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News Flash -- New Orleans Left to the Dead and Dying
Nola.Com ^ | 3 September 2005, 5:28 p.m. CDT | By ALLEN G. BREED (AP)

Posted on 09/03/2005 4:14:36 PM PDT by Vigilanteman

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Thousands more bedraggled refugees were bused and airlifted to salvation Saturday, leaving the heart of New Orleans to the dead and dying, the elderly and frail stranded too many days without food, water or medical care.


(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: dead; downtown; dying; flood; incompetence; katrina; katrinafailures; neworleans; nola
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To: SouthernFreebird

It's all in how they were raised, doncha know?


21 posted on 09/03/2005 5:05:36 PM PDT by Marauder (You can't stop sheep-killing predators by putting more restrictions on the sheep.)
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To: Ursus arctos horribilis
what I have seen is a complete break down of all civilized norms, just when they were needed the most.

Those who would victimize a nursing home or abandon the elderly have no civilized norms to break down from. Character is not altered by a crisis, it is merely revealed for what it is.

22 posted on 09/03/2005 5:22:47 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: kenth
I'll have to go back through the threads to find it, but a freeper posted about a woman and her husband who were going to help a nurse manage a nursing home full of people. The people had a family member in the home. Allegedly, all the personnel left except the one nurse. This was pre-landfall too.

Did you ever find this? I've been trying to remember who that was. I had looked up that nursing home and it was a few blocks from the Superdome.

23 posted on 09/03/2005 5:30:09 PM PDT by Nita Nupress ("LA Gov. Blanco said that Pres. Bush had called and urged the state to order the evacuation.")
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To: kittymyrib

just sickening! and they have the nerve to try and pass blame to everyone OUTSIDE of LA.


24 posted on 09/03/2005 5:31:32 PM PDT by Cougar66 (The only liberal movement is what's in their diapers. .)
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To: rdb3
Like a scene out of the Apocalypse.

You got that right, my FRiend...I drag my sorry ass out of bed in the morning and fearfully flick on the TV (or FReep) with a sense of foreboding and dread...bad dream time.

25 posted on 09/03/2005 5:34:08 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Cindy, ya shoulda stuck with "offshore drilling" as your cause)
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To: Vigilanteman
Well worth reading, just for the grateful comment of a 105 year old lady alone.

Her nurse wants nothing more than to get her somewhere so she can put her in a clean adult diaper.

I think there's something in my eye...

26 posted on 09/03/2005 5:46:15 PM PDT by grellis (Alles mit Gott und nichts ohn' ihn)
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To: Naspino

I disagree. The street culture did what a single mother or grandmother could not overcome.


27 posted on 09/03/2005 5:48:03 PM PDT by OldFriend (MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH ~ A NATIONAL TREASURE)
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To: ErnBatavia

What happened in the Convention Center reminded me of Clockwork Orange.


28 posted on 09/03/2005 5:49:56 PM PDT by OldFriend (MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH ~ A NATIONAL TREASURE)
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To: hinckley buzzard
That bears constant repeating;

"Character is not altered by a crisis, it is merely revealed for what it is."

29 posted on 09/03/2005 6:02:10 PM PDT by Salamander (Curiosity *may* have killed Schrödinger's cat ......)
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To: mtbopfuyn

How many people died simply because of the lack of modern technology. I think of my elderly neighbor who is on dialysis. She is 86 and does pretty well. She still gets out and comes to our parties, but only because she has the miracle of modern medicine at her disposal. Take away her electricity, water and meds and she would probably die within days. All the environmental wackos that talk about this imaginary eden they dream about got a good look at what happens when you remove the technology that we all take for granted. They forget that because of modern technology many people live today who would have died just 50 years ago.

My guess is we will find out that most of the dead fit this profile; elderly, ill, on medication or regular medical care of some kind that just wasn't available under the circumstances or very young babies that didn't have the strength yet to survive under these conditions. It would be interesting to know just how many young/middle age healthy people died over the last 5 days.


30 posted on 09/03/2005 6:04:45 PM PDT by redangus
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To: OldFriend
What happened in the Convention Center reminded me of Clockwork Orange.

My dad works there. He works with engineers (not sure what he actually does) and after all the $hit that has hit the fan, I doubt he will ever like to work there again.

31 posted on 09/03/2005 6:05:14 PM PDT by Windsong (FighterPilot)
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To: Vigilanteman
Last night Bill O'Reilly on the Factor, FOX, said that the good docs at Charity Hospital I think in St. Bernard's Parrish, were holed up on the 7th floor while looting was going on below. They were giving themselves IV's just to stay alive since they had nothing left to drink or eat as they desperately tried to save their patients.

O'Reilly had not heard from the doc that said he was going to try to call him during his show. He didn't. I'm wondering does anyone know about this situation?

32 posted on 09/03/2005 7:06:47 PM PDT by harpo11 (Clinton's Wall of Separation--Terrorists Attacked Our Nation)
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To: Vigilanteman
Last night Bill O'Reilly on the Factor, FOX, said that the good docs at Charity Hospital I think in St. Bernard's Parrish, were holed up on the 7th floor while looting was going on below. They were giving themselves IV's just to stay alive since they had nothing left to drink or eat as they desperately tried to save their patients.

O'Reilly had not heard from the doc that said he was going to try to call him during his show. He didn't. I'm wondering does anyone know about this situation?

33 posted on 09/03/2005 7:07:31 PM PDT by harpo11 (Clinton's Wall of Separation--Terrorists Attacked Our Nation)
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To: Nita Nupress

Not yet, I had to leave the computer for a bit. I'll look back and ping you when I find what I read.


34 posted on 09/03/2005 7:33:41 PM PDT by kenth (north Georgia mountains - prayers for all our neighbors in the gulf coast.)
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To: kenth

is this it?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1472323/posts?page=145#145


35 posted on 09/03/2005 8:31:47 PM PDT by Nita Nupress ("LA Gov. Blanco said that Pres. Bush had called and urged the state to order the evacuation.")
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To: harpo11

I heard tonight that all the patients have been evacuated from Charity Hospital. No details, just that comment.


36 posted on 09/03/2005 8:50:53 PM PDT by OldFriend (MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH ~ A NATIONAL TREASURE)
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