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from the convention center? I think the issue at the convention center, was not starving people. it was the evac. they had food initially because they broke into the food service area in the convention center, then water and MREs were brought in. but I will admit, the evac did take a long time there, and medical and sanitary conditions were bad. but it took a long time to setup the airbridge to chopper them out, that's just the reality of it.

I heard the Convention Center was never on the shelter list. So why would FEMA be looking for it.

Again, the Governor still controls the National Guard, and they were at the Superdome helping medevac and lead the people to busses.

Why were the first troops at the Convention Center the 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas? Mighty big disconnect there.

I also read that the gangsters were keeping most of the food for themselves and parsed out a small amount to the people who were initially at the convention center. Problem was the crowd there kept growing.... and the gansters killed several people inside.

As the corpse's started to rot in that heat I can only imagine the stench those babies inside were exposed to. Several elderly people died outside and were covered up with blankets and you could see the color changing on those covers as body fluids leaked out.

Anyway you look at it this is a disaster of immense proportions... and there is plenty of blame to go around... I think you can actually start with the Democratic Party who skewered Bernie Kerick to the point he had to withdraw from his nomination as Homeland Security Secretary. I may be in the minority, but I think he would have been in his element in this emergency and I'd rather have a "street" person in charge any day than a bureaucrat in an extreme emergency.