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Friday - September 09, 2005 at 09:33 AM inWhat went wrong in Katrina?
They're still fishing bodies out of the floodwater, but already the jockeying for political advantage in the aftermath of Katrina has begun. Don't believe either party when they claim it isn't about politics: it is always about politics.
(As an aside, my personal opinion is that the Republicans are far and away more likely to come away the losers in this. They've had control of all branches of the federal government for years, and therefore any federal screw-ups are going to stick to them. And there are screw-ups aplenty to go around.) But before we get too mired in the unpleasant sight of politicians arguing over whose policies killed more people, everyone should read this extremely insightful comment on the Intel Dump blog. I don't know if the poster's math checks out, but the basic point is sound: even a small amount of foresight could have gone a long way to improving the response in the critical first 24-48 hours. Even though nobody knew what the scope of the disaster was going to be in the couple days before Katrina hit, everyone knew that some sort of disaster was likely. Yet apparently the simple steps to preposition basic supplies and equipment were not taken. Posted at 09:33 AM | Permalink | | | |