I’d like to thank all of those – both right and left – who generously gave of their time and expertise to help me in compiling the Katrina Response Timeline. I feel that it represents a good starting point in trying to understand what went wrong in the relief efforts.
To those who expressed anger – again both right and left – at either things that were put in the timeline or things left out, I would only say that if you think you can do better, be my guest. I certainly don’t claim to have a corner on wisdom or truth (except when it comes to football prognosticating; in that, I am God) so have at it. The further we get from the disaster, the more information will come to light and either make the timeline irrelevant or enhance it’s viability. That is the nature of history and I fully accept the idea that much of the work you and I put into this project will be superseded by other facts.
To those of you who tried to get through to this site earlier but failed because of the problems with my hosting company, I would like to apologize again for that. I am in the process of changing hosting companies and can assure you that I value the reliability of accessing this site as you do. I am confident that no such problem will occur again.
And for those who came for the timeline, browsed through some of my other postings and would consider a return trip to the House, I’d like to welcome you. May I recommend a trip through my History archives? In my humble opinion, they contain the best the site has to offer.
Again, thanks to all.
Rick Moran – Proprietor
6:39 am
You are amazing—with that time line. And we only have a few more months to the new “24” !
7:40 pm
Great job on the timeline. I’ve been reading the TP, agree they’ll get a Pulitzer.
Greg
Bend, OR
10:08 pm
Your timeline is the only one that has credibility at present. What I would like added is something about the physics of hurricanes. I get a very quezy feeling that the evacuation plans of both the city of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana are hopelessly inadequate and not reflective of the fact that high winds and rain precede landfall. The fierce winds and rains of hurricanes precede landfall by a finite time. If you have ever driven in the fringes of hurricanes as I have, you know that you have serious problems in a typical automobile. It gets worse if you try to drive a truck or, heaven forbid, a bus loaded with people.
4:46 am
It’ll be interesting to see how the Carolinas handle the evac if it is mandatroy—lets see how their leaders handle this and go back and re-vist NO and the clowns who were spose to be running that corrupt dem lead city.