11:41 PM CDT on Thursday, September 1, 2005
11:41 P.M. - (AP): After accepting more than 11,000 Hurricane Katrina refugees, officials said the Astrodome was full and began sending buses to other shelters in the Houston area Thursday night.
"We've actually reached capacity for the safety and comfort of the people inside there," American Red Cross spokeswoman Dana Allen said. She said people were "packed pretty tight" on the floor of the Astrodome.
Buses that continued to arrive were being sent on to other shelters in the area and as far away as Huntsville, about an hour north of Houston.
"We're asking that people be patient. Ultimately they are going to be comfortable," Allen said.
The total of 11,375 inside the Astrodome was less than half the estimated 23,000 people who were expected to arrive by bus from New Orleans in Houston.
11:29 P.M. - (AP): Col. Henry Whitehorn, chief of the Louisiana State Police, said he heard of numerous instances of New Orleans police officers - many of whom from flooded areas - turning in their badges.
"They indicated that they had lost everything and didn't feel that it was worth them going back to take fire from looters and losing their lives," Whitehorn said.
11:08 P.M. - CNN reports that the Astrodome in Houston has shut its doors and will no longer accept refugees.
10:49 P.M. - (AP): Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco declared war on looters as 300 National Guard troops landed in New Orleans fresh from duty in Iraq. "These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, and I expect they will," she said.
That Governor is a piece of work. Those troops arent even from her state.
""These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, and I expect they will," she said."
That's quite a quote, especially given the dithering of the last couple days. "More than willing to do so," it almost sounds like a backhanded slap at the military, as though they'd be pleased to shoot their fellow Americans. Of course, it's past time to restore order and deal with the thugs, but it just struck me as over-the-top wording.
" Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco declared war on looters as 300 National Guard troops landed in New Orleans fresh from duty in Iraq.
"These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, and I expect they will," she said. "
I am speechless.
This woman is deteriorating before our eyes.
This is to weird. I was talking to a friend about the National Guard doing urban warfare in Iraq over a year ago and we agreed the someday "These Troops" would be turn on us Americans.
Now I don't have a problem with killing the thugs with police or swat two days ago. After all their just thugs.
And I said today what is it going to taking No Ball Kathleen Blanco to let her Swat or NOPD fire on the thugs, but now Blanco was just waiting for the Federal Government to do her dirty work.
In other words BUSH!