09-07-2005, 01:56 AM
OMG!!! THE BUS IS HALF FULL! Problem 1 solved.
I'm sure there were problems, reasons, whatever. There are certainly excuses, even questionably valid ones. Just like I'm sure there are some questionably valid reasons why the federal government took their seemingly assine actions. I just think that the all-to-common knee-jerk reaction to blame the federal government for local failings is faulty. The first line of responsibility should always fall at the feet of the local governments. That's why they exist. That is in no way absolving the federal government from their fault in cutting funding / training etc.
And lets not also forget to fault the idiots who stayed there for whatever reason. Certainly some had no ability to get out, but the stories I've seen are of people who said they'd "wait it out". Before the hurricane hit, the offiicals were basically saying "if we evacuate and you don't leave, you're on your own". It was all over the papers. At some point, you have to point the finger at people and let them take responsibility for their own actions.
You even did so at the beginning of this thread before you found God.
I'm sure there were problems, reasons, whatever. There are certainly excuses, even questionably valid ones. Just like I'm sure there are some questionably valid reasons why the federal government took their seemingly assine actions. I just think that the all-to-common knee-jerk reaction to blame the federal government for local failings is faulty. The first line of responsibility should always fall at the feet of the local governments. That's why they exist. That is in no way absolving the federal government from their fault in cutting funding / training etc.
And lets not also forget to fault the idiots who stayed there for whatever reason. Certainly some had no ability to get out, but the stories I've seen are of people who said they'd "wait it out". Before the hurricane hit, the offiicals were basically saying "if we evacuate and you don't leave, you're on your own". It was all over the papers. At some point, you have to point the finger at people and let them take responsibility for their own actions.
You even did so at the beginning of this thread before you found God.