Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII

Various ^ | 1 September 2005 | Various

[bwteim]

Bump to your "And as such, right now we cannot afford the petty partisan bickering. All we can do is roll up our sleeves and do the best we can."

[lightman]

Then again, if the situation is destablizing (as though it were ever stable) a PIO Trooper knows he is a Trooper first and a PIO second.

[dawn53]

We will not save them all. It is a case of trying to get as many out as we can before the worsening conditions make it unnecessary.

And that is the reality in any disaster situation. You can't save everybody.

[tomkat]

From scanner: SWAT1 and SWAT2 patrolling lower 9th Ward.

(wonder if they're 'weapons free' ?)

[madison10]

Some of these guys are genuine criminals and won't stop unless they know they will get shot.

Doubt if that will stop them.

[steveegg]

You can drink 16 glasses of 8 oz water in a day?

In hot weather? Very easily. I've even done it in upper-70s/lower 80s weather while canoeing. You have to replace the sweat somehow.

[Lessismore]

I think the SD was a last-minute choice when they realized that the storm was actually going to hit.

Not true, the Superdome was always the planned place of refuge. It worked during the hurricane.

[samantha]

Amen to that, i have stopped watching this they are all trying to Outfox fox.

[STARWISE]

How many millions will Jesse hand over? He's found money in his organization to use to pay his child support.

That's a joke .. he'll probably be taking a cut .. along with Al .. of the millions that will end up in Nagin's pocket .. for spiritual and political counsel, ya know.

[sfimom]

Thank you. I have bitten my tongue more than I ever have before about this subject. There ARE people that really need the aid. I happen to be one of them and I'm still doing all I can to help these people.

[livius]

It is a case of trying to get as many out as we can before the worsening conditions make it unnecessary.

This is a terrible thing. I saw a woman today on TV who was being carried out of the SD. She was so severely dehydrated that she was seizing and I didn't think she was going to make it. She may have had other medical problems, I don't know. But overall it's clear that many people are in very fragile condition now.

God bless you, I will pray for you and everybody who works with you.

[BurbankKarl]

The first busload of New Orleans refugees to reach the Reliant Astrodome overnight was a group of people who commandeered a school bus in the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and drove to Houston looking for shelter.

Jabbar Gibson, 20, said police in New Orleans told him and others to take the school bus and try to get out of the flooded city.

Gibson drove the bus from the flooded Crescent City, picking up stranded people, some of them infants, along the way. Some of those on board had been in the Superdome, among those who were supposed to be evacuated to Houston on more than 400 buses Wednesday and today. They couldn't wait.

The group of mostly teenagers and young adults pooled what little money they had to buy diapers for the babies and fuel for the bus.

After arriving at the Astrodome at about 10:30 p.m., however, they initially were refused entry by Reliant officials who said the aging landmark was reserved for the 23,000 people being evacuated from the Louisiana Superdome.

"Now, we don't have nowhere to go," Gibson said. "We heard the Astrodome was open for people from New Orleans. We ain't ate right, we ain't slept right. They don't want to give us no help. They don't want to let us in."

Milling about the Reliant entrance, Sheila Nathan, 38, told her teary-eyed toddler that she was too tired to hold him.

"I'm trying to make it a fairy tale so they won't panic," said Nathan, who had four grandchildren in tow. "I have to be strong for them."

After about 20 minutes of confusion and consternation, Red Cross officials announced that the group of about 50 to 70 evacuees would be allowed into the Astrodome.

[BlackRain]

1) Squad 1 and Squad 2 to patrol in lower 9th ward.

2) The finally have a helo above the 4 state troopers and 6 medical personnel at Cabrini HS. However, they don't think the helo is large enough to carry all ten of them.

[Will_Zurmacht]

and yet they had no water or food set up there.

buffoons

[Palladin]

Oh...good plan! The folks in Mississippi have my respect. They are behaving the way all good citizens should...helping each other to clean up, praying, and consoling one another.

What a difference in the aftermath I am seeing in footage of towns in MI versus what is happening in NO.

[Born in a Rage]

Thirty? The lady I saw looked like a little old lady. Nonetheless, I think you are reading way too much into it. They probably haven't had any meals or were asked what they had been eating and she said "no hot meals" or something. Give people the benefit of the doubt.

[tomkat]

Chopper now above the ten stranded at Cabrini HS - soldier on ground asking for confirmation if it's big enough for ten souls...

[Txsleuth]

You can dream on about everyone working together...

Tonight there was a short session of the Senate on c-span 2, about the emergency funding for the Katrina disaster...

Only Sen. Frist and Corcoran from Miss. were there for Reps, and Sen. Reid and Schumer for dems....

All was fine until Sen. Schumer got up and gave a speech talking about how horrible it is and how "we" need to get food to the people, and water, and get them out of there...blah, blah, blah,

and then said that he has had a ton of e-mails complaining about the treatment of the people and the lack of leadership and getting things done..and he goes on and on about the sick and babies.

Then he goes on and on about 9/11 and how he KNOWS what they are going through...

THEN, he says that the time for examining what went wrong, and why things didn't get done will be left for later..(read: congressional hearings into Bush's incompetence, yet again)...

So, I would say there will NOT be people pulling together to "get er done"....because the politicians won't let it.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Mayor of San Antonio on Aaron Brown show right now. What a wonderful man. Said San Antonio is going to welcome the people with open arms and open their checkbooks and when and if they get paid back from FEMA, great, but for now they are not going to wait they want to help these people get on their feet and right away.

Note: I think the evacuees haven't a clue how long this rebuild will take and suspect many will be ensconced in new lives by the time that even happens.

[conservativebabe]

I don't want to be a pain, but I was out for about 3 hours and tried to read through this thread. Made it to about 750 but couldn't keep up anymore.

Any new major developments?