12:19 pm Finally!
This convoy coming down the street is loaded with supplies. I see MREs and water and I assume ice.
Ok, so the troops used to restore order went in first and now the supplies are coming for orderly distribution (I hope).
Hope is on the way for the people at the Convention Center. Finally.
Check the cam
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
"To: bwteim
12:19 pm Finally!
This convoy coming down the street is loaded with supplies. I see MREs and water and I assume ice.
Ok, so the troops used to restore order went in first and now the supplies are coming for orderly distribution (I hope). "
This is the beginning of a flow that took three days to establish and nail down.
The cops and Guard have held for the most part and the gamble to do the relief effort right, instead of throwing units and aid piecemeal into a black hole as they arrive will now pay off.
Heh.
You're about to see New Orleans and the Gulf Coast BURIED in drinking water, food and aid.
Let it roll.