Comments on: The Hurricane Katrina Aftermath http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2005/09/07/hurricane-katrina-aftermath/ Visit Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:26:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jesse Ramirez http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2005/09/07/hurricane-katrina-aftermath/#comment-52410 Jesse Ramirez Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:30:30 +0000 http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2005/09/07/hurricane-katrina-aftermath/#comment-52410 Our government has completely failed us Americans time and time again. George W. Bush has showed the world how incompitent he really is as a leader of a so called Super Power. He's shown the world that America is a redneck country not willing to stand by there people but instead to push that of the corporations that sponsor these morons. Instead of being a Super Power, America which I love has become "National Lampoon's Barely Competent" Our government has completely failed us Americans time and time again. George W. Bush has showed the world how incompitent he really is as a leader of a so called Super Power. He’s shown the world that America is a redneck country not willing to stand by there people but instead to push that of the corporations that sponsor these morons.

Instead of being a Super Power, America which I love has become “National Lampoon’s Barely Competent”

]]> By: Karl Bedingfield http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2005/09/07/hurricane-katrina-aftermath/#comment-9089 Karl Bedingfield Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:12:41 +0000 http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2005/09/07/hurricane-katrina-aftermath/#comment-9089 We have added a track to our 'The Hurricane Katrina Aftermath' story we wrote back in September 2005. Rapper Jay-Z rails against President Bush’s inaction in Katrina-struck New Orleans. We have added a track to our ‘The Hurricane Katrina Aftermath’ story we wrote back in September 2005.

Rapper Jay-Z rails against President Bush’s inaction in Katrina-struck New Orleans.

]]> By: Karl Bedingfield http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2005/09/07/hurricane-katrina-aftermath/#comment-337 Karl Bedingfield Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:23:57 +0000 http://www.elyonline.co.uk/archives/2005/09/07/hurricane-katrina-aftermath/#comment-337 While I applaud the individuals that have travelled far and wide to assist in the relief effort I also agree that at government level this has been a national disaster. I understand that State has to declare an emergency first before it becomes federal but I heard that the Louisiana Governor, Kathleen Blanco, phoned the White House almost immediantly asking for it to become federal. Its also interesting to note that the levees themselves did not fail but actually the flood walls. This is what <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/05/60minutes/main815179.shtml" rel="nofollow">60 minutes</a> (an american news show) had to say: 'Despite what you’ve been hearing, not one of New Orleans’ levees failed. All of the massive earthen levees survived. The failure was in flood walls like the one on the 17th Street canal. The flood walls are miles long, but only two feet thick. Al Naomi is the man who manages them for the Army Corps of Engineers. He was probably the first to understand what was about to happen to New Orleans. "Flood walls are unforgiving. They’re either there or they’re not," Naomi says. The walls were designed in 1965 to withstand a Category 3 storm. Category 4 Katrina pushed her surge over the top. "It just was overtopped and the water started pouring over the support for the flood wall, failed and it just pushed out and toppled over and that was it," Naomi explains.' I have also noticed racial tensions starting to build, especially in Baton Rouge where it's population has just doubled since 'welcoming' the influx of New Orleans residents. Sales of firearms has also been brisk in Baton Rouge. One outlet that was featured on Newsnight went from selling 15 firearms a day to 1000! This story was featured in an online edtion of the newspaper 'The Globe And Mail': <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20050905.STORMBATONROUGE05/TPStory" rel="nofollow">Baton Rouge welcomes refugees with open arms -- and firearms</a> While I applaud the individuals that have travelled far and wide to assist in the relief effort I also agree that at government level this has been a national disaster. I understand that State has to declare an emergency first before it becomes federal but I heard that the Louisiana Governor, Kathleen Blanco, phoned the White House almost immediantly asking for it to become federal.

Its also interesting to note that the levees themselves did not fail but actually the flood walls. This is what 60 minutes (an american news show) had to say:

‘Despite what you’ve been hearing, not one of New Orleans’ levees failed. All of the massive earthen levees survived. The failure was in flood walls like the one on the 17th Street canal. The flood walls are miles long, but only two feet thick.

Al Naomi is the man who manages them for the Army Corps of Engineers. He was probably the first to understand what was about to happen to New Orleans.

“Flood walls are unforgiving. They’re either there or they’re not,” Naomi says.

The walls were designed in 1965 to withstand a Category 3 storm. Category 4 Katrina pushed her surge over the top.

“It just was overtopped and the water started pouring over the support for the flood wall, failed and it just pushed out and toppled over and that was it,” Naomi explains.’

I have also noticed racial tensions starting to build, especially in Baton Rouge where it’s population has just doubled since ‘welcoming’ the influx of New Orleans residents.

Sales of firearms has also been brisk in Baton Rouge. One outlet that was featured on Newsnight went from selling 15 firearms a day to 1000!
This story was featured in an online edtion of the newspaper ‘The Globe And Mail’: Baton Rouge welcomes refugees with open arms — and firearms

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