KATRINA TIMELINE makes clear the magnitude of the Bushists' failures

[BurtWorm]

http://www.thinkprogress.org/katrina-timeline

For example, one almost one full day after the 17th Street Canal levee was breeched, Chertoff became aware of it. In the meantime, all hell had begun to break loose. Bush's day, as you can see from the timeline, was as easy-going as could be:

Tuesday, August 30

9AM – BUSH SPEAKS ON IRAQ AT NAVAL BASE CORONADO

MIDDAY – CHERTOFF FINALLY BECOMES AWARE THAT LEVEE HAS FAILED: “It was on Tuesday that the levee–may have been overnight Monday to Tuesday–that the levee started to break. And it was midday Tuesday that I became aware of the fact that there was no possibility of plugging the gap and that essentially the lake was going to start to drain into the city.”

PENTAGON CLAIMS THERE ARE ENOUGH NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN REGION: “Pentagon spokesman Lawrence Di Rita said the states have adequate National Guard units to handle the hurricane needs.”

MASS LOOTING REPORTED, SECURITY SHORTAGE CITED: “The looting is out of control. The French Quarter has been attacked,” Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson said. “We’re using exhausted, scarce police to control looting when they should be used for search and rescue while we still have people on rooftops.”

U.S.S. BATAAN SITS OFF SHORE, VIRTUALLY UNUSED: “The USS Bataan, a 844-foot ship designed to dispatch Marines in amphibious assaults, has helicopters, doctors, hospital beds, food and water. It also can make its own water, up to 100,000 gallons a day. And it just happened to be in the Gulf of Mexico when Katrina came roaring ashore. The Bataan rode out the storm and then followed it toward shore, awaiting relief orders. Helicopter pilots flying from its deck were some of the first to begin plucking stranded New Orleans residents. But now the Bataan’s hospital facilities, including six operating rooms and beds for 600 patients, are empty.”

3PM – PRESIDENT BUSH PLAYS GUITAR WITH COUNTRY SINGER MARK WILLIS

BUSH RETURNS TO CRAWFORD FOR FINAL NIGHT OF VACATION

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. Thanks for posting this

I posted this last night.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4689467&mesg_id=4689467

It is good to keep the truth out in the open. Thanks! :hi:

[BurtWorm]

2. The information is kind of important.

;)

[Whoa_Nelly]

3. "...kind of important" is an understatment

and by the smilie you used, makes it clear you know this, too O8)

[WePurrsevere]

4. This is excellent! Thank you for posting a link...

What I truly appreciate is that there are links given to very reliable sources to back up everything that is said.

Fight SPIN with FACTS; LIES with TRUTH