I was reading through the FEMA updates this past week, both leading up to Katrina making landfall on the Gulf Coast and after.
Here is the link for that update in case you can’t read the threat level on the screen grab:
August 27, 2005
Many interesting things to be found in those updates, but something jumped out. Notice the Homeland Security Threat Level: YELLOW (Elevated) — What? Only elevated? For a potential Category 4-5 Hurricane??
Out of curiosity, I went looking:
Sunday August 28, 2005 = Yellow
Monday August 29, 2005 = Yellow
(landfall)
Tuesday August 30, 2005 = Yellow
Wednesday August 31, 2005 = Yellow
Thursday Sept 2, 2005 = Yellow
Friday Sept 2, 2005 = Yellow
Saturday Sept 3, 2005 = Yellow
Sunday Sept 4, 2005 = Yellow
Some questions below:
- So tell me again, what Federal emergency could be a threat warning higher than this disaster? Orange? Red??
- So tell me again, how much did it cost to create the color coded warning alert system?
- So tell me again, what was the color of the warning when an airplane accidentally flew into the white house airspace?
- So tell me again, what was the color of the warning when Bush’s poll numbers dropped before the election? during the Democratic Convention?
Please, I want to know.
Why this disaster is only rated a middling “warning” of possible alerts.
Was the sole purpose of the color coded security threat warning system for propaganda and not to be of use to the American people in understanding the severity of the threats to their safety??
For reference, the Security Threat color coding:
Department of Homeland Security
Hope it’s not rude to have cross posted this from the ePluribus Media Community Security Threat STILL Yellow