Katrina Live Threads, Part XV

Various ^ | 4 September 2005 | Various

[Txsleuth]

It probably was Houston..wasn't that where Bubba and Bush 41 went today? I think so.

[StarFan]

Yowser yowser, what a guy! Thanks Julie.

[BurbankKarl]

WWL reporting National Guard is guarding gas stations as fights break out.

Thanks for letting these folks come back without infrastructure!

[oceanview]

you are going to have to toss out some hypothesis on what it might be all about. terror attack via aircraft? bombers from Cuba or Venezuela? I don't know how to evaluate this.

[Cedar]

That's okay. Everyone's just trying to pore through the mountain of threads coming in on Katrina. No harm done!

[Right_in_Virginia]

If we are gettting aid from Cuba and such, things must be a lot worse than we think.

I know Cuba offered medical aid last week. I wasn't aware we had accepted it. Have we?

[nhoward14]

And you claim this happened in Houston? If it did, then why is the media sitting on it. If anything like that happened you'd have FNC standing outside the Astrodome every 15 minutes talking about how Texas allowed the horrors of the Superdome to return.

[Peach]

I know that Texas prides itself on taking care of the bad guys. And I love that attitude.

I'm going on what was reported by a relief worker on this thread last night.

[Dog]

What happened ...I missed something again..

[BushCountry]

The streets were dry and an excellent route to the Dome or at least near enough was available!

[John Jamieson]

"freepers are smart and right about a lot of things"

Yes

But some freepers are dump, ignorant and wrong about lots of things (I'm not referring to you!)

Freepers are also very often of guilty of shooting from the hip. (not waiting for more facts, Myself included, but I'm trying to do better)

BTW I'm one of the longest freepers, not a plant.

[Txsleuth]

I love your attitude...it will serve you well as you recuperate...

You just be sure you take care of yourself...and let us know if you need anything, okay?

[Soul Seeker]

Sean doing a fantastic job now defending the President, blasting the corrupt Governor, Mayor, state locals and Senators, and praising Haley to the skies!

WTG Sean!!

[Arizona Carolyn]

Anyone listening to Geraldo right now on Hannity? He is really ticked off at the Mayor, Governor and Mike Brown from FEMA... actually he is making a lot of sense through his anger and basically without a Rudy or Kerick it took General Honore' showing up to finally break out of the quagmire that shaped up... he was there and is talking about the people who were contradicting one-another and even FEMA workers asking reporters how to get to Superdome and how to get to Convention Center, etc....

[Michael Goldsberry]

"I know Cuba offered medical aid last week. I wasn't aware we had accepted it. Have we?"

No.

Ahem... (Hell No!)

[Types_with_Fist]

But some freepers are dump

I'm dump!...:-)

[Peach]

I'm not claiming anything. It was a freeper on this thread who is a relief worker who was recounted quite a few stories about the evacuees in Houston.

Including the fact that one dumpster was set up and amnesty given to people as they walked in, provided they turned in their weapons.

They had to get 3 more (for a total of 4) dumpsters for all the weapons.

Bathrooms already had graffiti and were being slowly ruined.

[Spktyr]

There is a police scanner online that listens to the Astrodome. NOTHING like that has been reported. Six *attempted* rapes, swiftly taken care of. No *actual* rapes. One person beaten by police for attempted child molestation in the Convention Center - that was a rumor.

Find the original post, if you would - I think you (or they) are mistaken.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Whew.

[oceanview]

Geraldo saying that FEMA should be relegated to nothing more then an agency that buys and stores supplies - all ground logistical and policing operations during these events should be instantly taken over by DoD.