Posted on 09/07/2005 6:23:26 PM PDT by finnman69
The Fox News Channel's Major Garrett was just on my show extending the story he had just reported on Brit Hume's show: The Red Cross is confirming to Garrett that it had prepositioned water, food, blankets and hygiene products for delivery to the Superdome and the Convention Center in the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, but were blocked from delivering those supplies by orders of the Louisiana state government, which did not want to attract people to the Superdome and/or Convention Center. Garrett has no paper trail yet, but will follow up on his verbal confirmation from sources at the highest levels of the Red Cross.
The transcript of the interview will be available at Radioblogger later this afternoon.
And here is a very interesting article from Septmber of 2004:
Debate continues over Superdome as potential hurricane shelter
Seems that the debate over using the Superdome goes back almost a year, and that no one in New Orleans thought it would be a great place in a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane.
Key graphs:
"If we were to lose power, if we were to lose plumbing facilities, if a storm were to hit and create flooding in the area; the Superdome would not be a desirable place to be," he said.
The American Red Cross admits it would not stay in town for a severe hurricane. Workers would offer supplies and training to the Dome but would then leave to ensure aid for the hurricane's aftermath.
Kay Wilkins, spokesperson for the American Red Cross, said, "While we're saying we;re going to move our volunteers and staff out of the risk area into areas where its safer for them to be it doesn't mean we're not going to be here ahead of time for others."
Mayor Nagin said the city has more than 80,000 people without transportation access, and when the next hurricane evacuation there will be thousands of people who will not, or cannot, leave, highlighting the city's urgency of finding the most suitable place for shelter.
I heard it too. Thanks for posting!
Forgive me for not getting a chance to read through all the replies to see if someone else asked this, but wasn't there a story this week about FEMA also blocking the Red Cross from coming in?
Is this a correction to that story, or another instance of the Red Cross being denied access?
How could a federal agency that wasn't even on the scene yet block the Red Cross from entering a local site?
Big time smoking gun. Nice post.
"Sorry if there are those on this forum that don't like my thinking, but..."
Considering that you were right, I forgive you. ;-)
FEMA was on scene from day one.
Forgive me for not getting a chance to read through all the replies to see if someone else asked this, but wasn't there a story this week about FEMA also blocking the Red Cross from coming in?
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The "word" FEMA was used, but it was the state [of Louisiana] Emergency Management Authority who issued the order of refusal. Sort of like reporters using "stem cell research" when they should be referencing "embryonic stem cell research."
Editorializing by omission.
She can't -- the botox has gone to her brain.
FEMA doesn't have any local authority, unless the local authorities delegate it.
And just when do you think FEMA got that authority?
Yes it appears that the smartest woman in the world and a former partner at the Rose Law firm just violated the first law of being an ambulance chaser-
"Don't ask a question if you don't know the answer"
The smartest woman in the world has been shooting her mouth off about a commission\investigation-she should have thought about that before opening the pie hole-she might not like what she hears.
Hey Hitlery-how about this, we let Guliani run the investigation. After all he dealt with a "disaster" first hand, and from his past history prosecuting mobsters, know how to nail the perps.
Did anyone see a MSM interview where they asked the LA governor or mayor if THEY knew about the convention center? If they did, did they ask the governor or mayor whether they notified someone at FEMA? To my knowledge, only Federal (Bush) officials are being asked whether they knew about the convention center. It is only being suggested to Federal officials that they have someone watch television. Why aren't the governor and mayor receiving that suggestion?
Probably Karl Rove and his band of neo-con oil barons.
sorry if already posted.
http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524
BTTT!
Let the Truth come out!!
What is your point?
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