[Lorianne]

In the city of New Orleans alone, more than 100,000 of the city's residents described themselves as disabled in a recent U.S. census

Isn't that 20% of the population? That seems high.

[aworldtrader]

Welfare scam?

[Jeff Chandler]

In the city of New Orleans alone, more than 100,000 of the city's residents described themselves as disabled in a recent U.S. census

Disabled, as in "I can't lift anything, I have a bad attitude"?

[Echo Talon]

Thats what I was thinking... 100,000 out of what 500,000... hmmm BS. Someone's bs'in for a SS check.

[Pikamax]

and they used the flooded buses pic?? I feel faint.

[DB]

CNN is reporting that they found 30 bodies in an old folks home.

That is simply criminal.

Unbelieveable.

[Congressman Billybob]

Finally, the truth is beginning to get out in the MSM. The truth will out. And when it does, Mayor Nagin and Governor Blanco will be revealed as incompetents. It will have the fringe benefit of showing that folks like Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "The Constitution is Finished: Not the US One, the Atlanta One"

[Deano4USA]

When it's over and the dead are counted, how many will rest on the shoulders of Mayor Nagin and others?

[conservative in nyc]

102,122, actually. 23.2% of the population 5 and older.

It's not out of line. Roughly 1 out of 5 (19.3%) Americans 5 and older nationwide claim a disability, according to the Census.

[nopardons]

Because many of them were getting SSI ?

[Diddle E. Squat]

The state of Louisiana provided shelter in Baton Rouge and five other cities for a total of about 1,000.

I betcha dollars to donuts that this is a primary reason why buses were not used to ferry the carless out of NOLA, they never had agreed on a plan to set up shelters, other than some virtually meaningless document required for fed funding. Further, I bet one huge reason for that was that cities around the state balked at taking in all the 'problem demographics' from NOLA.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"But Kris Wartelle, spokeswoman for the attorney general of Louisiana, said state law clearly gives the mayor the authority to "direct and compel the evacuation of all or part of the population from any stricken or threatened area."

But blank Blanco said today that was her decision to make, not the NO mayor's??

"They're not confused about it. He had the authority to do it," Wartelle said."

I damn well bet he is after she counter ordered, his order to evacuate those remaining.

I am so confused with LA and NO political wrangling my head is spinning. Jeeze, no wonder Bush could do nothing with these two jerkoffs engaging in naught but infighting while people died, and are dying yet.

[kittymyrib]

Many are disabled by being too fat to get around and then the resulting diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. I was amazed at the number of amputees being pushed through the filthy water on their wheelchairs. This is the best government can do for a population in the 35 years since LBJ disabled them with his malignant "War on Poverty." Perhaps this storm will save some of the children as they are rescued from a wasted life of dependency, disease, and drug and alcohol abuse.

[jennyjenny]

Still, Nagin waited to issue a mandatory evacuation, apparently because of legal complications, said Frazier. She said the city attorney was unavailable for an interview to explain.

But Kris Wartelle, spokeswoman for the attorney general of Louisiana, said state law clearly gives the mayor the authority to "direct and compel the evacuation of all or part of the population from any stricken or threatened area."

"They're not confused about it. He had the authority to do it," Wartelle said.

Well, I'm confused. I thought just yesterday Nagin ordered one and the governor said she was the only one with authority to do that.

[Dog Gone]

For the Houston Chronicle, which has been bashing Bush for the last week and a half, to run this story is a major milestone.

I suspect the Democrats will be willing to cut their losses and make Nagin the scapegoat, while seeking to protect Blanco.

[Grampa Dave]

Re: Why Didn't Louisiana Follow it's Required Emergency Plan?

Travis McGee in an earlier reply to another thread has provided the coffin and wooden stake to handle the soon to be former mayor of N O's. :

I hope that sooner or later the MSM discovers that New Orleans did have a written emergency plan to cover the evacuation of the poor, but that the idiot mayor of New Orleans ignored it, and allowed the evacuation buses to be ruined by the flood, forgotten.

The city leaders had at least two full days to use these hundreds of buses to evac the poor, exactly as their own emergency management plan called for.

Here's the southeast Louisiana evac plan supplement, most recently revised in 2000. Go to page 13, read paragraph 5. It states:

5. The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating.

48 posted on 09/04/2005 9:13:43 AM PDT by Travis McGee (--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)

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[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

In LA, being fat and lazy, with a poor attitude is considered to be grounds for disability welfare.

[Freedom is eternally right]

LA had already done studies on who would evacuate as part of their Hurricane Pam drill:

We have extended these preliminary analyses in two ways. First, we are now exploring the health correlates of evacuation. We find that individuals who are in “good,” “excellent,” and even “fair” health are much more likely to report that they would evacuate than those who are in “poor” health: 73 % of those in “excellent” health, 70% of those in “good” health, 68% of those in “fair” health, but only 43% of those in “poor” health report that they would leave the area. We find similar patterns for mental health and disability. Of those with low levels of depression, 72% would evacuate, whereas 65% of those at middle levels and 56% of those at high levels would do so. Only 53% of those with a disability, compared to 71% of those without would leave the area. Psychological resources also appear to be consequential, with individuals with better coping skills more likely to say that they would leave the area than those with lower levels of mastery. Individuals reporting higher levels of social support are more likely to say that they would evacuate than those with lower levels of support.
LSU Interim Report

[Libloather]

Trying to leave, he thought, seemed suicidal. But after four days in the hospital's reeking darkness, he escaped via a Black Hawk helicopter that landed on the roof of the University Hospital under heavy guard because of the threat of sniper fire.

Fallujah South? They may deserve a medal for escaping the hood...