Subj : Re: Astrodome
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Mon Sep 05 2005 22:16:20

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:

> Jim Larson wrote:
> 
>> Anyone heard anything about the security situation there?
>> 
>> I'd like to think no one was stupid enough to forget about this
>> after recent events, but that whole "benefit of the doubt" thing
>> hasn't worked out so well to date.
>> 
>> For that matter, does anyone know why it was impossible to drop a
>> few hundred armed National Guard into the Superdome the day after
>> the hurricane to head off the nightmare that followed?
> 
> 
> The word I have heard is that of the first three truckloads of national 
> guard that were sent in to help, two of them broke down and none of 
> them were armed or had supplies.

Ah...brilliant logistics. Should have known.

-- 
Jim

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