Klarinet Archive - Posting 000515.txt from 2005/08

From: Gary Van Cott <gary@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] BRSO Auditions 2nd Clarinet Tenure Position...
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:57:03 -0400

I hate to be off topic, but it does not appear that the local and state
officials took this threat very seriously.

It also appears that the measures designed to prevent the low lying city of
New Orleans from flooding were completely inadequate.

I don't believe that the locals will have to look very far to assign blame.

Gary

>You know, I'm not sure I give a shit about what Bush has said or not
>said. What bothers me rather more is the complete failure to effect a
>decent evacuation process for the city of New Orleans. Current news
>reports are suggesting that hundreds and probably thousands of people are
>dead. I cannot understand how a country with the wealth and power of the
>US, with the hurricane seen some time in advance, could have so failed its
>citizens. This was not a tsunami that arrived without warning.
>

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