our cousin Brian is on the rooftop of charity Hospital, he doesnt know what is next for him. as a doctor, he could be moved to N.O. airport, Houston, San Antonio, Baton Rouge or Shreveport... as a husband, son, cousin, he is scared and we want him out of there. we should be proud of all the emergency workers who stayed to help with the disaster
the convoy of relief supplies has finally arrived. thirty armed ampibious trucks are in the streets to provide relief for Superdome and convention center refugees... lets see if the refugees can stay peaceful and the troops keep everything civilized... they are anticipating a desparate rush for supplies.... INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO AIM WEAPONS OR FIRE
Yeah, just heard this on CNN too. The general himself is giving direct orders to all troops to NOT aim weapons or fire on anyone.
The following is a transcript of WWL correspondent Garland Robinette's interview with Nagin on Thursday night. Robinette asked the mayor about his conversation with President Bush: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/02/nagin.transcript/index.html Read it. This is depressing.
it is sad but i dont know if i fully agree with how he as a "mayor" is calling everyone out.,...he has some responsibilities also for being a leader and not just blame everyone else.
what would you like him to do? he has thrown up the white flag, he is overwhelmed. do you know what SOS means?
It's a national disaster the likes of which this country hasn't seen in over 100 years. You can't expect a Mayor to handle it himself. What do you think he should do?
I totally agree its something a mayor cant handle on his own, but he had to have known better than anyone how many poor people were in his city and could not be evacuated. He should have thrown up the white flag before the storm hit saying, look we are going to be utterly destroyed if we dont have help ready right away. Granted hindsight is 20/20 but I just dont think the mayor did all he could have done before hand, just my personal opinion and i pray for everyone to be safe
Gov. Kathleen Blanco, who like Nagin is a Democrat, was less confrontational than the mayor. "When the system goes down, this is pretty much what you get," she said on CBS' "The Early Show." "We don't get into the blame game. We just work with what we got." The governor said it best there, also look what our mayor is doing/said, (from the chronicle) Reliant Center can take 11,000 people, the mayor said. ``We want this exhibition hall open right now," the mayor said. "If it entails someone suing us, then OK.," the mayor said. "Then (they can) explain to the American public why.''
The mayor has. Nobody followed their plans except the city apparently and then that went out the window. Too many cooks in the kitchen with nobody leading. The Feds are sitting around not reacting quickly enough until they supposedly have their proven facts and numbers. Meanwhile the rest of the country is watching TV and wondering why they aren't helping quickly. Turn your damn tv on, every channel can broadcast from the streets, but we can't airlift at least water down there. This is a disgrace and one of the most frustrating things I have ever seen.
Can you really compare what our Mayor is doing to help while things are fine in our city to how the utterly overwhelmed mayor of New Orleans is reacting?
The situations obviously arent comparable, but Bill White now is dealing with a good amount of pressure in where to stick all these refugees for the next couple months, not easiest thing to accomplish logistically under calm circumstances or not. New orleans mayor is reacting as a normal person would in this type of situation but i still blame him for part of the problem of being under prepared.
go deliver the water yourself see if you can do it instead of watching tv then, ive seen all the footage for past several days and its hearbreaking, but dont b**** if your not doing it yourself
Yeah, because I'm sure updawg has access to the equipment that the U.S. military has. There's no excuse for, if nothing else, not getting troops and protection and based necessities to the hospitals and Superdome where there large numbers of refugees are congregated and where there have been wide reports of violence and desperation for 3 days now. Airlifting troops and equipment to a building that has helipads is not a difficult task and can be done within 24 hours if anyone bothered to do it.
That's because she's one of the ones he is criticizing, and rightfully so IMO. And I don't really get the White/Nagin comparison. Bill White has a city. Nagin doesn't, it's GONE. Also, please don't pull the 'how come you're not doing anything' card. There are plenty of people here who have done plenty but don't feel the need to advertise it on this BBS. Trust me.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3336845 Airlines expect to announce New Orleans airlift By DAVID KOENIG Associated Press DALLAS — Several of the nation's major airlines are expected to announce today that they will send planes to evacuate thousands of people stranded in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. The mission would be styled after a program in which the military uses commercial airliners to transport troops. US Airways announced they will participate in the effort, saying flights will begin this afternoon and continue at least through the weekend. US Airways will provide a 126-seat Boeing 737-300 aircraft, as well as other aircraft as needed. An official announcement was expected today, according to several airline officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. While airlines said they were willing to fly airlifts, they want the government to pay the cost of the operation. The nation's major airlines have lost billions since the recession and terror attacks of 2001. AMR Corp., the parent of American, the nation's largest carrier, has lost more than $7 billion. Airline officials said they were working through a trade group, the Air Transport Association, and the federal Homeland Security officials to secure approval for airlifts. One airline official said the airlifts could be used to evacuate up to 30,000 people from New Orleans. Evacuations by bus have been slow. Even before an announcement could be made, Southwest Airlines Co., dispatched a Boeing 737 from Dallas to New Orleans just before noon today, according to airline spokeswoman Paula Berg. She said the plane would take evacuees to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. The New Orleans airport is functioning only on a limited basis. There is no power, no runway lights and no navigation aids, meaning flights are limited to daylight hours. Airline pilots have been agitating for rescue flights for several days, at least since an American Airlines Boeing 757 landed at New Orleans' Louis Armstrong Airport to deliver supplies and evacuate more than 100 stranded employees and passengers. "If we save one life wouldn't it be worth the effort?" said Jeff Grinnell, an American Airlines captain. "We're ready to go."
