Monday, December 12, 2005
"So Far Off The Radar Screen, You Can’t Find It...."
Untitled silk screeen by Andrio Abero, image courtesy 25 Above Water.
It's been a while since I looked at the post-Hurricane Katrina sitaution. I could get in to how FEMA was gonna leave thousands of victim families out on the street homeless but then changed their mind after public outcry but there's so much more than that going on:
- Death of an American City - "we are about to lose New Orleans. Whether it is a conscious plan to let the city rot until no one is willing to move back or honest paralysis over difficult questions, the moment is upon us when a major American city will die."
- A City in Lingering Pain - "this city of feathery Mardi Gras masks and chilling vampire yarns grapples with its new realities: More than 100,000 homes and businesses remain uninhabitable. More than three out of four residents live elsewhere. More than 5 million tons of storm debris is still on the ground. The power company is bankrupt. Workers are in short supply. Its pro football team is playing in Baton Rouge, its first -- and so far only -- public school reopened Monday. The police force is in disarray. Scientists are recording alarming mold levels. Suburban suicide rates are spiking. Local doctors are operating out of tents." (click here for more from "Night and Day in New Orleans" in The Washington Post)
- Bush Advisor To Reporter: Katrina “Has Fallen So Far Off The Radar Screen, You Can’t Find It” - be clear, this is a preview of how your so-called "Tough on Terror" Homeland Security-focused Bush government will handle things if there's another catastrophic terror attack.
- Another federal government propaganda boondoggle --- FEMA's "Recovery Channel" in New Orleans.
- And as of the middle of last month, they were STILL finding bodies in NOLA - WTF?!
- New Orleans Levees Still Aren't Safe ... And Maybe Never Were - Senate hearings question whether levees were purposely constructed poorly.
Don't worry though, I'm sure Michael Brown's new Emergency Planning consulting firm will make sure the federal government will be on point, right?
Lesson to learn:
