Posted on 09/08/2005 10:56:06 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
Louisiana state senator Walter Boasso is praising the rapid response of rescuers who arrived in New Orleans to assist in saving trapped residents as the waters from the corrupted levees began to rise the day after Katrina. The surprising aspect of the senator's praise was the fact that he wasn't referring to the United States military or FEMA. He was praising the Canadians.
The forty-six member Vancouver-based Urban Search and Rescue Team arrived in the St. Bernard Parish which lies east of New Orleans a full 5 days before American rescue units, and the volunteers worked 18-hour days rescuing 119 people in total.
The team worked closely with the Louisiana state police who provided an armed escort throughout the rescue mission because of the increasing violence in the area. A St. Bernard official offered sincere gratitude and told the team that the Canadian rescuers were their first sign of relief.
St. Bernard Parish was home to 68,000 people but was virtually forgotten by U.S. officials who were concentrating their search and rescue efforts on New Orleans which is only a few kilometers away.
Although little mention has been given to aid and assistance pouring in from around the world, four Canadian ships, three navy and one ice breaker all laden with essential supplies are heading toward the Gulf and expect to arrive by later Thursday or Friday.
Maybe Canadian responders don't have to get the Governor's approval, hence they could just walk right in and do the job?
I saw the interview, that would be a sad note
Of course, what the article omits includes: the governor wasn't saying "no", the Canadians' hands weren't tied by Posse Comitatus, and so on.
Why don't these propaganda mills ever publish the "reporter"'s email?
I have a nice short 2-word comment I wanted to send him.
And is the MSM talking about this? I hope so. Sad, sad, sad and embarrassing day for us all. What a wake up call. Wonder who will hear it?
Blanco wasn't afraid of the "power grab" by the Canadians. ;)
Is the author related to that McCracken character on the John Boy and Billy Show?
I don't want the MSM to report it. I'm happy as heck the Canadians got in there to help, since Blanco wouldn't let our own in!
No, the governor has to approve all outside assistance. The governor figured approving the Canadians and denying the US Feds would be spun as Fed ineptitude, not as her conniving.
She was right.
Concerning your two-word comment, give us a clue. How many letters in each word?
I flunked out of kindergarten, does that qualify me to a a journalist?
The body of the article says that the Canadian helpers were aiding St. Bernard parish, which had gone relatively un-helped because most of the (yes, already there) domestic helpers were focusing on New Orleans.
Well, duh. I'm grateful to the Canadians, but there were many more people trapped in NOLA than in St. Bernard parish, it would appear.
So we have a headline that's baldly inaccurate, so as to denigrate the domestic rescue efforts in NOLA.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1479965/posts
In the words of Russ Honore, "THAT IS COMPLETE BS!"
How did they get past the Governor?
Row boats can't navigate that fast.
The one thing you can count on most is that the politicians will send help where the cameras are first.
I want to see their disaster plan. I did hear that Chalmette HS was flooded up to the second floor, and they had hundreds there.....and the other spot was the Chalmette boat slip, with 1500 people there.
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