At this point, there are people dying and suffering. I couldnt give two hershey squirts about looters/gangs/rioters right now besides removing them from the problem.
AMEN
12:17 PM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
12:15 P.M. - Gov. Blanco's press conference has been postponed until 1 p.m.
12:13 P.M. - Information for employees of the Orleans Parish Public School System: Payroll records unattainable at this time, according to school officials, though employees will be able to keep their health insurance, even those who were recently laid off. Employees are asked to call 1-877-771-5800 and leave their contact information.
12:11 P.M. - (New York Times): The NBA may move the Hornets out of New Orleans for the entire season. Click here.
12:07 P.M. - WWL-TV's Brad Panovich: Mother Nature reclaimed the Mississippi River delta. If she wants to move the delta, or move the city, then she will.
12:05 P.M. - (AP): Twenty-seven young patients from a hospital in New Orleans are in Kansas City. They were flown in last night on two Missouri Air National Guard transport planes.
Children's Mercy Hospital of Kansas City agreed to take the patients after sending a team to New Orleans to arrange the transfer from that city's Children's Hospital.
A spokesman for the Kansas City hospital said the New Orleans facility called yesterday asking for accommodations as quickly as possible.
A spokesman at the Kansas hospital says medical officials wanted to get the kids "to someplace safe and dry, away from the chaos." The patients range in age from a few months to 20 years, and were hospitalized for everything from asthma to leukemia. Their conditions range from fair to critical.
12:02 P.M. - (AP): The federal court system in New Orleans needs a new place to set up shop.
The courts are closed indefinitely.
And a federal judiciary spokesman says Congress must pass emergency legislation when it returns after Labor Day to let the system move to an alternate location.
Federal law doesn't let U.S. District courts hold proceedings outside their geographic area.
But the Speedy Trial Act says criminal cases must be handled quickly, so New Orleans will need a new locale to deal with cases.
Good. You're human :-)