Miss Marple has a list on another thread of all of the help that has been kept away...Somehow, I've missed seeing MM's list, but here's what I have- and take some with a grain of salt, I have not confimed each story yet:
RE; Closing bridges and trapping evacuees:
Here's another first hand report. Note that LNG (Lousiana National Guard) troops, on site, in front of the refugees, ate and drank while at least one trapped person (an elderly woman) died of thirst:
If we can prove that we can have another Dan Rather moment here, and on the anniversary too...
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Good---terrific list...
Did you see the thread that said that the Sheriff of Gretna parish blocked a road going West out of NO...so that people evacuating were NOT allowed to leave that way...
There was even deputies standing on road, and when people would come close to them they shot up in the air...
hmmmmmmmm