Comments on: NOLA, Part II: In Which I Anger Many People

By: Your political books

Your political books — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 10:31:46 +0000

Date: Saturday, August 27, 2005 Location: Doubletree Hotel, Charlottesville, VA Mission: 1) To promote commonwealth over partisanship among political bloggers in Virginia. 2) To explore efforts to regulate political blogging. NOLA, Part II: In Which I Anger Many People You bet your ass it is political. Yeah, I’m going there. I’m sick of all you self-righteous people who say that it isn’t proper to address the political issues at work right now in New Orleans and then sneak in your political jabs anyway. You want to

By: Seth Yantiss

Seth Yantiss — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:30:57 +0000

Nice Post Mark! Well said.

By the way. Do you recall how long it took for FEMA and others to arrive during the storms last year?

By: Weekend Pundit

Weekend Pundit — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:17:33 +0000

Instaprof) **** Right Wing Nut House offers a chronology of the actions taken by various parties leading up to, during, and after Katrina stuck New Orleans. Mark of Tempus Fugit posts his thoughts on Katrina and the aftermath. An AP report in the Sunday Citizen (Laconia, NH) warns us that a sequel to Hurricane Katrina is all too likely this year and that it could stretch emergency resources to the breaking point. **** It will be interesting to see how many summer folk

By: Literal Barrage » Mildly Intemperate In The Face Of Political Criticism

Literal Barrage » Mildly Intemperate In The Face Of Political Criticism — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:43:11 +0000

[...] Well, if your hackles were raised by Brad's take, then don't even bother checking out Mark Jaquith's screed, because he makes the same points, albeit in a more straightforward and indelicate manner. This doesn't take from the fact that, at base, both Brad and Mark are right. Sooner or later, we human beings have to take responsibility for our own actions and the consequences we reap. [...]

By: Doug Stewart

Doug Stewart — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:20:41 +0000

I’m trying to dig up where I found it, but I recall seeing speculation that a wayward barge actually punched a hole in the levee, causing the flooding or at the very least exacerbating it.

Dunno how that fits in with the ongoing overarching narrative people are trying to construct, but there it is.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:52:07 +0000

Here’s the link: NYT article

Note that while the article talks about the levee being underfunded in general, the money quote here rather deflates the idea that more funding would have prevented this breach.

Shea Penland, director of the Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of New Orleans, said that was particularly surprising because the break was “along a section that was just upgraded.”

“It did not have an earthen levee,” Dr. Penland said. “It had a vertical concrete wall several feel thick.”

By: Rev. Raven Daegmorgan

Rev. Raven Daegmorgan — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:18:24 +0000

Thanks for the info, Mark. Do you have a source for that data I can use to verify and quote?

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 15:14:38 +0000

Doug,
Ha! What actually happened was that I made a change to my image script, and the title from the Rehnquist picture was “leaking through” to the NOLA one (as it doesn’t have a title of its own). Thanks.

By: Doug Stewart

Doug Stewart — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 13:49:49 +0000

Errrm, methinks you subtitled the pic wrong, unless Rehnquist’s at-rest body appears amazingly similar to downtown New Orleans under flood conditions…

By: MacManX.com » Blogroll Dive: 9/5/05

MacManX.com » Blogroll Dive: 9/5/05 — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 07:08:23 +0000

[...] Owen releases his own web-based feed aggregator. Khaled reviews the new Battlestar Galactica. KafkaesquÃƒÂ publishes a short tutorial on how to improve the understanding and ease of use of WordPress trackback links by presenting them in a javascript popup window. Jon discovers that MobileTracker’s copyrighted design was being used by a similar blog. Craig takes us on a photographic tour of a curved bridge on the Kiskatinaw River. Orson contemplates Gaza and the Israeli settlers. Sarah has a successful recital. Chris releases his most recent blog design as a K2 scheme. Mark discusses a few important facts about the Hurricane Katrina disaster. And, Tom notes that Google will be releasing more MacOS X native applications. [...]

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 20:19:06 +0000

The levee breach was at an area that had received special attention recently. It had been specifically upgraded at that point. An increase of funding would not have helped, because that point of the levee had already been funded and upgraded! Millions of dollars were spent upgrading that portion of the levee. Had millions more been spent upgrading other portions, this portion still would have failed. And all it takes is one failure.

By: Rev. Raven Daegmorgan

Rev. Raven Daegmorgan — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 19:54:54 +0000

Mark, just a question, on what do you base the comment that the leeves being built could not have stopped the flooding?

I ask because I have read statements [1] by members of the departments in charge of building the leeves who have stated that their budget had been cut numerous times, to the detriment of the leeves. I have also read that had this not occured — had the leeve projects been properly funded — the damage would not have been as severe.

[1] Please reference this article for the relevant quotes and statements.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 11:56:09 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. Good job, Mark.

By: The Katrina Blame Game at Charles W. Stricklin

The Katrina Blame Game at Charles W. Stricklin — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 06:12:50 +0000

[...] you’ve read my blog for anything more than a passing glance, you’ve noticed that one of my favorite bloggers, and indeed I consider him to be a friend, is MarkTonight, Mark posted a follow-up to a earlier post he’d written on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. It’s apparent he put a great deal ofinto it, and it’s also apparent that he tried his best to contain his righteous indignation at the flamingBush: we get it. He is not to blame for what is happening in New Orleans! Global warming isn’t to blame for causing the hurricane! As for Governor Blanco not federalizing the troops soonor money being diverted (and not just to the war in Iraq, it could’ve just as well have been diverted to the National Endowment for the Arts or the “bridgenowhere” for all we know!), or the local governments never running drills or scenarios… let’s stop being counter-productive and help out, for God’s sake! When the leveeis restored, the water is being pumped back to the lake and the dead have been buried and mourned… then you can start asking your asinine questions and assigning blame! Half of the state I grewin is hurting. Help out, or cry, or just get the Hell out of the way, but don’t use our misfortune to profit your political ambitions, you patheticjerks! # [...]

By: andrewphelps.com: United States of Shame

andrewphelps.com: United States of Shame — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 03:33:03 +0000

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