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...sluggish response to the crisis of Hurricane Katrina was shameful [Sept. 12]. There seemed to be a lack of organization and little coordination among federal, state and local authorities. The Gulf Coast contains vital ports for oil and natural gas and should have been given a high priority in U.S. defense planning against terrorism. The government's unpreparedness makes me extremely skeptical of the effectiveness of the Department of Homeland Security. It certainly didn't seem to have made plans for evacuation and disaster management in this major urban area. The scale of the disaster may have been unprecedented...
...infants, died because hospitals had no supplies or power. Looting was rampant because troops were slow to be mobilized and there were too few of them. I bet that if Bush felt he needed the military in the Middle East to protect an oil facility that he said was vital to U.S. interests, he would have had more than enough troops there immediately! James Sloane Las Vegas...
...Pentagon officials were relieved that the storm looked like it would bypass much of Texas. The state is home to Ft. Hood, the Army's largest base, and dozens of other military Installations with tens of thousands of soldiers and their families. There is also the vital defense industry-all the big contractors have facilities in Texas and a big natural disaster could potentially damage the military industrial base. Another concern was the ports of Beaumont and Galveston, which are key debarkation points for U.S. troops and goods going to Iraq and Afghanistan. "We're not just looking at Rita...
With a high concentration of new blood, veteran leadership has become even more vital this year than in seasons past. Co-captains Laura Odorczyk and Katie Shields have risen to the occasion and, along with senior Sara Sedgwick, Hull, and Rhodes, they have formed an almost impenetrable defense. The Crimson hopes that it can be the foundation for a successful season like the one that Harvard had in 2004, when it received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament before succumbing to powerhouse Connecticut in the first round...
...just refineries that are vulnerable; five oil rigs were evacuated Monday in the eastern and central Gulf, where Katrina had already sent massive half billion dollar oil rigs off their moorings and laid waste to vital infrastructure. The conditions created by Katrina in the Gulf industry are "unmatched" in history, says Johnnie Burton, director of the federal Minerals Management Service. Since August 26, according to the latest MMS bulletin issued this week, Katrina has already caused the loss of almost five percent of annual Gulf production, or some 547 million bbls...