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FNC's Major Garrett: Red Cross Blocked by Order of the Louisiana State Government
Hugh Hewitt ^ | 9/7/05 | Hugh Hewitt

Posted on 09/07/2005 6:23:26 PM PDT by finnman69

The Red Cross Blocked

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.


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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: blanco; blancofinito; cary; democraps; democrats; hewitt; humanitarianrelief; incompetence; katrina; katrinafacts; katrinafailures; left; liberals; redcross; redtape; superdome
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To: Virginia Gentleman
It's great that FNC is getting the story out, but this was actually broken on CNN five days ago. Marty Evans, the president of the Red Cross, told the exact same thing to Larry King on his Friday show. I guess it is an indication of how few people watch Larry King that everyone is taking this as a just breaking story

And it shows just how feverishly CNN dealt with it.

41 posted on 09/07/2005 7:10:05 PM PDT by Exit148 (Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
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To: Mo1
Many Officials in Louisiana are in some Deep Big Time Trouble.

We could end up seeing a Baby Doc style exit from power, complete with armored limos carrying the Governess and her family to a waiting airplane, and off to assylum.

42 posted on 09/07/2005 7:10:15 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: finnman69

I suspect that if congress organizes an inquiry, not even the likes of Teddy Kennedy and Chuckie Schumer can keep these awkward facts from being introduced.


43 posted on 09/07/2005 7:10:24 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: All
ALL

Show of hands ...How many people STILL think there will be Senate hearings.

44 posted on 09/07/2005 7:11:32 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Bush gal in LA

Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy, Howie Dean and all of the national 'Rats need to FRY for this.... but will they? Here they have been running a non-stop vicious smear campaign in the middle of this huge crisis, and the public will now learn (let's hope!) that the 'Rat Governor and the 'Rat Mayor could not tie their own shoelaces in the morning.... no wonder Hillarity is so desperate to try to make the 'investigation' limited to federal activities..... they are so desperate to keep all attention away from the state and city but the smear campaign should fall apart now. Still, never underestimate the ability of the MSM to change the subject, ignore and/or fabricate facts, etc.


45 posted on 09/07/2005 7:12:10 PM PDT by Enchante
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To: Dog

This is huge! :)


46 posted on 09/07/2005 7:12:54 PM PDT by American Butterfly
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To: American Butterfly

Radioblogger is swamped....can't someone provide a better URL and give it to Drudge?


47 posted on 09/07/2005 7:18:28 PM PDT by Halgr (Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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To: American Butterfly

More confirmation that my current tagline is correct.


48 posted on 09/07/2005 7:19:32 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (The Left is having a Category 5 'Wellstone Moment'.)
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To: Dog
Mo I told you this morning before I left for work and this broke that there will be NO Hearings....none

Hassert and Frist came out today and said there would be a combine joint House and Senate investigation

Whether there will be hearings or not .. I don't know

49 posted on 09/07/2005 7:20:14 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: My Favorite Headache

Rah- Roh....the truth, the truth...Oh No!

I bet the office of the governor is doing some big time spinning, or at least trying to.


50 posted on 09/07/2005 7:21:06 PM PDT by sissyjane
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To: Ken H

Hey Lucy.....You got some splainin to do!


51 posted on 09/07/2005 7:21:34 PM PDT by stocksthatgoup (Polls = Proof that when the MSM want your opinion they will give it to you.)
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To: Dog
there will be NO Hearings....none

Yet again the 'Rats make their bed, and then refuse to lay in it.

Nevertheless they are going to pay a price for the finger pointing and blame shifting. Less of one, granted, as elections are more than a year away, but I can't believe Joe Average isn't seething (or being sickened) by their outrageous rhetoric. Most Americans -- who aren't political partisans -- expect public officials to cooperate, reach-out and work together at a time like this. The blame game can wait till people are safe and rebuilding is underway.

Bush is smart enough to understand this. Even when he has to roll over or work around incompetents and idiots like Blanco and Nagin to get the job done, and even when they prove to be backstabbing ingrates, Bush will still maintain every appearance of genial cooperation.

But Bush is just a dummy, right? That's what the 'Rats still appear to believe. Funny thing is the smarter the 'Rats get, and the dumber Bush gets, the more elected posts shift from the blue column to the red. Eventually the 'Rats will get so smart they'll cease to exist altogether.

52 posted on 09/07/2005 7:22:29 PM PDT by Stultis
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To: mware

Do you have the link to that specific story?


53 posted on 09/07/2005 7:25:36 PM PDT by Born Conservative (`I'm expecting that some people who are die-hards will die hard.'' (NOLA parish president))
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To: Enchante
Your right, about the MSM. But the more the RATS overplay their hand the more I think(I hope) they are exposed for the truly vicious people they are. They don't give a darn about these people, they are simply using this to pile on Bush. They make me so sick......What class our President has,I'm sure he being an ex Governor(I always forget that) knew what the story was from the beginning. But of course has not bad mouthed her at all. He just keeps taking all the cr-p they're throwing his way. Maybe thats why he wants the investigation so all of it will come out.By the way I won't watch CNN, I wonder if this story is being broadcast on their pathetic network? Anybody see it yet?
54 posted on 09/07/2005 7:25:46 PM PDT by Bush gal in LA
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To: Dog

Nope. They can't afford it. It would be devistating for the Dems if they aired this out in Public...


55 posted on 09/07/2005 7:26:34 PM PDT by skikvt
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To: ArtyFO

"I guess it's the state's (Blanco's) decision to starve out the remaining people in NO."


Maybe she was getting her legal advise from Judge Greer?


56 posted on 09/07/2005 7:26:51 PM PDT by freema (Ready to Rock AND Roll)
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To: freema

LOL! Or maybe George Felos did soul-speak with her!


57 posted on 09/07/2005 7:28:14 PM PDT by Ohioan from Florida (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.- Edmund Burke)
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To: finnman69
Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?

Access to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.

The STATE Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.

http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html

58 posted on 09/07/2005 7:28:21 PM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: Mo1
"Many Officials in Louisiana are in some Deep Big Time Trouble."

Nah, the locals will stand behind them. Just check out the stories in the Times Picayune and WWL to get an idea of how the locals view this. I can see how someone would think that if the local politicians are abusing the constituents that those poor folks would be happy for the "cops" to show up and haul off the politicians, but this is really more like a domestic dispute and when the "cops" show up those squabbling will all stand by each other. Just watch. It's been this way for 300 years in this part of the country.
59 posted on 09/07/2005 7:28:32 PM PDT by owl37
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To: Halgr

http://hughhewitt.com/archives/2005/09/04-week/index.php#a000211


60 posted on 09/07/2005 7:28:53 PM PDT by brytlea (All you need as ID to vote in FL is your Costco card...)
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