Even with head start, Houston had a problem

Waterbury Republican-American ^ | September 24, 2005 | Erin McClam (A.P.)

[IronMan04]

Having lived in New Orleans a good part of my life I know what roads you can and cannot take for an evacuation.

I-10 East- Goes straight to Mississippi and would slow the evacuation from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Bad Idea unless you want to kill many people in Mississippi.

The Causeway is 26 miles long and if you are still on the Causeway when a hurricane is approaching you, your family and everyone on the bridge would be dead.

I-10 West. Works very well.

[Peach]

So you are from New Orleans and yet you posted there is only one road out of New Orleans. Interesting.

I see you have done nothing for 2 plus weeks but post on Hurricane threads and defending Nagin. Do you work for him?

[SaintDismas]

"Houston, we have a problem". I know everybody thinks of that line in that Tom Hanks movie about NASA moon trip and that's fine and dandy I guess when folks are thinking about Houston, TX, but me? Heck no, I CAN'T STOP SINGING THAT RONNIE MILSAP TUNE ABOUT HOUSTON AND ITS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!!! (Houston Solution) LOL

I HAVE SOME FRIENDS DOWN IN HOUSTON
WHO KNOW ME QUITE WELL
THEY'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY
TO PUT ME UP FOR A SPELL
I CAN HANG OUT, OR HIDE OUT
WHICHEVER I CHOOSE
AND THEY WON'T ASK ME QUESTIONS
NOT WHILE I'VE GOT THE BLUES

I GOTTA HOUSTON SOLUTION IN MIND
ALL IT TAKES IS A CALL ON THE TELEPHONE LINE
I CAN LEAVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS IN NASHVILLE BEHIND
I GOTTA HOUSTON SOLUTION IN MIND

Love that Ronnie Milsap. Anybody heard anything about him lately?

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

You and the media don't need to worry about us, we can do that. If there is a dirty bomb attack, worry where you will get gas for a couple of years since the mid west, east, and far west are too good to refine their own.

[laotzu]

Thanks for the info. God bless.

[IronMan04]

I am not defending Nagin however, he is the best mayor the city has had in 30 years. However, I will defend the people of New Orleans who cooperated together and got out of the city on time.

Nagin while a Democrat endorsed Bobby Jindal (R) who ran against Blanco.

[UCANSEE2]

Face it the Democratic Mayors or Houston and Galveston Failed to Evacuate all their people just and the Democratic Mayor or New Orleans failed to Evacuate all of his people.

(ti si ont ncessayr ot sepll wrods ni ethir crorect odrer)

They evacuated everyone possible.

They took care of the weak first.

The Mayors do not have mindless robots as citizens (well, some are) who obey an evacuation order.

I SAY, in the case of TEXAS, MONEY WELL SPENT.

[q_an_a]

We must have been on the road together. I started on a Wednesday afternoon and had to get off at Huntsville 4 1/2 hours later. That was more than 25 years ago and this looked pretty good to me.

[IronMan04]

So if you were in New Orleans before Katrina would you have taken I-10 East and blocked the MS Evacuation or over the Lake and been washed off the Causeway?

[IronMan04]

Kudos to the Democratic Mayors of Houston and Galveston!

[Peach]

So how do you feel about those New Orleans cops who just fled in fear?

How about those cops who looted television sets?

How about Nagin ignoring his own plan and not using buses to evacuate people from nursing homes?

How about Nagin being on television for several nights when the hurricane first hit, instead of being in a command center?

How do you feel about Blanco refusing entry to the Red Cross and Salvation Army and letting people go without food and water in the Dome?

And you must be so pleased that Blanco refused to ask for federal troops for so many days. I wonder how many little children were raped and killed because she let civil disobedience turn into chaos.

Yes. I can see all your arguments about how much better New Orleans handled things than Houston. And I think you must be working for someone in the government in New Orleans.

And let me tell you, the corruption in New Orleans is the worst in the nation and it's been exposed for the entire nation to see and if you think taxpayers are going to just willingly hand over their hard earned money to the lousy politicians to mis-spend again, without some oversight, you're nuts.

[luckystarmom]

New Orleans is a small city compared to Houston area.

It should take longer to evacuate Houston.

[Peach]

Exactly. Houston evacuated nearly three times as many people as New Orleans.

And it didn't take the President of the United States of America to force a mandatory evacuation either, like it did in Louisiana.

[KingKongCobra]

Wow. Nicely done.

[luckystarmom]

Don't forget the two million people in the Galveston and coastal areas that have to go through Houston.

[Peach]

Thank you. I'm "in a mood". LOL

[IronMan04]

I will not defend Blanco.

Yes, New Orleans is Corrupt.

However, I nor my friends or family needed the Nanny State to Evacuate us from the City. In fact, I was on the phone with family and friends on Friday night and Saturday morning making sure all had a way out.

The people worked together and saved their own lives.

[IronMan04]

Two Million People Live in Galveston?

[KingKongCobra]

I think I'll go do some work in the yard before I say something to Mr. SOS that gets me a timeout. My wife always tells me to have more patience with people but I just can't abide ignorance.

[laotzu]

Thanks for the help.