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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion On Katrina 20150830

Now . The water is going recede. The National Guard came and took control of the city, but what next . 80 of the city was covered in water. 110,000 homes in just new orleans were flooded. Around 20,000 businesses. Most of the schools were flooded. The electric system was practically destroyed and had to be rebill. The rest of utilities theres 250 billiongallons of water on the streets of new york excuse me new orleans, and the think about water is its really heavy, so it broke the streets. Broke the sewer pipes, broke the gas pipes, and you cant just turn on the gas if theres broken pipes everywhere. You had most of the citys buses destroyed. There were 24 street cars that flood it at a Million Dollars apiece, half the fire equipment, fire engines, quarter of the police vehicles, you had a the Police Headquarters w ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Book Discussion On Katrina 20150830

Now . The water is going recede. The National Guard came and took control of the city, but what next . 80 of the city was covered in water. 110,000 homes in just new orleans were flooded. Around 20,000 businesses. Most of the schools were flooded. The electric system was practically destroyed and had to be rebill. The rest of utilities theres 250 billiongallons of water on the streets of new york excuse me new orleans, and the think about water is its really heavy, so it broke the streets. Broke the sewer pipes, broke the gas pipes, and you cant just turn on the gas if theres broken pipes everywhere. You had most of the citys buses destroyed. There were 24 street cars that flood it at a Million Dollars apiece, half the fire equipment, fire engines, quarter of the police vehicles, you had a the Police Headquarters w ....

New York , United States , West Bank , Crescent City , Methodist Hospital , Lake View , District Of Columbia , City Of , United Kingdom , San Francisco , New Orleans , Howard Beach , Lake Forest , Orleans Parish , Mari Skare , Dennis Hastert , Rubin Stevens , Jimmy Carter , Helen Mcdonald , Sharon Paul , Malcolm Butler , Bush Nagin , Kathleen Blanco , Max Mayfield , Lynn Cheney , George Bush ,

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Surrender At Appomattox 20150314

, gas stations etc. That sometimes as he took off the asphalt, we would come down actually into a grave area. And in that case, there would be a few may buttons found, a few tax, some engines for the coffin hinges for the coffin. These were simply photographed, nothing moves. And that is the goal. To make sure that everyone buried at Friedman Cemetery will be preserved. There are no historic photographs of Friedman Cemetery, so we didnt know what to find. What we have also we have also looked for the absence of grace. And one of those places was clearly a pathway that was coming into the cemetery from washington street, and coming directly in. And that pathway will not be used for a new walkway for visitors to enter through a gate and come into the cemetery. The preservation of friedmans freedmans cemetery has been miraculous. That so much of the cemetery has been prese ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Surrender At Appomattox 20150315

His aid. They found general lee resting at the apple orchard. Delivered the message, which in essence would indicate the general lee should select the site of their meeting, and general grant would approach when he arrived. So, general lee sent forward actually, he mounted his horse and he had with him his secretary lieutenant, and the headquarters courier, and the two federal offices. They approached the river, the appomattox, but stopped when one person wanted to drink. At which point, general lee set for set forward colonel marshall with the headquarters aid to go into the village and find a suitable meeting location. As i mentioned the village was very much neutral location between contending forces. Marshall left an account of that ride. He said, general lee told me to go forward and find a house. Very critical that he mention house. In the community, there was a courthouse. The courthouse is a judicial chamber. No one is on trial. Besides, what day of the week is it . Its sunday. ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Surrender At Appomattox 20150315

He dated his response 1150. He entrusted his response with his aid. They found general lee resting at the apple orchard. Delivered the message, which in essence would indicate the general lee should select the site of their meeting, and general grant would approach when he arrived. So, general lee sent forward actually, he mounted his horse and he had with him his secretary lieutenant, and the headquarters courier, and the two federal offices. They approached the river, the appomattox, but stopped when one person wanted to drink. At which point, general lee set for set forward colonel marshall with the headquarters aid to go into the village and find a suitable meeting location. As i mentioned the village was very much neutral location between contending forces. Marshall left an account of that ride. He said, general lee told me to go forward and find a house. Very critical that he mention house. In the community, there was a courthouse. The courthouse is a judicial chamber. No one is ....

New York , United States , Smithsonian Institution , District Of Columbia , York Shire , Mclean House , West Point , Sankt Peterburg , Point Pleasant , Lee Boyd , Walter Taylor , Ulysses Simpson , Don Singleton , Frederick Blair , James Longstreet , Lee Babcock , Hiram Ulysses , Jen Tilly , Seneca Indian , Francis Blair , Mary Anna Randolph , Sharpsburg Fredericksburg , Henry Shiloh , Francis Lightfoot Lee , Jefferson Davis , Richard Henry Lee ,