooded. Seems dangerous to me.

Blanco and Nagin, you are not helping.

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Randall Robinson: retracts the Cannibal story?

By William Teach September 6, 2005 – 7:34 pm

I heard on the local talk radio, 680-WPTF, this afternoon that Randall Robinson had retracted his "blacks are eating blacks" statement. Let’s look at it for a moment:

RETRACTION: The claim in the first sentence in my post was incorrect. I had been told this was happening, but these claims have turned out to be unsubstantiated. I therefore retract them — but stand behind everything else I wrote without reservation.

I guess it is hard to determine whether the bullshit you were writing about was in fact true while you are safely ensconsed on St. Kitts, eh Randall? So much for that little idiotic meme.

And, if "thousands of blacks in New Orleans are dying like dogs," what are you doing to help them? Nothing buy whining? Wow. And, realistically, the rest of your post seems to revolve around your first sentence: "It is reported that black hurricane victims in New Orleans have begun eating corpses to survive." So how can you retract that but stand behind everything else? Just another wacko.

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Buying a Ship, Part II

By William Teach September 6, 2005 – 6:58 pm

Whew!!!! After a long weekend of painting and cleaning, and a bit of moving shat, just about ready for the full move in to my townhome. Compare the new photo’s in this post to the ones pre-painting:

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Image hosting by Photobucket The last one (with the blue walls) was not included in the other post. Hideous paint job, eh? It is now “Cookie Dough.” Hey, don’t blame me, I do not make up the color names. Did the bathroom downstairs the same color.

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Get Your Pen, John!

By William Teach September 6, 2005 – 6:43 pm

 

Image hosting by Photobucket Seems as if Monsieur Kerry has a difficult time finding things (other then rich women to marry). Besides his sanity, he has had trouble finding the Senate Floor, where he was supposed to bloviate about the DSM and Karl Rove, and he has had trouble finding a pen that works on the “undeleated line” of Form 180. When he signed them, he released a deleted version, and only to 3 newspapers. We want the whole thing, Frency. Funny how Kerry wants ALL of John Roberts records. Would that be irony, or just stupidity? Of course, what with his schedule of slurs at Bush, and forgetting to offer any sort of Bills (like that is new!) on the Senate floor, I guess he is too busy to keep his word.

Also, I guess Tim Russert enjoys looking the fool. It was on his show that Kerry promised to sign his 180’s. Make sure you email him!

All you have to do is just sign and release your 180’s in full, John. Not too hard, is it? You made your promise on 1/30/05, 205 days ago. Then again, you make lots of promises you never keep.

Go here to an old post to read what it is all about. I’ll wait. See that, folks? It wasn’t just about signing, but about releasing all his records. He did sign them. But he hasn’t released all his records to the public. He released a deleted version. We want to see the whole thing.

Powerline has visual copies of the 180’s that Kerry reportedly signed. Deleted versions.

The folks at Conservative Friends (whose site was hacked, so the original post is gone) have recommended a Tuesday blogburst. I have sent mine in. Send yours in by going here for the Form 180. Then, email the link to Kerry at this address. He has tried to dodge by changing that email forms web address. Like we wouldn’t find it again. Cass at Villainous Company has an excellent insert for the email. Click on the link.

Furthermore, email Tim Russert, whose interview with Kerry prompted this whole issue. You can email him at MTP@NBC.com. Send it off to other stations, as well, if ye want.

Cao’s Blog is hosting the Blogburst. Here is the link to Cao’s 9/6/05 post. Head over, and let her know if you want to be included. Spread the word. Others blogging:

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American Flag Bidness

By William Teach September 5, 2005 – 7:24 pm

Some new folks one the list. Give a Big welcome to

Welcome aboard, Maties!

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Ray Nagin, Hero of New Orleans?

By William Teach September 5, 2005 – 5:54 pm

Found at NJ.com forums:

Ray Nagin, the exhausted and fatigued mayor of New Orleans is a hero who should be getting the Congressional Medal of Honor for his nonstop efforts to save the people of New Orleans and his desperate call to the world, that finally shamed Bush and his FEMA administrators to finally enter the fray 4 days after the hurricane blasted through, after thousands had already died of neglect.

Nagin, without waiting, had opened the Superdome, saving 25,000 people from sure death. He mobilized the city police force and social service agencies to provide for the rescue and relief of the trapped and desperate population. The fact that he was on his own for 4 days in the face of the most incredible natural disaster of the last century and was able to save thousands is a testament to his leadership.

The fact that Nagin could shame the uncaring and uninvolved Bush into action and finally get the federal government committed after 4 long days, is a testament to his gritty determination to save his city. View his call for help that shamed and humiliated Bush into action:

http://mfile2.akamai.com/8753/wma/www.cbc.ca/netstorage/wwl_raynagin050902.wma

All the news outlets, including Fox news, ran pieces over the last 24 hours heavily critical of Bush and the federal response. Joe Scarborough, normally a Bush cheerleader, is blasting Bush on his lack of response.

Bush stopped spinning after the entire world turned against him. No use spinning if nobody is listening.

Ray Nagin, the lone voice of the people of New Orleans, should get a medal for his heroic defense of the people of New Orleans.

It looks like the article came from the Canadian Broadcasting Corp, but their search functionality is down, so, sorry, no link. However, I would like to point out that had Nagin ordered the use of school and city buses to evacuate all those poor cannibals people, and the sick and injured, there would have been little need for the Superdome to be used, at least not 25,000 people! Couple of thousand, maybe.

Ray Nagin: inept and clueless. Give him the Congressional Medal of Shame.

PS: why in the hell do the build houses on slabs, when they are below water level? If you go to the south Jersey shore, such as the Barnegat Light area, or to the Outer Banks in NC, and other low lying areas, there are laws about building homes on stilts, rather then on slabs. Go figure.

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New Orleans Levee $$$$$

By William Teach September 5, 2005 – 1:28 pm

I just have to wonder: why is MY federal tax money being used to shore up the levee system around New Orleans? New Orleans is sinking. The levees are constantly sinking.

"The system is in great shape, but the levees are sinking. Everything is sinking, and if we don’t get the money fast enough to raise them, then we can’t stay ahead of the settlement," he said. "The problem that we have isn’t that the levee is low, but that the federal funds have dried up so that we can’t raise them."

The panel authorized that money, and on July 1, 2004, it had to pony up another $250,000 when it learned that stretches of the levee in Metairie had sunk by four feet. The agency had to pay for the work with higher property taxes. The levee board noted in October 2004 that the feds were also now not paying for a hoped-for $15 million project to better shore up the banks of Lake Pontchartrain.

I don’t live in N.O. I have never been there. I really was never that interested in going. It may have lots of history, but it is below sea level. And levee’s break. Remember the flooding in the Midwest in the 90’s?

Where is the money from the State of Louisiana? How about from the City of New Orleans to protect themselves? Why is it that they have to depend on tax money from the Feds to protect themselves with essentially dirt levee’s? If N.O. is dried out and rebuilt, how long till this happens again? Hopefully never. But New Orleans is slowly becoming the next Atlantis. Somehow, I do not think that living below the level of a big lake to the north is a wise idea.

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Cheney Bush Nominates Roberts For Chief Justice

By William Teach September 5, 2005 – 1:14 pm

Good news, everybody.

Moving quickly to fill the vacancy left by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist’s death, President Bush on Monday nominated Judge John Roberts to the nation’s top judicial post.

“It is fitting that a great chief justice be followed in office by a person who shared his deep reverence for the Constitution, his profound respect for the Supreme Court and his complete devotion to the cause of justice,” Bush said from the White House, with the judge by his side.

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Katrina: Oh, Those Buses

By William Teach September 5, 2005 – 8:20 am

Alot of folks have been intricantly involved in the "Sitting Buses of New Orleans" fiasco, laying out all the issues. Bryan Preston of Junk Yard Blog has been all over it, so much that he has exceeded his bandwith. Fortunately, Michelle Malkin has given him a home for the time being.

The buses I mentioned earlier and have blogged about extensively all weekend are evidence of and a symbol for those failures. They sit unused and waterlogged, their empty seats representing lives lost to the flood. Their useless presence in flooded parking lots demonstrate that the best plan is useless if it’s never implemented. And they fact of their unuse demonstrates a deeper pathology at work in New Orleans government: The entire thing was rotted from the inside out. New Orleans’ government was a disaster waiting to happen.

This was a massive failure by the New Orleans government, who had them as a possible use in their evacuation plan. Now, this got me thinking: what about the use of buses in previous hurricanes?

For Hurricane Floyd:

In South Carolina, the Marine boot camp at Parris Island was preparing school buses to move 7,000 recruits to inland shelter.

What we learned from Hurricane Floyd

  • School buses are not air conditioned and not comfortable for long trips to inland shelters.
  • If you are forced to take this emergency transportation system because you do not have a vehicle of your own, go early. Those on the earliest buses have the shortest rides and get to the closest shelters.
  • Bring along a snack and something to drink for your family and caged pet.

With water out and power on the blink, emergency personnel were mobilizing yellow school buses to move 2,000 men, women and children from shelters in the threatened region to other parts of Pitt County unaffected by the water loss.

And other stories can be found showing the use of school buses for hurricane evacuation. Floyd was predicted to be just as much of a monster as Katrina. They are also out there showing their use for hurricane relief. Apparently, drivers and the keys for said buses could be found, to refute the currrent lefty meme.

Now, granted, they are not needed as much in North Carolina. Our Governors have a habit of issuing evacuation orders well in advance, particularly for the Outer Banks. Here is the evac routes plan for NC, with minimum times.

It’s a shame that, rather then blogging for relief, or posting stories of hope or good deeds, folks have to waste time refuting the idiots who want to bash Bush. But, a picture says a thousand words (via LGF’s)

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