On Saturday 2 Days before The Hurricane Katrina Disaster the City of New Orleans should have been under an Evacuation order. The Evacuation order finally came on Sunday. The Vast majority of people of new Orleans were still able to gas up there cars and drive 50 or more miles inland and then rent a Hotel room for the night. But what about those without cars or the means to pay for a Hotel Room. According to some estimate 100,000 People were still in new Orleans when Hurricane Katrina followed by the flood that devastated the city. The majority of these people fall into 2 categories. Either they were so poor they couldn't afford to leave or they were in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and were to sick to leave. Why weren't these people given a chance to evacuate prior to the Hurricane Katrina Disaster. According to the Houston Chronicle talking about New Orleans 'City officials had 550 municipal buses and hundreds of additional school buses at their disposal' Being consecrative and assuming 800 municipal and school buses were in good working order 30,000 People could have been evacuated in 1 trip. It would have taken 3 trips to evacuate 90,000. Had the vast majority of the people been evacuated prior to the Hurricane then the police of New Orleans could have concentrated on stopping the Looters and street thugs instead of saving lives, and providing security in the Super dome. ring and lessened the need for outside support. It would have been cheaper not only in terms of Dollar cost but in terms of Human Human Cost to have evacuated the poor from New Orleans before the that fact. Mayor C. Ray Nagin of New Orleans was extremely upset because of what he perceived was slow or no response from the State and Federal Governments. Mayor C. Ray Nagin Isn't it better (in light of the fact that it had been well know that a Category 4 or higher hurricane would cause wide spread Flooding) to be Pro-Active rather then reactive? Mayor C. Ray Nagin what part did your inaction play in this? Mayor C. Ray Nagin how many lives could have been saved with a properly executed evacuation plan? Mayor C. Ray Nagin how do you sleep at night? |
