failures on all levels

[newfant]

This BBC article gives a pretty good rundown of all the failures that ocurred in the wake of Katrina. It puts the blame on all levels of government:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4216508.stm

I really liked this excerpt:

"But ironically the failure at the Convention Center would have been fairly easy to put right. Reporters drove there without problems. One took a taxi.

What, one wonders, was Fema/the mayor's office/the governor's office doing while all that was played out on live TV?

One lesson agencies might want to learn is that someone senior should do nothing but monitor TV."

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What an absolute failure of leadership all around.

[slamdunkpro]

More facts and less spin are in this one:

Ghost Plan for a Ghost Town

Good Link!

[newfant]

bad link.

[CORed]

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More facts and less spin are in this one:

Ghost Plan for a Ghost Town

Good Link!

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Hurricanes come in cycles of frequency and activity. Meteorologists don't really know why, other than that it might have something to do with solar activity and shifting deep sea currents (but responsible scientists do know the hurricane cycle has nothing to do with humans burning fossil fuels).

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Although there quite a bit of useful information in the linked article, the quoted statement certainly doesnt justify the "more facts and less spin" statement. The truth is that there is quite a bit of controversy among reputable metereorologists and climatologists about the role (if any) that human-induced global warming is playing in the recent increse in number and intensity of Atlantic hurricaines.