Bush, Chertoff, and Brown LIE: "first the storm, then the flood"

[darkstar]

Posted this in GD as well.....

Pisses me off. Right the fuck off.

I've worked in and around the wetlands loss problem for a while. My expertise is not in NO scenario, but I've been to enough affiliated conferences and such that I know that this was almost axiomatic among those who did do the NOLA modeling: "I fear a big, slow moving 2 or 3 more than a Cat 5."

Sure a 5 and its surge would be bad, especially given the loss of swamps and wetlands would make the equivalent of Betsy—same size, path, etc.—worse because they act as buffers to both rain and wind.

But the slosh models—those that address what’s going to be happing from the surge and the RAIN FROM THE FUCKING STORM—have always shown that 1) the counter clock winds at the west of the storm would create a tidal environment in Lake Pontchartrain including southward surges AND levee damage and 2) the rain would go on to dump after it left NO, and that water would drain—for days after—into the Miss basin from the Ohio system, etc.

Anyone who tries to sell this as two events is LYING. This was a--perhaps THE--major threat all along. And on top of that, you monans, its a STORM, i.e. those things that, large or small, bring both WIND and RAIN.

Sorry if this is old news to DU by now. I slept in my office in BR Tuesday until last night and just now got back to Lafayette and have not seen TV or checked in to DU much. My weariness has only grown to anger after 12 hours of sleep and some coffee.

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I truly hope everyone fine I've been introduced to in this LA forum over the last week is doing well. It meant a *lot* to me to touch base with some neighboring DUers.

Good luck to all and don't hesitate to PM w/ any kind of needs, i.e. family needing place to stay, etc.

[JuniperLea]

1. Just another half-baked attempt

at making more excuses. They are full of excuses for their criminal acts. I guess they don't think people can count the days or read the lies.

There was one event. A hurricane. It was well known about prior to the hit and there was plenty of time to evacuate and get relief supplies ready. Any "reason" given beyond that basic fact is an excuse plain and simple.

Edited because I'm too pissed to type or spell right now.