"sfb" wrote in message news:kS7Se.977$IT4.248@trnddc04...
You remember correctly, but it takes time to assemble troops in
armories, load vehicles, and move into the disaster areas clearing roads
and bridges of debris as necessary.

Six days? That's nuts. Even Bush is saying the time to respond was far
beyond reasonable.


"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"sfb" wrote in message newswZRe.8$Sx4.7@trnddc06...
Katrina is an enormous challenge in logistics. New Orleans is at the
southern end of a very large damaged area. It takes time to clear
roads,
inspect bridges, etc. I saw one photo where every single power pole
for
a half mile or so was snapped off and lying across the road. Whether
that was a main road is unknown, but clearing that kind of damage
takes
time.

You can't just run the National Guard in without food, water, fuel
for
vehicles, places to rest else the NG becomes refugees within a couple
of
days.

Seems I remember seeing on quite a few occasions the NG bringing all
that
stuff with them. Do they now stay at Hiltons and have their meals
catered?



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I really can't stand the situation that is occuring in the
Convention
Center. There are about two thousand at the Convention Center with
NO
police or rescue personel onsite. Babies have no milk. At least two
dead bodies are there. An SUV with one police officer drove by and
raced away. One girl has been raped.