More Katrina

Local Channel 5 is flying its Robinson 44 helicopter up and down the
coast, sending back video.

Holy ****.

This is far worse than we were being told even this morning. Whole
sections of Biloxi are leveled. Multi-story casinos have been driven
all the way across Hwy 90 and into neighborhoods. It looks like the
city has been carpet bombed.

Hancock County, to the west of Biloxi, is expected to be *worse*! How
that could be possible, I do not know.

And New Orleans is leaking and being looted.

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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Local Channel 5 is flying its Robinson 44 helicopter up and down the
coast, sending back video.

Holy ****.

This is far worse than we were being told even this morning. Whole
sections of Biloxi are leveled. Multi-story casinos have been driven all
the way across Hwy 90 and into neighborhoods. It looks like the city has
been carpet bombed.

Hancock County, to the west of Biloxi, is expected to be *worse*! How
that could be possible, I do not know.

And New Orleans is leaking and being looted.

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view the
damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...

"N93332" wrote:

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view
the damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the
helicopter rescue operations...

Would you expect the President *not* to come down to the scene of a
disaster of this magnitude?

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view the
damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...


Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the president
would not disrupt response efforts."

This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

And now Dubya says he's going to cut his vacation short to go and view the
damage. That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...

Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the president
would not disrupt response efforts."

This is a question of the lesser of two evils and the most good.

Does the President stop and take a "land" tour of the area, drawing
precious resources from the recovery efforts?

or,

Does the President do a flyover in AF1 enroute to DC and let the boots
on the ground do their job?

In this case, politics will probably interfer with the job at hand.
It doesn't matter if there is a D or an R after the title.
The President's physically being there doesn't contribute anything to
clearing the debris and getting the infrastructure back in working order.

"Sammy" wrote in message
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This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com
says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the
president
would not disrupt response efforts."

Sorry, I heard on NBC news that Bush was heading to the area and posted my
response. I later checked some news websites that say he headed to DC and
won't be going to the area, yet...

Well he is in the political Catch 22. If the Pres does go people will bitch,
and if he doesn't people will bitch and say he doesn't care. Sometimes you
just can't win can you. Sad when we have to let our politics effect such a
awful situation. R or D, put it aside and help those in need. People with no
clean water to drink don't give an iota about our agreeing with the
Presidents policies, or agreeing with Ted Kennedy nor anyone else. They
would however like to give there children clean water and food.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"N93332" wrote in message
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"Sammy" wrote in message
.. .
This is awful beyond the wildest nightmare.

Are you one of those people who likes to take cheap shots at our
President
just because you don't like his policies ? Every major news outlet is
reporting that the President is returning to Washington. Even cnn.com
says
"Bush was expected to visit the region affected by Katrina, but details
on
that trip were in flux as the White House worked to make sure the
president
would not disrupt response efforts."

Sorry, I heard on NBC news that Bush was heading to the area and posted my
response. I later checked some news websites that say he headed to DC and
won't be going to the area, yet...

N93332 wrote:

That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...

They put TFRs in place this afternoon.
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsite...50830tfrs.html

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

"George Patterson" wrote:

That's all they need, a TFR to shut down all the helicopter rescue
operations...

They put TFRs in place this afternoon.

This morning.

My airplane is stuck in Dothan until they lift the TFR over Mobile.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

Dan Luke wrote:

My airplane is stuck in Dothan until they lift the TFR over Mobile.

Well, at least it's safe there, right?

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.