Posted on 09/08/2005 7:31:41 AM PDT by ruschpa
Cancer patient Earl Robicheaux, his immune system depleted by radical chemotherapy, lay in a hospital bed as Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans.
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.
It was not the evacuation plan authorities had envisioned for its sick, its elderly and its poor. As the floodwaters recede, serious questions remain about whether New Orleans and Louisiana officials followed their own plans for evacuating people with no other way out.
The mayor's mandatory evacuation order was issued 20 hours before the storm struck the Louisiana coast, less than half the time researchers determined would be needed to get everyone out.
(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...
And who among us has not strayed from time to time?
MSM, you know what? You're so clever that you're stupid.
(steely)
Not the original plan? Ya think?
During one of the previous hurricanes (I think it was Dennis) the Governor had made a totally irresponsible statement about "knowing" it would turn, or something to that effect.
I've search for the statement but can't find it online...anybody else have a transcript or copy of that statement issued by the Governor before Dennis?
It's a genetic defect particular to a majority of people in southern LA: "They alllllllways turn. We a'right!"
"strayed" that means ignored right?
or abandoned
If this were about Republicans, the headline would have been very different indeed.
At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.
Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, medicine, and shelter. We need help taking care of their pets, too.
If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you. Believe me, there are a lot of organizations who need your help.
Right now the site mostly covers Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas but I'm adding more every night. My wife was down at Reunion Arena in Dallas Tuesday handing out care packages and spiritually ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer. She says that the situation is tragic and that there's a lot of work to be done. There are so many children who don't know where their parents are or even if their parents are still alive.
There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would appreciate it if you would get the word out.
Many thanks,
Michael McCullough
Stingray blogsite
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