The hospital ship the Comfort hasn't left port yet!!!

MaineDem

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:23 AM
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The hospital ship the Comfort hasn't left port yet!!!

It isn't expected in NO until next Thursday!

Why do we not have a rapid response capability???

THis totally blows my mind!

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SmokingJacket

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:24 AM
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1. By that time, a morgue ship will be more helpful.

:cry:

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ewagner

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:25 AM
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2. I thought it was

due in this morning!!!!

:wtf:

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VADem11

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:25 AM
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3. Very sad

It takes 5 days to get the ship loaded with supplies and several more to sail.

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tblue37

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:52 AM
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15. They knew Katrina was coming for some time before she hit.

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babylonsister

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:25 AM
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4. Link? Where'd you hear this? nt

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MaineDem

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:43 AM
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11. It was on the CNN crawl

Sorry, it may have been MSNBC.

It said it's docked in Baltimore. Due to arrive in the area on Septmeber 8.

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babylonsister

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:56 AM
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17. Thanks, MaineDem. I wasn't questioning the info you

shared, just wondering where you heard/saw it.

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ridgerunner

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:52 AM
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14. Here's a link

http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4400&tid=400&ct=4

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MaineDem

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:54 AM
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16. Self-deleted

Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 11:55 AM by MaineDem

Posted twice. Sorry.

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ChairmanAgnostic

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:25 AM
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5. where is this ship docked?

and under whose control?

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MindPilot

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:25 AM
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6. It's a ship; you don't just jump in, turn the key and drive off

It can take a couple days just to start the engines.

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nyhuskyfan

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:42 AM
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10. Saturday would have been a good day for that...

Rescue ships should have been right behind this hurricane. It wasn't a surprise that this was a diaster. This storm was a behemoth and it was going to hit the coast somewhere.

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Ian David

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:51 AM
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13. Shouldn't they have started preparing it day or two before the hurricane?

Just a thought.

Didn't Bush say he was going to "get ahead" of the hurricane?

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expatriot

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:26 AM
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7. We have rapid response capability, but we're not using it.

Now tell me, if we put all of our resources down there, what would happen if something bad happened to rich white folks in the meantime? Who would help them?

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displacedtexan

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:32 AM
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8. I know. I saw it this morning...

Edited on Thu Sep-01-05 11:33 AM by displacedtexan

just sitting there in the bay.

Why wasn't it deployed last week?

Edited to include: It's in Baltimore.

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GreatCaesarsGhost

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:39 AM
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9. the doctors, nurses and corpsmen are in iraq

they have to bring in staff from naval hospitals.

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cthrumatrix

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Thu Sep-01-05 11:48 AM
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12. but but FEMA said they had all planned before katrina hit ??????

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