Axiom Home Page Forums General Discussion The Water Cooler OT: Katrina and World Support?

Totally agree with Peter on what he said.

And I think this just another case of FoxNews getting it ALL WRONG YET AGAIN! All this reporter (hack if you will) would need to do is search the freaking news feeds coming from all over the world to notice other countries are sending condolences and support. How do people still watch/read this drivel from a 3rd rate news source?

That's my rant for the day.

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How do people still watch/read this drivel from a 3rd rate news source?

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Some of us don't.

>>As for the Monday morning QB's, We know that the mayor of New Orleans warned people to leave on Saturday and ordered them to leave on Sunday.

Actually those are the people I am talking about. I look around Toronto and wonder what would happen if more than 1/2 million people (rich and poor) suddenly had to leave. I have 2 cars, friends in towns around the city, supplies and cash to make the trip... and you can be darned sure the cars would be leaving loaded with all the people I could carry... but I also know a lot of people who would have nowhere to go, no way to get out of the city, no money to spend once they arrived, and don't know enough people to be sure anyone would care about them as everyone was leaving town.

bridgman - what would you do if you were given the role of being in charge of this entire situation ? How would you have solved this problem ?

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How do people still watch/read this drivel from a 3rd rate news source?

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I don't, I quit watching CNN years ago.

Heh quite clever Craigsub...

Weren't there stories back during the 1st Gulf War that our enemies were using CNN for most of their intelligence since it was so accurate? I don't think FoxNews will EVER be accused of accuracy.

Really, all this article does is breed animosity and alienate us from the rest of the world. All the author simply had to do was some research (he's a NEWS ANCHOR) and would have found his article was flat-out wrong. Irresponsilbe news anchors/networks really piss me. Say what you want about CNN but I now realize why FoxNews has such a poor reputation as a news source. Inaccurate, one-sided, and sometimes wrong (sure other networks share these traits but FoxNews is clearly the best perpetrator).

You are entitled to your opinion. But, try to be a little intellectual in your remarks. I prefer Fox to CNN, but you don't see me resorting to the name calling.

Maybe its me but perhaps you should follow your own advice.

Where have I resorted to name calling? Was it when I called a news anchor irresponsible when he has clearly been proven wrong by simple fact checks?

Hashts - "hack", "drivel" and "third-rate" fall under name calling. Calling someone a "hack" is not an intellectual argument. It is resorting to insults.

>>bridgman - what would you do if you were given the role of being in charge of this entire situation ? How would you have solved this problem ?

Fair question. First priority would be making sure there were available drinking water supplies for everyone who did evacuate. There are a few big military bases within a days drive of the area; don't know for sure but I imagine a fair amount of water purification equipment could be hauled down in less than a day. There is lots of water, it just isn't drinkable. Get the water as close to the city outskirts as possible. Give Canada a go-ahead for the DART team, and help transport the water purification equipment down if necessary.

Rescue seems to be happening reasonably well, except the regular rescue teams aren't trained to work in a hostile environment (and shouldn't have to be !!). I don't know if there are any Guard units equipped to handle combat rescue but getting even a couple of boats and copters in the area loaded for bear would go a long way to making the looters more polite.

After that, I think everything can proceed as it is -- they just need to get LOTS of water in there quickly and knock off the armed folks who are interfering with rescue and relief efforts. Are these just looters and crochety old coots or do you think there is something worse going on ?