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posted by Matthew Simcox at 5:35 PM
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This has been nagin (pun intended) at me since I heard his rant at our President.
Mr. Nagin,
If President Bush should have foreseen the catastrophic damage your fair city was to suffer from this hurricane...
If President Bush should have had 50,000 troops and hospital ships and aircraft and Coast Guard standing by...
If President Bush should have been able to wave his hand like God and remove all your stranded citizens from their plight...
Why, then, Mr. Nagin, could you not foresee this problem and put all YOUR CITY's poor and huddled masses on CITY buses and get them out of the CITY before the storm hit? Why, then, Mr. Nagin, could you not call your governor and ask her to activate 50,000 troops? Why, then, Mr. Nagin, could you not call on Baton Rouge or Lafayette or Shreveport hospitals to send air ambulances? Why, then, Mr. Nagin, could you not ensure everybody was out of New Orleans BEFORE THE STORM HIT?
Truth be told, had the storm hit thirty miles in either direction, New Orleans would have been spared the devastation it experienced. Had the storm hit a mere thirty miles east, the strongest winds of the eyewall would not have howled over Lake Ponchartrain; the levee likely would not have broken. Had the storm hit a mere thirty miles (or more) west, the winds over the lake would not have blown to the south into New Orleans.
Truth be told, the same devastation was forecast for Hurricanes Ivan and Dennis in the last 12 months. It did not happen. Had you evacuated everybody for those two storms -- as you should have for Katrina -- it would have cost you millions of dollars, and it may have cost you an election. Had you evacuated everybody for those two storms -- as you should have for Katrina -- they would likely not have complied for this storm, and been left in the same lurch.
Truth be told, you need a scapegoat. You need someone to take the blame for something you could have prevented. You need to take someone down simply because you don't want to look bad.
Truth be told, Mr. Nagin, that alone makes you look bad.
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