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Governor: New Orleans Needs to Be Evacuated
Foxnews ^ | Foxnews

Posted on 08/30/2005 2:17:49 PM PDT by Bigh4u2

Governor: New Orleans Needs to Be Evacuated Tuesday, August 30, 2005

BATON ROUGE, La. — With conditions in the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans rapidly deteriorating, Gov. Kathleen Blanco (search ) announced late Tuesday that people now huddled in the Superdome and other rescue centers need to be evacuated.

"The situation is untenable," Blanco said during a news conference. "It's just heartbreaking."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: evacuation; hurricanekatrina; neworleans
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To: Dane

I know, Ive run into him before. It's just difficult when you see someone not thinking things out to a conclusion.


161 posted on 08/30/2005 3:13:21 PM PDT by CougarGA7 (Never underestimate stupid people in large groups.)
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To: HitmanNY

Blanco reminds me of Edith Bunker of All in the Family with some of her comments. She is so far over her head that she would be better off to resign immediately and turn it over to the Lt Governor who couldn't be any worse.

As for the Mayor of N.O. -- words defy what I think of him for not ordering an evacuation sooner than Sunday morning.


162 posted on 08/30/2005 3:13:25 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: Dane

last year when the President showed up in Florida after a hurricane and was handing out water, people complained that he should not have been there...was just in the way with all his secret service guys...so they complain if he shows up and they complain if he doesn't so guess he should just do what "he" feels is the right thing to do and the heck with it...remember he is NOT Clinton (thank the Lord).


163 posted on 08/30/2005 3:13:54 PM PDT by ozzysmom
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To: texaslil
>> Never, ever, underestimate Cajuns, Creoles, and Rednecks. The French, however, might be a problem.

I have a buss load of Cajun relatives living in the deep bayou in Louisiana. My family has high hopes, but there is virtually no communication between us for decades.

We relied on an old uncle long since past for information regarding them; they had (and desired) no contact with the outside world. Tom used to boat in to see them every few years.

We have not heard any word of them since the 70's. I hope you are right, though I may well never know.
164 posted on 08/30/2005 3:13:59 PM PDT by mmercier
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To: Fido969

Blizzard of 82 in Denver for me. However, that was nothing compared to this. :-(


165 posted on 08/30/2005 3:14:33 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: Dane

Dane,

I know you get off on the personal attacks. Do you have anything to add to the discussion, or do you just like to listen to yourself?


166 posted on 08/30/2005 3:14:53 PM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: ARCADIA

The President will be in NO and the surrounding area when it is safe for him to do so without interferring with search and recovery. Your lack of knowledge of a Presidential visit and what it takes is telling. The Advance Team was put in place yesterday and when they decide it is okay for him to visit, he will.


167 posted on 08/30/2005 3:15:32 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: LOC1

did you see how they trashed the SuperDome last time? Walked away with everything in sight. I'm not sure a cruise ship would survive the onboard looting, but a brilliant solution, otherwise


168 posted on 08/30/2005 3:15:55 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Motherbear
You can bet your bottom dollar that the superdome was filled with poor people. Those with money left the state.

Coming back from the rally in Crawford, everywhere we stopped to eat, they asked us if we were coming from Louisiana, they had had so many stopping to eat. We told them we were headed to La. They looked at us like we fell off a turnip truck.

169 posted on 08/30/2005 3:16:30 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: Bigh4u2

How will people live, if they are out of work for months? What happens to all their bills? Will they get late charges?


170 posted on 08/30/2005 3:16:46 PM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Maybe it's just republican presidents that they complain about if they go or if they don't go...just like there are only homeless people, old people eating canned dog food, yada yada yada, only during a republican's presidency :) Oh and also no anti-war protests unless a republican is the president...


171 posted on 08/30/2005 3:16:57 PM PDT by ozzysmom
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To: PhiKapMom
The Advance Team was put in place yesterday and when they decide it is okay for him to visit, he will.

Lets hope the next hurricane/crisis gives us six months notice so we can get his "advance team" ready on time.
172 posted on 08/30/2005 3:17:40 PM PDT by ARCADIA (Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
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To: ARCADIA
Are you willing to pay for the ships after they are completly trashed?
173 posted on 08/30/2005 3:18:05 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: LOC1
A cruise ship can traverse the Gulf from Cancun to New Orleans in a day and a half. If ships are anywhere in the Gulf they can get to New Orleans rather quickly.

That's probably true, but what are they supposed to do with their current passengers? Leave them in a foreign port? Drop them in the GOM in lifeboats?

174 posted on 08/30/2005 3:18:08 PM PDT by RedWhiteBlue
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To: Bigh4u2

One of the big bridges is somewhere in the water so to bring any ship in would be dumb. That's why they are holding barges in Iowa -- they don't know what the condition is downstream.


175 posted on 08/30/2005 3:18:16 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: samadams2000

Liberalism made New Orleans below sea level, and made the levees fail?


176 posted on 08/30/2005 3:18:20 PM PDT by stuartcr (Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
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To: stuartcr
I heard on the news where some aren't going to have electricity for months. I call and bitch at the elec. co. here when mine's off for a couple of hours. I don't think I'll complain to them again. I'll politely tell them my elec. is off and that's it.
178 posted on 08/30/2005 3:21:21 PM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: LOC1

Some of you make it sound like there it is a piece of cake to bring in a ship. Don't you all realize that before any ship comes up the Mississippi, they will have to know what is in the water like bridges that fell, etc.


179 posted on 08/30/2005 3:22:54 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
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To: duckman

That's actually an extremely interesting point. Just think of all the thousands upon thousands of drug-addicts who are being forcefully weaned off of their addictions as we speak. I hope some of them take advantage of that.


180 posted on 08/30/2005 3:23:57 PM PDT by Junior_G
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