Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

This thread has been locked, it will not receive new replies.
Locked on 09/01/2005 3:54:57 PM PDT by Admin Moderator, reason:

Locked - new thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475135/posts



Skip to comments.

Katrina Live Thread XII
Various ^ | 31 August 2005 | Various

Posted on 08/31/2005 4:00:15 PM PDT by NautiNurse

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 1,441-1,4601,461-1,4801,481-1,500 ... 6,041-6,045 next last
To: grey_whiskers

I don't mind sending money there, but I hope someone other than this mayor or governor or Landrieu controls the funds.


1,461 posted on 08/31/2005 9:24:29 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1396 | View Replies]

To: Jedidah
There are several other shelters already set up for refugees in Houston, and they'll likely be much more comfortable in them.

It was my distinct impression that that information was not being relayed by the guards at the gate.

1,462 posted on 08/31/2005 9:24:36 PM PDT by Smogger
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1450 | View Replies]

To: Abigail Adams

** maybe FEMA could build a bunch of apartment buildings in a month or so to house refugees?***

With Government Contracting Rules??

It will take that long just to fill out the Bid Sheet!


1,463 posted on 08/31/2005 9:24:56 PM PDT by tcrlaf
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1432 | View Replies]

To: madison10

WDSU: Reporter in downtown New Orleans reports no gunshots heard tonight -- compares to last night, when he heard many gunshots. Reports the city is "unfit for habitation".


1,464 posted on 08/31/2005 9:25:02 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1419 | View Replies]

To: Abigail Adams
FEMA and the National Guard managed to get an operating tent city up a week after Andrew and later brought in trailers and relocated the evacuees to trailers. However a year after Hurricane Charley, many are still living in those, as are many in other disaster areas. Unfortunately without means, this trailer sure beats anything else they could get at an affordable rent..

As to some who make comments as to those who milk the system, well I am against that. But I am angry that when the time comes when you, the worker, might actually need government help, you are turned away as those people are being at the Astrodome!
1,465 posted on 08/31/2005 9:25:09 PM PDT by Ovation_girl
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1432 | View Replies]

To: Ted

Glad you got through.

The oddest thing was happening on my cell phone today. I kept trying to make calls and got different numbers from what I was dialing. I looked at the outgoing log and I was dialing the right numbeers. I called home three times in a row and got other houses.

Is that weird or what.


1,466 posted on 08/31/2005 9:25:22 PM PDT by cajungirl (no)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1448 | View Replies]

To: Types_with_Fist
I say... you HAVE to help them. They are, afterall, our countrymen. We all want our comfort and personal space but our nation comes first. "There but for the grace of God go I." It's the only sensible answer.

I agree, Types, without a blink.

1,467 posted on 08/31/2005 9:25:34 PM PDT by Miss Behave (Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1436 | View Replies]

To: PhiKapMom

Yeah, has to be someone from DU. Most everyone here has at least READ the constitution.


1,468 posted on 08/31/2005 9:25:49 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("You must call evil by it's name" GW Bush ......... It's name is Terror)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1340 | View Replies]

To: jeffers
I have figures in my possession

You lost me here. You're not just "speaking bluntly" you're thinking bluntly.

1,469 posted on 08/31/2005 9:25:57 PM PDT by Theophilus (Save Little Democrats, Stop Abortion)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 106 | View Replies]

To: jeffers

good post


1,470 posted on 08/31/2005 9:25:57 PM PDT by vigilante2 (I'm part of the right wing conspiracy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 106 | View Replies]

To: Thud

Yes, I really wasn't speaking about her capabilities, just the fact that she is allowed to shed tears, as the NY and Washington DC male leaders did at 9/11.

I think by now most people realize women are capable of leadership positions. Maybe not all women are, just as all men are not capable.

For instance, if Condi ran for a governor's position in the future, she would have no problem winning the election. There are other capable women out there who would perform well also. But there are fewer examples to point to-- since for decades those roles were limited to men only.

I guess we can agree to disagree :)


1,471 posted on 08/31/2005 9:26:21 PM PDT by Cedar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1210 | View Replies]

To: conservativeinferno
Anyone see that interview on CNN?

What happened?

1,472 posted on 08/31/2005 9:26:22 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1355 | View Replies]

To: Types_with_Fist

Forgot about the vote of the owners -- Jerry Jones would be unlikely to give the go ahead on Benson moving to SA. That part slipped my mind!


1,473 posted on 08/31/2005 9:26:54 PM PDT by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Allen in 2008)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1455 | View Replies]

To: Rokke
"And when it becomes obvious that sitting on Interstate 10 in the hot sun isn't very productive, they ignore the Salvation Army rescue centers positioned below the bridge they are sitting on,..."

OK Now I know you are full of it."

The Bridge they were sitting on was surrounded by water and the folks walking to Shep where walking out of the water and doing it on the road he was on, if the Salvation Army was set up under the bridge he was on they must have been using their new Submersible unit. BTW just read they stopped allowing folks into the Super dome Yesterday so I suppose Shep was supposed to send them up there to be turned away.

I think you are flailing trying to find some rational for your Shep Hating.

1,474 posted on 08/31/2005 9:26:56 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1430 | View Replies]

To: cookcounty
Is the Governor on vacation, or what?

My sister in law finally got out of the city via River Rd to Huey P Long bridge and is with her daughter in Boston. When we spoke a little earlier this evening I asked her where on Earth they got Blanco and Nagin. "Oh, I'm so glad you noticed how bad they are," she said. I have been stunned since before the hurricane hit that these two could get elected dog catcher much less mayor and Gov. But then I'm in the suburbs of Detroit and have little to crow about with Kwamee and Gennifer.

1,475 posted on 08/31/2005 9:26:56 PM PDT by Diva
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1434 | View Replies]

To: winodog
that I am not a member of the FR posse

Your observation/post about the Columbia flaming as it passed over you comes to my mind every time I think about the shuttle, for years now.

1,476 posted on 08/31/2005 9:27:04 PM PDT by txhurl (WWW III: The Last Crusade.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1418 | View Replies]

To: advance_copy
Are there guards at the A-S-T-R-O-D-O-M-E? LOL

I am sure there are armed guard, military & police officers in Louisiana. Are there any in Texas?

1,477 posted on 08/31/2005 9:27:09 PM PDT by madison10
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1464 | View Replies]

To: cajungirl
The oddest thing was happening on my cell phone today. I kept trying to make calls and got different numbers from what I was dialing. I looked at the outgoing log and I was dialing the right numbeers. I called home three times in a row and got other houses.

They must have had damage of some kind at the switch- maybe in the software? I worked cust svc for a cell co a looong time ago and we had that problem after we changed to a new switch. I know it's a translation problem, but I am not quite sure what causes it. (I wasn't a tech- just the poor woman people YELLED at!)

1,478 posted on 08/31/2005 9:28:08 PM PDT by conservative cat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1466 | View Replies]

To: nwctwx

I hope that a less cloudy "after" is available soon. Much of the area of interest is under the cloud cover.


1,479 posted on 08/31/2005 9:28:22 PM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1370 | View Replies]

To: madison10

Video on CNN did show some Texas police in the Astrodome parking lot. We have to assume that the cops in Texas are appropriately armed.


1,480 posted on 08/31/2005 9:28:28 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life, or nothing at all)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1477 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 1,441-1,4601,461-1,4801,481-1,500 ... 6,041-6,045 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson