Maybe ALL the tourists didn't have access to the mayor

• Comment about New Orleans and Ray Nagin, the Mayor...sm - Dancin Shoes
  • Nagin of New Orleans, no hero - suzyd
  • Nagin - JAG
  • manual - msbeanctr
  • I've recently heard a LOT about corruption in NO as well, - not from NO or LA
  • Did your husband know that the plans the mayor of NO used - kle
  • New Orleans - sienna
  • Also, wondering if people trust him...sm - HomeMT
    • put yourself in his shoes - - msbeanctr
      • and he as mayor of that city had no responsibility at all? - Why have a mayor then?
  • We have had to endure so many of their false alarms about warnings - I blame Homeland Security
  • I'm not surprised that the media is trying to "spin" him into a hero - sm
    • If he let the tourists "buy their way out", my cousin and her friends, along with - - You have no clue
      • Maybe ALL the tourists didn't have access to the mayor - but believe me, the ones who got out paid him off
  • they did use public transportation though as part of the evacuation but housed those sm - agree with typnfool
  • Aftermath - KS
  • chilling article - msbeanctr
    • Excellent article. Here's a link to another one. - kle
  • he underestimated the damage it - would do
    • Maybe he's not qualified for the job? - nm
    • natural disaster - Just me
    • disaster - typnfool
      • Well said. - and so true. (nm)
    • I just don't understand how they underestimated this thing (sm) - FL Resident
      • That's the difference between (sm) - Lori
        • Did you know.... - kle
          • Did you know (sm) - Lori
        • Thanks for the link. Interesting. Looks like they skipped a couple of steps. (nm) - FL Resident
      • The political people knew what could happen if a hurricane hit New Orleans. sm - just my 2 cent
        • Ray Nagin is the one who showed true compassion - abc
        • it IS the mayor's fault and it IS Kathleen Blanco's fault - it's their responsibility
        • No, you are wrong - lm
          • where did the allocated money go? - abc
        • fema - msbeanctr

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There were some tourists in a hotel that paid $25,000 for a bus to get out of there.  When the bus came, the police confiscated it.  I'm not sure it this is the same tourists you speak of, but if it is, yes, they definitely should have gone to the front of the line.  

were the same plans that were specified by the Department of Homeland Security when they did a simulation of this disaster in the 4 years prior?  When FEMA was absorbed by the DHS, they did simulations of events like hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.  In their simulation called Hurricane Pam, which was only simulated as a category 3, they said that the only place available as a shelter in this type of storm was the Superdome.  They studied this for years.  The mayor followed their recommendations.

As far as buses being available, the mayor made the public transportation system available for free but that was only inside the city of N.O.  He can't make private sector transportation services provide free transportation OUT of the city and then, again, he could have used the public transportation and the school bus system to transport them out of the city, but to where?  These people had no money - where were they going to go?  The only option the mayor had was to use the recommendations of the DHS and house them in the Superdome.  What other city was available in Louisiana that would have housed hundreds of thousands of people in shelters designed to withstand a category 4 (possibly 5) storm?  There was none. 

There was an article published yesterday in which many administration officials described how FEMA would work since it was absorbed into the Department of Homeland Security and what the responsibilities would be if the president declared any disaster an incident of national significance.  It was an excellent article and very eye-opening.   FEMA isn't the FEMA we knew from years ago that could act independently and at a quicker pace.

I just read below that a lot of you believe that Ray Nagin is a "hero" for speaking his mind, etc.  My DH just told me this morning that he read the evacuation plans for New Orleans and what the city and its leaders (Nagin being the main leader) were supposed to do in the event of a hurricane, flood, etc.  The manual stated that ALL public transportation was to be used to but the elderly, sick, poor, and those unable to get out to higher ground until the storm or catastrophe passed.  He did not do that. He got on tv and told those to get out. No public transportation or school buses were used to get these people out. 

I hate to judge, but I just cannot help but think that this guy is all talk and no action?  I don't know, sure does sound like it to me.  I too thought he was awesome, until my husband explained the evacuation procedures and how the city did nothing but warn of people to get out - and did not help them....

I know, sounds like the blame game and I am sorry if it sounds like I'm blaming.  I just can't help but state this when now the facts are coming to light.

What do you mean you have no program to access them?

Why can't you just do a file search?

In my past dial-up days, I used pay phones and calling cards to upload/download work. It is so much easier to connect to the Internet than it used to me because wireless access points are everywhere! (I am an IC and download voice file; I don't have to be connected to a system to receive work so if that is your situation, you may not find it as easy to work on the road.)

Depending on what wireless card you have, you can either use that software or Windows to find a wireless network to access the 'net. I've hit access points in campgrounds (that's our big pasttime), from parking lots at community colleges, hotels, libraries, Panera, McDonald's and even open home networks from the grocery store parking lot.

Your BIGGEST issue in all of this, however, is security. Make sure that you're using encryption to both send and receive; a VPN client is even better if your company has that set up.

You may want to buy an AC/DC power converter (about $35 at Wal-Mart) that plugs into your car's lighter. You then plug your computer's power cord into the unit for power.

Footpedals can be optional, depending on your software. I know that with ExpressScribe you can use the F keys to control playback, etc.

What you're thinking of doing may be more stressful to you than you think. The price for the high-speed Internet would certainly be worth it.

We went on a cruise in April and I did not even think of work.  It would not have been financially beneficial.  I would have paid more in internet fees than I would have been making.  I would just go and enjoy yourself. 

What can anyone tell me about Digital Access Transcription as a company?  I searched the Archives and came up with nothing.  I have not gone to the "other site" yet.  Just wondering in looking for different companies and what they have to offer pros and cons.

thanks

I am currently living in rural Iowa, and my only options for Internet access right now are dial-up (can you say S-L-O-W ?) and satellite.  I know I can get HughesNet and WildBlue.  My questions are:

1.  Are there any other providers I may have missed?

2.  Anyone have experience with HughesNet or WildBlue or any other satellite access for MT work?

I have to make a decision on this within the next week or two, so any help would be much appreciated.

nm