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.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning....
The NG have helicopters, I'm sure the police do too.
What's the nonsense about can't get to the hospital. Our police helicopters have huge search lights and they could illuminate the area.
I can't believe with the looting that's been going on there aren't some armed security guards, if not police or NG, at the hospitals...there are drugs in hospitals and that's probably what they're after.
They sound like vultures waiting for the prey to die .... I say shoot the bastards if they try to come in, I understand their entitlement ideology makes them think it is okay to loot stores but looting hospitals is a different story, these creatures are no longer human and need to be dealt with as if dealing with an wild and uncontrolled animal.
That's absolutely disgusting! These people deserve a bullet between the eyes!
What? They don't have helicopters??
Huh?? If the looters can get there in spite of the flood, why the heck can't the police and NG get there too?
Just damnable.
The police and NG can't respond? How did the looters get there?
That's been the standard answer from the Governor all day.
"Can't get to them because of flood" or "Communications knocked out"...seemed whenever anybody asks a question, those are the pat answers.
I'd say part their eyebrows, but it doesn't seem like anyone can get there to stop it.
the mog part II for later
Target rich environment!
I wonder if I could loan the hospital my belt-fed MG?
Nah, by the time it got there the emergency would be over.
My prayers are with them. What a horrible situation for these children and staff.
"If the looters can get there in spite of the flood, why the heck can't the police and NG get there too?"
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW TOO!
And here we thought that most of our citizens here were above the worst of the worse in Baghdad...wrong.
christ.....its like a flooded Detroit
Can any sane person question the right to bear arms and conceal carry permits after this preview of what the Islamofascists wish to recreate across the nation?
bluepistolero
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