I live in Metairie, in Jefferson Parish. My brother, his boss and I stayed through the storm and a few days after. Mr Broussard should be hung. I heard Broussard with my own ears the day after the hurricane. He stated that he sent the pump workers across the lake before Katrina hit. THERE WAS NO ONE TO MAN THE PUMPS WHEN THE WINDS DIED DOWN!! Because of that idiot's decision my sister's house had two feet of water. Not including the breach, ALL the flooding in Jefferson parish is SOLELY the fault of Broussard. All the flooding of Kenner is solely the fault of that idiot. I have been too stressed trying to live and find my family after the storm to post much, but I can tell the world that President BUSH is NOT to blame for anything. I see the media going overboard blaming our President and it makes me nuts. I wish I had time to write an editorial, but I don't at this time. The world should know that the response by Bush was as good as anyone could hope for in this difficult time. NO one I know that suffered through this storm blames. If anything, they ALL say he is doing great. We even went down today and traveled into the city. We went along the river and Tchoupitoulus to my brothers Boss's business. We saw a greatly increased military presences. There were many police riding all about with shotguns sticking out the windows. On the way out, we saw hundreds of troops securing the streets. It was impressive. They were going house to house checking for residents. The area nearest the river is high ground. We are staying in New Iberia for now. On the way back we stopped in Baton Rouge for dinner. We saw an exhausted National guard soldier sitting at a table with his wife and three kids. He had his elbow on the table with his eyes closed. He seemed totally exhausted. We picked up his dinner tab. He came to our table to thank us. We told him that we were grateful for all he is doing. He said he was on 24 our leave. He spent the past days at the Superdome. People should stop the blame game and understand this tragedy is immense. On our journey out tonight, we saw long caravan's of supplies and troops heading towards the city. I wish I had time to share more thoughts but I have been too busy trying to contact friends and family. We are all under great stress. Everyone I know has no idea what the future holds. I just want people to know that everyone I encounter is satisfied with the response of the Administration. We are so proud of our wonderful soldiers and all those who have come to help.
Prayers are answered...hooray!
What the libs and media STILL haven't gotten through their pea brain is this:
Whenever they smear the way the war is going in Iraq, or the treatment of prisoners, or the quickness of finding victims of the flood, or stopping up the levee, they can blame Bush, but in all reality, they are critisizing our military...
and in this case, the Coast Guard and National Guard in particular...because they are the ones doing the job.
They still can't figure out that Americans do not like hearing our police, fire, military etc...disparaged by a bunch of whiney babies!!!
Prayers answered! You gave many of us a serious scare when you signed off that night the way you did before Katrina hit... "pray for us."
If you or yours need anything at all, there is a FReeper housing thread (that's the title), with lots of good FReepers opening their homes to you and others down in NO and Miss.
I am so very sorry for your city. Hang tight. And thank you for what you wrote - it is wonderful to hear things are turning around.
God Bless. :)
Thank God you and family are okay. You know that we are praying for everyone affected by the hurricane. It is a disaster beyond the scope of anyone to manage. I'm also praying for our President; that God will give him the strength to endure the criticism. I want to do something for him to ease the load, but I don't know what it would be. Our church is sending $1000 to the United Methodist UMCOR. It's a small church. God be with you.
God bless you. If you need anything, let us know.
I totally agree liberty2004. Take care and keep us informed when you can. May you and yours be showered with blessings.
Oh, liberty, you have my prayers! Please keep us updated as possible.
Thank you so much for posting that!