Listen bozo,
Turn on MSNBC right now.
Federal authorities are now dropping supplies to trapped folks in New Orleans.
I guess you were wrong, hmmmm...
That was uncalled for and you owe her an apology. Do you realize who has started all these hurricane threads??
Cut the crap....... Nauti is no BOZO!
Thank you!!
Don't call other posters names..
Dropping supplies to TWO GUYS who are pushing them to people who need them.
You really don't see the difference between this and dropping stuff into a crowd of thousands?
calling me bozo does not enhance your credibility around here.
Take a break, please.
Your information is in error.
Your manners are nowhere to be found.
Please apologize to Nauti Nurse.
Because, bozo, the military has arrived. Before they got there to protect the helicopters from being SHOT at, it was too dangerous for the helos to fly low enough to drop supplies. The bozos on the ground with stolen guns refused to let helos land to transport patients out of hospitals. Yesterday, the bozos were sniping at firemen trying to put out fires. Trucks delivered supplies under heavy military guard. Get it?
You need to stop posting now, or you will be thrashed for your ridiculous emoting.
You do not understand a quarter of what you are talking out your ass about, and need to stfu.
Go to this thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1476498/posts
Fearing riots, Guard rejects food airdrops
Stars & Stripes ^ | 9/3/05 | Jeff Schogol
Posted on 09/03/2005 12:40:28 PM CDT by Syco
ARLINGTON, Va. — Authorities are avoiding airdropping provisions into New Orleans — the traditional way of supplying disaster victims — out of fear of sparking riots, a state official said.
While the military has used helicopters to drop provisions to some stranded in New Orleans, authorities have not launched the massive supply airdrops seen in Afghanistan at the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Several C-130 Hercules aircraft are stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base, but authorities have not ordered them to drop supplies to flood victims, Arkansas Air National Guard officials said.
Airdropping supplies could actually worsen the situation, said Army National Guard Lt. Kevin Cowan, with the state Office of Emergency Preparedness.
“Just like Afghanistan, you drop food, it creates chaos,” Cowan said.
He said authorities are looking for a more controlled way to get badly need food and other supplies to people in the hurricane-ravaged region who need it.
“We’re trying to logistically to plan how to get food the best way,” Cowan said. “But as of right now, airdrops are not part of the plan.”
He said dropping supplies from the air is an option that is still available, but “I don’t think that is high on the priority list.”
Officials at U.S. Northern Command and Task Force Katrina could not be reached in time for publication Friday.
Little Rock Air Force Base is home to about 80 C-130s, but many cannot be flown because of wing cracks, wrote a spokesman for the 314th Air Wing in an e-mail.
On Friday, four C-130s from Little Rock Air Force Base were expected to bring water and MREs to the flood region and to evacuate refugees, wrote Air National Guard Capt. David Faggard.
The Arkansas National Guard is using 10 C-130s and 15 helicopters to bring troops and supplies to the flood region, said a National Guard spokeswoman.
Should authorities order an airdrop, “we are certainly ready if that’s what they need us for,” said Air National Guard Capt. Kristine Munn.
From October to December 2001, the Air Force dropped 2.5 million individual rations in Afghanistan using C-17 Globemaster aircraft based in Ramstein, Germany.
No personal attacks.