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holytoastrGuardsmen halt evacuation at Superdome
04:56 AM EDT on Saturday, September 3, 2005
By MARY FOSTER
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — National Guard members halted the evacuation of the Superdome early Saturday after buses transporting the refugees of Hurricane Katrina stopped rolling. About 2,000 people remained in the stadium and could be there until Sunday, according to the Texas Air National Guard. They had hoped to evacuate the last of the crowd before dawn Saturday.
BILL HABER / AP
Military troops arrive at the Louisiana Superdome on Friday in New Orleans.
Guard members said they were told only that the buses had stopped coming and to close down the area where the buses were loaded. (full story)
Congressman Can't Get Bush on the Line
From that article (emphasis mine): In St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes, just south of New Orleans, victims of the hurricane are still waiting for food and water and for buses to escape the floodwaters, Melancon said. And for the entire time Bush was in the state, the congressman said, a ban on helicopter flights further stalled the delivery of food and supplies.
[EDIT] The Red Cross is not allowed to enter new orleans anymore. Why? Because giving food and water to people would encourage them to stay in a drowning stinking city.
[EDIT2] Countries from all over the world, even Cuba are offering any help they can. However, our government hasn't decided if we will accept their generous offers. NATO offers help as well.
Michael Moore's letter to the president.
The SCAdians are coming to the rescue! (Though the national guard probably won't let them in.)
Dick Cheney is still on vacation.
Halliburton will be repairing US Navy facilities in new orleans.
Koppel ripped apart FEMA's Michael Brown on Nightline.
Bush is clueless/heartless on cnn.
Bush to women: "There's a Salvation Army center that I want to, that I'll tell you where it is, and they'll get you some help. I'm sorry.... They'll help you.....
Woman 1: "I came here looking for clothes..."
Bush: "They'll get you some clothes, at the Salvation Army center..."
Woman 1: "We don't have anything..."
Bush: "I understand.... Do you know where the center is, that I'm talking to you about?"
Guy with shades: "There's no center there, sir, it's a truck."
Bush: "There's trucks?"
Guy: "There's a school, a school about two miles away....."
Bush: "But isn't there a Salvation center down there?"
Guy: "No that's wiped out...."
Bush: "A temporary center? "
Guy: "No sir they've got a truck there, for food."
Bush: "That's what I'm saying, for food and water."
Bush turns to the sister who's been saying how she needs clothes.
Bush to sister: "You need food and water."
His incompetence makes sense though, since he was down there solely for photo-ops.
And that was a big edit. I want a nap but a certain boy has been playing half-life for about three hours now....
[EDIT3] (AP) -- Evacuees are growing increasingly frustrated at the New Orleans Convention Center as they spend another day waiting for buses.
A dead man is lying on the sidewalk under a blanket with a stream of blood running down the pavement. People say he died from violence.
One refugee says "We're hurting out here, man. We got to get help."
The National Guard says it's doing what it can. One official says soldiers have served more than 70,000 meals outside the New Orleans Convention Center since yesterday. He says another 130-thousand meals are on hand.
04:56 AM EDT on Saturday, September 3, 2005
By MARY FOSTER
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS — National Guard members halted the evacuation of the Superdome early Saturday after buses transporting the refugees of Hurricane Katrina stopped rolling. About 2,000 people remained in the stadium and could be there until Sunday, according to the Texas Air National Guard. They had hoped to evacuate the last of the crowd before dawn Saturday.
BILL HABER / AP
Military troops arrive at the Louisiana Superdome on Friday in New Orleans.
Guard members said they were told only that the buses had stopped coming and to close down the area where the buses were loaded. (full story)
Congressman Can't Get Bush on the Line
From that article (emphasis mine): In St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes, just south of New Orleans, victims of the hurricane are still waiting for food and water and for buses to escape the floodwaters, Melancon said. And for the entire time Bush was in the state, the congressman said, a ban on helicopter flights further stalled the delivery of food and supplies.
[EDIT] The Red Cross is not allowed to enter new orleans anymore. Why? Because giving food and water to people would encourage them to stay in a drowning stinking city.
[EDIT2] Countries from all over the world, even Cuba are offering any help they can. However, our government hasn't decided if we will accept their generous offers. NATO offers help as well.
Michael Moore's letter to the president.
The SCAdians are coming to the rescue! (Though the national guard probably won't let them in.)
Dick Cheney is still on vacation.
Halliburton will be repairing US Navy facilities in new orleans.
Koppel ripped apart FEMA's Michael Brown on Nightline.
Bush is clueless/heartless on cnn.
Bush to women: "There's a Salvation Army center that I want to, that I'll tell you where it is, and they'll get you some help. I'm sorry.... They'll help you.....
Woman 1: "I came here looking for clothes..."
Bush: "They'll get you some clothes, at the Salvation Army center..."
Woman 1: "We don't have anything..."
Bush: "I understand.... Do you know where the center is, that I'm talking to you about?"
Guy with shades: "There's no center there, sir, it's a truck."
Bush: "There's trucks?"
Guy: "There's a school, a school about two miles away....."
Bush: "But isn't there a Salvation center down there?"
Guy: "No that's wiped out...."
Bush: "A temporary center? "
Guy: "No sir they've got a truck there, for food."
Bush: "That's what I'm saying, for food and water."
Bush turns to the sister who's been saying how she needs clothes.
Bush to sister: "You need food and water."
His incompetence makes sense though, since he was down there solely for photo-ops.
And that was a big edit. I want a nap but a certain boy has been playing half-life for about three hours now....
[EDIT3] (AP) -- Evacuees are growing increasingly frustrated at the New Orleans Convention Center as they spend another day waiting for buses.
A dead man is lying on the sidewalk under a blanket with a stream of blood running down the pavement. People say he died from violence.
One refugee says "We're hurting out here, man. We got to get help."
The National Guard says it's doing what it can. One official says soldiers have served more than 70,000 meals outside the New Orleans Convention Center since yesterday. He says another 130-thousand meals are on hand.
