It would seem that NO had little in the way of supplies for the multitudes in the Superdome and nothing for those in the Convention Center.
This long time Free Republic lurker has been sick with anger since this morning's (Sunday) talk shows.....and now this timeline!!
Every sentence tells another sad sad story. For whatever reason, my brain settled on this quote...
"Nagin said late Saturday that he’s having his legal staff look into whether he can order a mandatory evacuation of the city, a step he’s been hesitant to do because of potential liability on the part of the city for closing hotels and other businesses. “Come the first break of light in the morning, you may have the first mandatory evacuation of New Orleans,” Nagin told WWL-TV."
Wouldn't one expect that after 9/11 and all the federal money poured into major cities like New Orleans for preparedness, local officials would have been resolved issues like this long long ago. Seems to me the fact that this was a hurricane disaster really isn't the issue. What if it had been a terror attack?
Freepers, I'm so mad! All the discussions here are not being read by those that prefer to attack our President. My own neighbors are still telling me that "ALL" national guard of Louisianna are in Iraq. Doesn't matter that I tell them differently....They believe what they WANT to believe.
How does one get the truth out? I don't know where to begin but will do my part with some guidance.
Thank God for Freepers and Bloggers....all doing the footwork one would expect an investigative media to do themselves.
Hope I've not come across as a nut....although I admit I'm not in control of my anger right now!!!!!!
And according to Nagin and Blanko, it is all the Bush's fault. Someone could have at least provided krappy MRE's and water so those poor people at the Superdome wouldn't starve to death and get dehydrated!
Oh, wait! According to the timeline:
Sunday, August 28th: “To help keep them fed and hydrated, the Louisiana National Guard delivered three truckloads of water and seven truckloads of MREs — short for “meals ready to eat.” That’s enough to supply 15,000 people for three days, according to Col. Jay Mayeaux, deputy director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Emergency Preparedness.
Man, don't even get me started on the buses/transportation things being cried and boo-hooed about by Nagin and LA State Rep. Karen Carter on Friday, Sept. 2nd when on Wednesday, Aug. 31, Gov. Blank-mind herself said in an interview on Good Morning America (?!!)
“We’ve sent buses in. We will be either loading them by boat, helicopter, anything that is necessary.”
and since Bush and the Feds have been doing such a lousy job, just exactly where did she get all these buses from, you ask? According to the timeline, the were provided by [taaa-daaaa] the Feds: "FEMA is providing 475 buses for the convoy". Remember, this was on Wed. 8/31
Of course, we also find LA Department of Social Services Secretary Ann Williamson listed as saying that the buses should start rolling later Wednesday. About 475 vehicles have "been arranged" to ferry the evacuees to Houston. "Been arranged" by WHOM, Secretary Ann? Certainly not the LA bureaucrats.
We have to assume that those buses had toilet facilities and kitchenettes in them, or Mayor Ray wouldn't have let his esteemed citizens board them, as he claimed later that he didn't use school buses because they didn't have bathrooms.
Gasp! Now they will have to charge young Jabbar with major civil rights violations for each of those seventy some people he drove to Houston to safety in a school bus that Mayor Ray wouldn't use because it lacked toilet facilities. Young Jabbar is going to be in the graybar hotel for a loooooong time.
This timeline is great! Thanks for posting it. I'm gonna refer back to it many times, I'm sure. Maybe some of the Congressional investigation committees can refer to it also when they are formed at the behest of Mayor Ray, Gov. Blank-mind and Sen. Landwhoo-hoo.