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Let me Change the Subject.....

Sep 2, 2008 | 7:19 PM
Category: News

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Ok ..Change of Subject...

The Hurricane wasn't as Bad as the Media Hoped it would...and it was a Little overblown by some folks...but..How did the Government's Do this time??? Does the Federal and State Governments Get a Passing Grade for evacuating the Citizens and providing Trasport??? What Grade and Why?

Grades

A - F

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Sep 2, 2008 | 7:31 PM

Not to sound Negative but they should have never built New Orleans where it is located.... It will be wiped out again someday and all the preparation in the world is no match for the fury of nature..... Below sea level is below sea level..... The Goverment did what it was supposed to do... It warned people and told them to evacuate..... If it had been wiped out again so soon it would had been interesting to see politics in action.....

rosie

Sep 2, 2008 | 7:51 PM

8 people were killed i would call that bad enough, im glad most evacuated.. no ones certin for sure, they arent God, they did a good job, will give them an A

Flaglady

Sep 3, 2008 | 12:28 AM

The governors all worked to together and worked with local government. That is how it should of been 3 years ago but in Louisiana the Governor could not work with the Mayor of New Orleans.

Speedy62269

Sep 3, 2008 | 9:23 AM

It's tough for me to grade someone (an entity) when I have not been around to fully evaluate their accomplishments.

So, assuming the news media is close to accurate and have reported things fairly then I would give Gustav preparations an A-.

They learned their lesson with Katrina and were playing the "better safe than sorry" card.

The reason for the A- is because more could be done for drainage in New Orleans. There was minimal flooding but if they can build levees, create barriers for future hurricanes as they did - then they need to fix low spots also.

A- (not too bad)

right-moves

Sep 3, 2008 | 10:19 AM

The whole thing was blown out of proportion and cost taxpayers way too much money.

JustCurious49
Sep 3, 2008 | 4:50 PM

People on the new last night was bitching about how dirty the places wer and didn't have enough food or rest rooms for all the people.

Your DAMNED if you and DAMNED if you don't.

JustCurious49
Sep 3, 2008 | 4:54 PM

Sorry forgot to give you my grade for it.

C+

IneedUrHelp

Sep 8, 2008 | 5:40 PM

A. I think they did a good job. Yes it was costly, but less than it would have been if the hurricane hit hard and we werent prepared.

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