Saturday, September 10, 2005

SS New Orleans Titanic at New Ruskin College

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Lecture Notes: SS New Orleans Titanic

The Titanic was advertised as being unsinkable because of the “water tight bulkheads.” However, the bulkheads did not extend all the way to the top of the hull, because this was cheaper, and because it was thought unlikely that more than two compartments would be flooded simultaneously. The Titanic had only half the needed life boats. The steerage passengers were locked below decks. The owner demanded that the doomed vessel steam at speed through the ice berg field over the objections of the ship’s captain. The owner wanted to set the speed record, heedless of the danger. The SS California was near and saw flares but thought that the lights were for the entertainment of the passengers. At first passengers were reluctant to board life boats, one of which, designed for 40, was launched with only 12 passengers.

NPR reported, 09-07-05, that the Governor, A Woman, specifically declined to order in the Louisiana State Guard because she did not want to appear to be using the “military” on the Black citizens of New Orleans. And yet she and the Democrat establishment would a day later criticize the President for not sending in troops.

In St. Bernard Parish 100 found their way to a warehouse on the Mississippi river, and died after waiting several days for rescue. They did not have drinking water. Patients at the St. Rita's Nursing Home were not evacuated, 32 died. A table was found nailed to a window in an apparent effort to block the water.

There were no emergency warehouses with bottled water, food, blankets, cots, . . . life boats. The pumps were located below water level and flooded. Three pump houses had their roofs blown off before they were flooded. Half the pumps had no backup power supply. The levees were operated as individual political fiefdoms, mandated in the State’s constitution, for the benefit of the corrupt political machine, (Democrat).
No integrated plan for flood control or the consequence of the failure. Busses not used to evacuate and locate out of storm cone. City ‘leadership’ failed to plan before and failed to organize during and failed to lead after the storm.

Even Bangladesh large safety towers were erected on steel columns in and around the low lying countryside for safety.

Franken could not find this article which appeared on the front pages of hundreds of newspapers the day after:

Storm floods new Orleans, Mississippi
By Allen G. Breed
Associated Press to print 08-30-05

“NEW ORLEANS- Announcing itself with shrieking 145 mph winds, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast just outside New Orleans yesterday, . . .

. . . it was not the apocalyptic storm forecasters had feared. . . .

The federal government began rushing bay formula, communications equipment, generators, water and ice into hard hit areas, along with doctors, nurses and first aid supplies. The Pentagon sent experts to help with search and rescue operation. . . .

. . . But it weakened to a Category 4 . . . before it came ashore around daybreak . . . a path that spared the Big Easy . . . from its full furry. . . .

. . . But the doomsday vision of hurricane waters spilling over levees and swamping the city in a toxic soup of refinery chemicals, sewage and human bodies never materialized. . . .

“The real important issue here is that when it got to the metropolitan area, it was weaker,” said National Hurricane Center deputy director Ed Rappaport . . .”


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