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Originally Posted by powerclown
Put it this way: In New York, Giuliani had about 30 seconds advance notice of a disaster, and reacted calmly and effectively. In New Orleans, Nagin watched a disaster unfold over a period of many days, and panicked. To me, this sheds much light on the type of leader each one is/isn't.
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Giuliani didn't have much to do that was critical or that would have made the difference between life and death, his was mostly a PR job. Aterwards there were few injured and hardly any dead bodies to deal with (comparatively), and except for a small part of downtown the city, albeit in shock, was still operational, and able to support the displaced. Nagin has lost all his infrastructure and is seeing people die every day while the federal government sat on its ass for days, and is keeping his resolve admirably. He shares part of the responsibility for the lack of preparation (though most of it seems to be FEMA's), but he has been very impressive since then, given what he has to work with.
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Last edited by Bill O'Rights; 09-07-2005 at 08:51 AM..
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