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To: Howlin
"Another point: the people in the convention center BROKE in there; most of them are the ones who have left the SuperDome because they are refusing to go to Houston. The Convention Center was NEVER set up to be a shelter.

And.......even if these people decided to stay despite the order, I heard the mayor of New Orleans tell them all to have three to five days worth of food and water for each person because they might not be able to get help to them for a few days."

There may have been an initial break-in, and I cannot confirm there wasn't...
BUT...
may if the infirm and others there were taken there by authorities after they were rescued.(A fact already posted here in news reports and reported in interviews on TV) If you are taking people some place,you darn better be sure there are provisions for them there. Those who were rescued mostly came with the clothes on their backs...Officials have been promising these people that buses are coming. And there is no police presence in the Convention Center.... STILL! Knowing the problem, why haven't the city officials dispatched some of the troops to this location?
531 posted on 09/01/2005 5:28:21 PM PDT by Ovation_girl
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To: Ovation_girl

The Morial Convention Center is HUGE. You would think people would gravitate to it. PLus it is right near the riverwalk.


536 posted on 09/01/2005 5:29:44 PM PDT by Tuxedo (It's just lake water....)
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