Posted on 08/30/2005 10:06:30 PM PDT by Free Vulcan
Edited on 08/31/2005 3:28:17 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Late Tuesday, Gov. Blanco spokeswoman Denise Bottcher described a disturbing scene unfolding in uptown New Orleans, where looters were trying to break into Children's Hospital.
Bottcher said the director of the hospital fears for the safety of the staff and the 100 kids inside the hospital. The director said the hospital is locked, but that the looters were trying to break in and had gathered outside the facility.
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No Children's Hospital Looting 4:35 p.m.
Doug Mittelstaedt, vice-president of Human Resources for Children's Hospital in New Orleans, said one of the biggest issues at the hospital on Wednesday was debunking the prevalent rumor that looters had stormed the hospital.
Mittelstaedt said things actually were operating smoothly at the hospital - the generator was running efficiently and efforts to relocate patients were going well - but fighting the rumor was a major issue.
Officials had to lock the doors of the hospital because people had arrived, apparently thinking there was a mob scene and they could get in on looting.
He said the hospital has been flooded with calls offering assistance from other Children's Hospitals in Louisiana and Texas. "The amount of calls we have gotten for support have been overwhelming," Mittelstaedt said. "The phones literally have been ringing off the hook."
With so many calls, Mittelstaedt said officials have been able to match up the 100 patients with hospitals that specialize in the particular treatments for each.
Drugs and expensive equipment to sell online?
Maybe they are just looking for water or something less sinister.
I hope :(
Druggies, without their fix for awhile now...
That is pretty accurate except for the fact that Bush is a racist and doesn't care about the minorites.
Tomorrow, OK? Get on it. Learn to shoot.
Wonder what the people in Iraq think if they see this. It is not a good show these idiots are putting on.
Thanks.
I needed to bridge the gap in my early years and my memory was that it was just enough to keep a roof over our heads and we still needed food bags.
Pinto Beans are still a favorite today from those humbling economic times.
One thing that has changed is the second hand stores now a days are way over priced.
Yeah and Soylent Green isn't to far behind.
Here come refugee camps full of America's version of disenfranchised Palestinians.
How many imams will see the recruitment possibilities? Captive audience and all...
Don't forget those reckless Amish!
Oh my gosh, you're right. I always knew they were up to no good! They get a little apple cider into them and they're racing buggys all over the place.
I don't think they are looking for the cases of bottled sterile water or Pediatric Ensure.
Oh I don't know...
I'd donate to buy bullets and bread...
A children's hospital has all the same drugs that an ordinary hospital does, although the individual doses are smaller. Also the needles and syringes but smaller sizes--all this could keep junkies happy for days. Add to that all those sharp scalpels for cutting up people these goons could have a field day in any kind of hospital.
Donating here, too? You're being very "*charitable* tonight, my friend. :-)
ROFLMAO.
Maybe the looters are on *speed*?
Did the looters try to get into the hotels?
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