Nagin vs Giuliani
I am perplexed by the many comments that Nagin is "no Rudy Giuliani" and provided weak leadership in a crisis. There are several differences between these tragedies that seem relevant.
911: No wounded people
Katrina: Thousands of wounded or chronically ill cut off from modern medical attention.
911: Evacuation of New York by boat, walking across bridges, by train and subway
Katrina: No trains, few roads, a few helecopters and boat to dry land but not out of the city. Walkers across Mississippi river bridge met on other side with guns and dogs and forced back.
The list goes on.
I think if the Brooklyn police had barricaded the Brooklyn bridge and refused to allow the commuters out of the city we could have had a parallel. What would Rudy have done about that?
The jury is still out on Nagin, but the comparisons to Giuliani demonstrate a complete lack of understanding of the situation.
1 Comments:
Couldn't agree more.
Can you imagine if a Cat 5 storm hit New York. There'd be a major storm surge (I refer you to the movie "Day After Tomorrow" which is only a moderate exaggeration). How would Giuliani have evacuated New York. It couldn't be done. Forget the poor black folks, the rich white folks would be toast too. How would you even get all those buses into the city to evacuate the literally millions without cars? The bridges and tunnels would have to contraflow out to evaucate those with cars. How would you convince people they had to leave? Could the NYPD really go door to door to pull everyone out with everything else going on. Of course not.
Don't make the comparison between Nagin and Giuliani. The only thing they have in common is the need for Federal support in a crisis.
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