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Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Greta is bringing up some interestings points. Many of these people don't have IDs that are in the astrodome.
So how do they collect their welfare checks. How do they get 'identified'.
There should be pictures on file with drivers license and that might help some.
I think there will be a lot of identity fraud .
FEMA is the only agency doing anything. I'll admit, there are problems, but the security situation is hampering this.
the decision to dismiss the governor from her responsibility to maintain civil order, is not one to be taken lightly. once Bush federalizes this, the albatross is around his neck.
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OK... these idiots on WWL are totally missing the point... acting like there is no difference between living on a fault line and living in New Orleans.
Unless they want to build levees 40 feet high, there is no way to put N.O. out of danger.
Hey, that was funny.
They are infuriating me. Time to find a new feed.
Some of us spend entire weeks each year in disaster response training for events just like this.
There are entire companies that exist just to do training for horrible, horrible disasters.
Here in Seattle about 2-3 times a year all the hospitals and LE participate in a citywide disaster drill. We do the whole kit and kaboodle on pretending. and we endlessly rehearse.
What happened in NO is beyond belief to some of us, who know what we have been taught about how to handle a disaster.
Re: 1067 If these MRE's are or are like the freeze dried stuff used for camping the spaghetti and meat sauce is good, too. It's my kids favorite when they go backpacking.
It doesn't matter Douglas, if in the end they save 99.9% of the survivors who chose to stay in New Orleans despite being told to evac, it won't be good enough.
I firmly believe now that plans may have been set for protecting the city against a Cat Three storm, and for evacuations. But NO plans at all for dealing with the aftermath of the flooded city. They had to know the inordinately large population of poor in this city could not leave, and had to be aware of the significant criminal element in the city looting and killing in the wake of a disaster. Where is the plan? Never before have I seen such ineptness on a local level.
>>Oh...they can't share their meager rations with the suffering masses? Then get their sorry news crew butts out of there.<<
Amen!
God bless him.
< We got aid to thailand faster than this. Inexcusable.
She doesn't have any room to demand any apologies from anyone considering the absolute and utter incompetence she's shown since before this disaster even occurred.
Good post. I have been thinking the same thing.
No one bothered to tell them, because all the locals were in CYA mode, just waiting to hand off responsibility to FEMA . . .
I couldn't believe that segment- and don't understand a comment he made- the police at that station said they've "lost" about 20% of their manpower. It wasn't clear if they were dead from the hurricane- or the anarchy.
Anyone hearing about this on the scanners or press reports?
i donated to the SA today...always there for people.
One of the few Charities I have confidence in.
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