Katrina Live Thread, Part XI

Various ^ | 30 August 2005 | Various

[Rokke]

"They had to throw the kid an ice chip to revive him."

Revived from "obvious death" with an ice chip. Perhaps that might just indicate you were, in fact being just a little overly dramatic.

[Peach]

Holy crap. If you hear updates, please let me know. I hope the SWAT teams get good head shots and take these guys out.

[Abigail Adams]

I'm wondering if we will see congressional hearings over all this incompetence, asking the elected officials some hard questions. And I think we will all be appalled at what we hear.

[Types_with_Fist]

The mom said he was "sick" in fact. Sitting there with a fever, no water and no help. Lord.

[spectre]

What the hell is wrong with you? How do you KNOW he wasn't dying?

Dehydration is lethal. All your organs shut down or are damaged.

You're an idiot.

[RummyChick]

Report on another thread that women are being raped in the SuperDome

[Jrabbit]

That little boy looked to be in terrible condition. I swear, I thought he was dying. And he still might be. Breaks my heart.

[colorado tanker]

My goodness, I would certainly think NO is no Fallujah!

This is interesting, since I'm usually accused of being a Bushbot (which I am).

[eyespysomething]

BORED? BORED?

Now I know why comments have been pulled left and right in the past few days.

[dfwgator]

I recently saw "Isaac's Storm" on The History Channel about the Galveston Hurricane, I wept openly at the story of the orphanage and the nuns who tied the children with rope hoping to save them. At the end, I took solace at the thought that at least today, with all of our technology we would never face that again. As we have learned today, I was sadly mistaken.

[spectre]

Don't post to me again...just shut up.

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[beyond the sea]

"Private" Katrina

The sicko extremists sure gave Katrina a pretty low rank.

[sinkspur]

FIRE IN THE FRENCH QUARTER AT THE CORNER OF BOURBON AND CANAL!!

On CNN.

[sheikdetailfeather]

CNN reporting a fire downtown now.

[Coldwater Creek]

It is a long way to Texas. These people need help this very minute.

[Not A Snowbird]

I don't know, sounds like the French Quarter is fast becoming Fallujah with all the looting.

This is worse than 9-11 in my opinion. That was quick; this is slow torture.

[r9etb]

Looter-caused?

[Peach]

I just left that lovely young woman a message of thanks and a suggestion. Thank you asking freepers to welcome her and encourage her generosity, tomkat.

[Rokke]

"Have you ever been to the south in 90 plus degree weather? It does not take long to become sick. It does not take long to die. They need to quickly get those people shade and water, and them get them the H*** out of NO."

I'm in Memphis as I type this. But I agree completely with everything else you said. And just during the time of Shepard's report, it looks like significant progress is being made in that direction. My simple point is, the scene is disasterous enough without embellishment.