Lessons from Katrina: The Gulf Braces for Hurricane Dean

[environmentalist]

As Hurricane Dean barrels toward the Gulf Coast, Texas and Louisiana have drawn from their experience with Katrina and Rita in the hopes of forestalling tragedy with their most vulnerable populations:

With long-range computer models showing Dean turning north after striking Mexico, officials in Texas and Louisiana launched preparations for a possible midweek landfall.

Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco declared a state of emergency Friday and activated the state's emergency response center. Texas Gov. Rick Perry called Dean an imminent threat and took steps to deploy emergency responders to the coast.

"It is imperative that Texans living along the coast pay close attention to threatening weather conditions and heed the warnings of their local leaders," Perry said.

Some of the preparations being taken:

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Posted by The Environmentalist

[bullimiami]

1. sure idiots. overreact now when the hurricane isnt projected to hit you.

it doesnt fix the crime that followed katrina and just wastes resources and money.

[Warpy]

2. That thing won't make continental landfall until Thursday

at the earliest. I wouldn't start to pack up the car until Monday afternoon. That's about the earliest people will know the likeliest landfall point(s).

I'm just glad I'm not on Jamaica. They will need a great deal of help afterwards. This is a particularly mean one.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Main lesson: don't trust the republicon Homelanders

They could screw up a free lunch. Not only are republicon Homelanders incompetent, they are corrupt to the core.