I took a 2 hour nap - what is the lastest? (briefly)
Life, or what's left of it, in New Orleans, LA sucks.
Updates as they come in on Katrina
01:38 PM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
Tom Planchet
1:37 P.M. - (AP): Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday that 1,400 National Guard troops per day are being sent in to control looting and lawlessness in New Orleans, quadrupling the regular police force in the city by the weekend.
Already, 2,800 National Guardsmen are in the city to help local police since Hurricane Katrina produced devastating floods in New Orleans, Chertoff said at a news conference with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Another 1,400 Guard troops and military police units are being added daily, he said.
1:32 P.M. - New Orleans Homeland Security Chief Terry Ebbert calls FEMA's response to Hurricane Katrina an embarrassment.
1:28 P.M. - WWL-TV's Dennis Woltering describes driving over the Crescent City Connection to go into town for an interview, and seeing the silhouette of the city as "eerie."
1:20 P.M. - (AP): South Carolina is sending 300 Army National Guard soldiers to Louisiana to help efforts to recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Guard spokesman Lieutenant Colonial Pete Brooks says officials have started assembling a military police company, a water purification company and a transport unit.
Summary: Fox showed live footage of Snipers/Special Forces type guys (the good guys) running with weapons in hand to rescue local LEOs surrounded by armed citizens . . . no word on outcome . . . meanwhile additional operations pending . . . crappy Washington pressers happening, Congress to come back into emergency session . . . some signs of progress, some buses leaving, but thugs still operating actively ... pillaging near Convention Center . . .