dropping water and food everywhere and even if not everybody got some, at least the people would not be in a panic that NO help was coming....
Legal barriers kept the military from being used. Local, state and federal agencies had jurisdiction, and it took the administration a while to realize they
they would not get the job done. The government of Lousiana had virtually to be shoved aside, and the state of Mississippi, although competent, lacked the resources. The Mississipi Guard could not reach the coast because of felled trees etc. If the Guard has been as well trained as the Wehrmacht in 1940, they might have succeeded. But they weren’t. Furthermore, the army wasn’t positioned and had to be turned around.
dropping water and food everywhere and even if not everybody got some, at least the people would not be in a panic that NO help was coming....
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I heard Rusty on CNN,,,
He started with “Don’t shoot the looters.”,,,
Then he talked about the air-drops,,,
First of all if the looting is not stopped the people who
need the food/etc. won’t get it or it will just be taken
by the strong,,,
Second,,,There are no drop-zones close to the people who
need the aid,,,
All open areas are full of people that are homeless and
are living there,,,
Many would be killed by the loads when they hit the ground.
Maybe they could drop away from the city to clear areas
that are closer but there is still the matter of the tonnage
needed to feed 2-3? million people,,,
This might give all an idea of the size of the task :
These aircraft were unloaded by hand,,,
We ain’t dealin’ with orderly Germans...