Katrina:Bush

[Stephanie]

Today is the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Sunday, Bush is briefed before the storm


Statement from Crawford video studio:


Monday, the Astrodome the morning Katrina hit:


Bush was on a Medicare tour, and shared a birthday photo-op with John McCain:


Medicare town hall:




Rove was in Crawford, thanking the Freeper counter-protestors to Cindy:


The Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, where Bush stayed Monday night while New Orleans drowned: 



Tuesday. Bush gives a speech on Iraq aboard a Navy ship in San Diego harbor:





Rummy was very proud: 



An entertainer at the event gave him a guitar:


Returning to Crawford for the last night of vacation: 



Wednesday. Flying over New Orleans: 





Return to Washington: 



The days to follow:

Heckuva job


"

Touring the disaster. Bush ducks: 
 



Return to New Orleans to make promises- the lights were turned off again as soon as Bush left:

Heckuva job, George.

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Tough noogies. Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

"on the bright side, Katrina did not interfere with Republicon Homelander war profiteering or anything important. Too bad and shit about you Americans. Smirk."

- xCommander AWOL (R)

[Louisiana1976]

2. Kudos!

We must never forget the inaction of Bush and his minions as New Orleans drowned and the fact that they just left that beautiful city to rot afterwards.

[alsame]

3. Negligent homicide. nt

[Louisiana1976]

17. There ought to be a way survivors of people who drowned

in the federal flood could mount a class-action wrongful-death suit against Bush.

[alsame]

20. I agree. nt

[JohnnyLib2]

4. Godawful legacy.

[Louisiana1976]

19. He'll be remembered as an evil person who. since many victims were poor.

people of color who tended Democratic, couldn't be bothered with their safety, and was only too happy to see them scattered around the country and not return, if not dead--which made Louisiana a redder state.

[NNadir]

5. Heckuva job will always stick as the perfect comment on the Bush administration.

Clueless and insidious at the same time, tough trick.

[orpupilofnature57]

6. Just one of Shrubs offspring's ,Katrina Bush.

[madmax]

7. A good link re: the timeline and other information

Works well with your photo essay. :hi:

http://zfacts.com/p/108.html

[liberalmuse]

8. Excellent pictorial.

Thank you for putting this together. It's still infuriating, isn't it?

[Louisiana1976]

47. It may be 4 years later but it's still as infuriating as if it happened yesterday.

I will never forget.

[FarLeftRage]

9. He should be put on trial for mass murder...

There is no excuse for his blatant negligence...

[sarge43]

10. Thank you, Stephanie

These pictures should be posted every anniversary of NOLA death.

Least we forget. :cry:

[Stephanie]

11. I think I probably have posted them every anniversary.

Sadly, I can't forget.

[sarge43]

12. We must not forget. Thank you, again. n/t

[MichiganVote]

13. For as long as I live I will never forget that worthless mock up of a leader on that plane.

[Louisiana1976]

18. Me neither! Especially the clueless look on his face!

[BlueMTexpat]

27. Just like the look on his face in FL on 9-11. n/t

[Uzybone]

14. great compilation

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. I can never recommend this enough. Thank you Stephanie!

[Stephanie]

16. Read the comments in this thread if you really want to remember

All of US knew the disaster that was about to happen. We were up all night terrified for the people of the Gulf Coast. George Bush didn't have a care in the world.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4490806

DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-28-05 10:49 PM
Original message

OMG, I've never read a Hurricane Advisory like this one

WWUS74 KLIX 282139
NPWLIX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA...
...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.

LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-290300-
ASSUMPTION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-ST. CHARLES-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-
TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-
UPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-
413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE AREA. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE COASTAL MARSHES AND WILL
PERSIST FOR THE NEXT 26 TO 28 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL
ONSET AROUND MIDNIGHT NEAR THE COAST AND BY 3 AM CLOSER TO THE NEW
ORLEANS METRO AREA AND PERSIST FOR 9 TO 15 HOURS. MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS
AROUND 175 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA BY DAYBREAK MONDAY.

DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS ONCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ONSET!

$$

LAZ034>037-039-046>049-MSZ068>071-077-290300-
AMITE-ASCENSION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-IBERVILLE-
PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST. HELENA-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-
WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON-
413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT...

HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE AREA. TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE COASTAL MARSHES AND WILL
SREAD NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA AND
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI LATER THIS EVENING. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO ONSET AROUND 9 PM TONIGHT AND PERSIST
FOR 22 TO 26 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL ONSET AROUND
DAYBREAK AND PERSIST FOR ABOUT 5 TO 10 HOURS. MAXIMUM WIND
GUSTS OF 80 TO 90 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN EAST-CENTRAL LOUISIANA
AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.

DO NOT VENTURE OUTDOORS ONCE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ONSET


http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/data/raw/ww/wwus74.klix.npw...


God help those poor people trapped in the Superdome and everyone else who got left behind.

[sarge43]

21. Once Katrina turned due north around Key West and juiced up to

Force 5, the Gulf Coast was a horror waiting to happen.

And Bush played air guitar.

[fascisthunter]

22. he and others deliberately let New Orleans citizens die

just as he and others did on 911... f'n sociopaths

[AsahinaKimi]

23. Something we should have done

Throwing Shoes at Bush, the highlight of his Career!

[gleaner]

24. Beautiful Pictorial and comments ....

I will never forget Katrina and what he let happen there. I thought that I knew the limits of human depravity, but taught me that I really had no idea.

Look at his eyes while he is photographed in the plane flying over New Orleans. They are full of malice and spite. He probably resented having to leave his party.

[Stephanie]

36. Well he had to cut his vacation three days short

You know that must have irritated him.

[gleaner]

42. Yeah I know ......

I used to think that everyone had some bit of compassion or redemption inside of them if one could look long enough or hard enough or simply wait until they were so buffeted by life that they understood the meaning of it better.

After Bush though, it finally sank in that there are people who have no compassion, no concern for others and absolutely no redeeming qualities.

I think it was during this same time period that he was returning to Washington DC one night. He wasn't expecting photographers, but they were there, and they captured his essence. Laura was helping him off the plane so he wouldn't fall over. His face was flushed like only a drunken person's face flushes, and he had wet himself so that even in the dark you could see it staining a large area of his pants in front and down most of one pants leg. He had a very pleased expression on his face and an idiotic grin. Must have been a great party. Laura had obviously been doing this for years. It looked very practiced and she was nearly carrying him. Of course he wasn't drinking or so he assured everyone. He must have been holding a goldfish bowl on his lap.:wtf:

So there you have him. Unfeeling, cruel, witless and beyond redemption. What a winning package. Just ask the people of New Orleans. He is the worst president in history and one of the worst examples of humanity that I have ever seen.

[Mira]

25. Thank you. I have thought about New Orleans all day long -

cried over NOLA and also Sen. Kennedy's funeral.

Recommended.
It needed to be done and I'm so glad you did it.

[RB TexLa]

26. And the idea that Obama would care anymore than bush did is ridiculous

If one hit Louisiana tomorrow there'd be no difference in the response. We know that America and Americans will never care about what happens to us.

Don't worry it doesn't hurt anyone's feelings down here, we gave up on you ever caring a long time ago.

[sarge43]

29. On behalf of the local fire fighters who volunteered for relief work

in NOLA post Katrina, you're welcome.

And may I have the hundred dollars back I gave to the Red Cross for Katrina relief efforts? I could use it. I'm living on a small pension.

Not everyone turned their backs. Don't compare us to Bush

[Swamp Rat]

30. I understand how you feel, but that is simply not true.

There were a lot of Americans from all walks of life, including many here at DU, who helped us in new Orleans.

George W. Bush was and still is mostly to blame for what happened in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina... not the governor, mayor, bad or good police, thieves or innocent victims, et al.

The buck stopped on the desk of President George W. Bush.

[Stephanie]

37. That's a beauty, Swampy

How you doing?

[me b zola]

31. Bullshit

Not one soul was lost in New Orleans due to the storm. Bush*, in all of his republican hatred for the government, dismantled FEMA as it was under President Clinton and put in a party stooge at its helm. The bush* administration actively blocked relief efforts. While people were trapped, drowning, and dying from lack of hydration and lack of medical care (normal heart, bp, and diabetic medications) orders came from the administration to not allow rescuers into New Orleans and to not let anyone leave. There was actually a naval ship with medications and the ability to create 100,000 gallons of potable water that followed the storm to land to provide aide if necessary. That ship was not allowed to give aide in anyway.

I stayed at this computer for days stunned and shocked by the purposeful disaster that was foisted upon the people of New Orleans. People here monitored what was happening in real time and if you could please bother yourself to do an archive search you would understand how ridiculous and offensive your post is.

[RB TexLa]

32. Obama will do no different.

Believe all you want, but I know Americans will never care about what happens to us.

[me b zola]

33. Ah, so you just believe that the federal government is evil?

No matter who is at the helm?

[RB TexLa]

34. No, I just do not believe that America or Americans care about what

happens to Louisiana or Louisianans.

[Hannah Bell]

45. why would they care less about louisianans than - say, arizonans?

or rhode islanders, or oregonians?

or any other state's residents?

just curious why you think so.

[Louisiana1976]

51. There are Americans who not only care about but love Louisiana and her people--

the problem is they're not in positions of power where they can influence national policy.

[Louisiana1976]

52. P.S. I'm afraid Obama has fallen short in this regard--if he really cared about

or loved Louisiana, there would be a Marshall Plan for New Orleans by now.

[Cresent City Kid]

35. That's way too much generalization for such a short paragraph

You know how everyone in and out of Louisiana feels and would react to a storm? The problem wasn't a nationwide lack of caring, it was ineptness in the ones wielding the power to do something. Your statement does not represent the views of everyone from Louisiana.

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. On behalf of the teams I managed to get in, don't ask long story

they did it knowing that they had to.

And if we have (when we have) another disaster of that scope, I do hope the people IN CHARGE are not the same types.

[Swamp Rat]

28. k&r

[Stephanie]

38. Remember they prepped that big photo-op

With lighting by Scotty Forza, and Bush couldn't even button his own shirt right. And as soon as the speech was over, they shut off the generators and New Orleans was in in the dark again.

[Usrename]

39. .we had a fabulous damn plan.

[Stephanie]

46. Yeah

Bush was allegedly attending a GOP fundraiser on Monday night, I'd really lke to know more about that.

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. Bush, Chenney, Rice, and the rest of the good ol' boys and girls

burn in hell for this.

May you just burn in hell...

Oh and a hearty FUCK YOU for abandoning an American City... because of fucking politics.

[Louisiana1976]

50. It wasn't just f'ing politics--class and race entered into the decision to abandon New Orleans too.

Do you think that had such a disaster hit a place populated mainly by affluent whites, that place would have been abandoned in her hour of need by BushCo?

[voc]

43. There was a lot of help sent from both coasts...

but all were turned around.
We shouldn't forget,but we will.
Thanks for the pictures.

[orleans]

44. oh how i remember.

i think half this country went out of their fucking minds over this and everything bush wasn't doing to help anyone.

[ddeclue]

48. You mean SUPER dome..not ASTRO dome..

The SUPER dome is in New Orleans and was damaged by the storm as shown in your picture.

The ASTRO dome is in Houston and was undamaged by the storm.

Doug D.

[Stephanie]

49. You are correct

That is a mistake. --S