Nagin - "The Blackhawks we asked for didn't come" 08/30/05

[DoYouEverWonder]

10:02 pm CDT August 30, 2005

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is "very upset" that an attempt to fix the breach in the levee at the 17th Street canal has failed, and he said the challenges that the city is facing have "escalated to another level."

"The sandbagging that we had hoped would happen didn't materialize today, so the water continued to rise at that particular location," he said.

In an exclusive interview with WDSU anchor Norman Robinson, Nagin said the rising water has caused the generators to stop operating because the water got too high. Due to that, Nagin said he's been advised by the head technician at the sewage and water board that water in the east bank area of Orleans and Jefferson parishes will rise to levels equal to Lake Pontchartrain.

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Nagin said the sandbagging was scheduled for midday, but the Blackhawk helicopters needed to help did not show up. He said the sandbags were ready and all the helicopter had to do was "show up." He said after his afternoon helicopter tour of the city, he was assured that officials had a plan and a timeline to drop the sandbags on the levee breach.

http://www.wdsu.com/weather/4917809/detail.html



I thought Nagin didn't ask for help according to Bush & Co.

[fasttense]

1. Where have all the helos gone, long time passing...

When will they ever learn?

All the helicopters are too busy in Iraq. Now if this had been a "huge emergency" then maybe they would have pulled them.

[izzie]

2. This is why the Feds want to take over. All this stuff-------will be

blacked out as it is for national defense.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. That's why I'm saving copies on my hard drive

I hope Skinner and Co have backups of their backups for this last week. Lot's of valuable evidence is buried in those files.