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Reader234
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08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:06 pm
O good Condelisa Rice is speakihg... shri Llanka and every country and contribution is important. International offers of support. the state dept is coordinating with the homeland security, some needs longer term needs....
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:13 pm
OK, the convention center is different from the Civic Center. People are getting water. I wonder if the beauracrats are watching the CNN, or Fox or MSNBC, MSNBC has a website nola.org I believe, that they are showing specific addresses of people that need to be rescued, including mentally challenged, elderly group home situations...
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:17 pm
Houston Mayor Bill White has authorized opening Reliant Center to as many as 11,000 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina. He said he also has authorized the opening of the George R. Brown Convention Center, if needed http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/topstory/3335968
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:18 pm
Dennis Hastert talking now... concerning the signing of the bill for emergency supply. I'll keep an ear bent to see if he apologizes, or says something else... duh ish!!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:19 pm
YEAH Texas, not to mention Texannie, many families and churches in Texas have also stepped up and are 'adopting' a family to take into their home!! I think this is stunning many Washingtonians!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:22 pm
On a personal note, my coworker FINALLY heard from her mother!! She is safe. She has made it out and is on her way here!! The evacuees keep arriving at our church. It's so amazing to hear their stories and see the outpouring of clothes, food, gift cards to Kroger & Randalls, diapers ect that our congregants are bringing in.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:22 pm
"Results are acceptable in New Orleans when it comes to the Coast Guard" says President Bush
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:23 pm

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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:33 pm
I dunno...I just think they didn't think it would be this bad. NO's has weathered many storms and bottom-line, I think alot of people dropped the ball on this one. The Mayor, the Govenor, the Senator's and all the way up the chain. They've had years and years to strengthen those levee's and for years and years it has been talked about this could happen. Twenty years ago it was put off, ten years ago it was put off and I bet when they finally get to work on it...it will be able to withstand another cat 5 hurricane. I simply believe that nobody thought it would get this bad, so quickly.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:34 pm
I agree with you 100% Nick. All this Monday morning quarterbacking is just so destructive, imho. Let's focus on getting things done, not who's to blame.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:35 pm
St Bernard's Parish, tragic news coming out, a shot, a rescue worker may have died as a result.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:38 pm
They are showing homes that are on fires. It may be the east side, its flooded, no way to get equipment in, and the homes are very close together.
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:47 pm
Many of my customers have friends and family in the New Orleans area. So far everyone I have spoken to has said the people they know got out fine. Many have family staying here with them. We have many shelters set up here in NE Louisiana. The largest is set up at the Monroe Civic Center. As it filled up more and more places have been set up in churches. I see alot of positive things locally of people helping their fellow man. Today I have heard some disturbing stuff about some of the refugee's. I don't want to say too much because it hasn't been confirmed in the media. I was told it was being kept off the news and out of the papers because they don't want to cause a local panic. I just know I will not be venturing out of my house alone. I was told today that FEMA will be setting up a tent city in the neighboring parish where I work. Our sad excuse of a mayor in this town would not open the Municiple Center as as a shelter because he didn't want the town to foot the bill. So the churches have opened their doors. A local business man had a big empty building and that is being set up today. Our school buses were sent there today and I'm sure they will be bringing people back with them.
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Meli456
Member
05-01-2003
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:50 pm
A news blackout, hmm? So much for freedom of the press. When you downsize the government's ability to respond to a crisis, when you gut the budget, when you send half the first-responders to Iraq with all their equipment, you cripple any ability to respond swiftly. (I stole that from Will Pitt cause it sums up any perceived "finger-pointing").
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:56 pm
Perhaps not a blackout, but trying to keep unconfirmed informtation from hitting the airwaves. Just look at all the retractions and half stories here.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:58 pm
Phyliss Petriech is talking about her ordeal getting out of the hotel convention. She is talking about using armed guards escorting them from the Ritz Carleton in NO.. I believe this may be the same convention a doctor was talking about (?) Anyway she said the doctors broke into a Walgreens and gave these people antibiotics and instructions on what to do as they had to walk thru raw sewage to get to one place, then they were transported to another city, then to Houston where they got on flights... and of course this is nice, but what about the daily pictures of the ordinary citizens of NO that do not have antibiotics...
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 2:59 pm
One of the buses taking out evacuees has overturned, and one person has died from that accident
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:00 pm
{{{hugs}}} Kady thank you for checking in!!
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:01 pm
armed siege, firefighters and their families it is being reported on Fox, they are being held at gunpoint, one firefighter has been shot.
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Meli456
Member
05-01-2003
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:01 pm
What people choose to believe from the media is affected by their ideology, however, our founding fathers granted us freedom of press so that we can make our own decisions. I haven't seen any retractions or half-stories outside of the unconfirmed "sniper" shots that those in power conveniently used to explain the massive delays in providing aid. One advantage of live, from-the-scene coverage is that its much harder to manipulate to put the oligarchy in good light.
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:02 pm
President is talking now in LA... he met with the Govenor and the Mayor of LA and 2 senators, a congressman, and 2 generals have just completed a tour of a devestated country they are standing with Bush now I believe..
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:03 pm
Kenner LA... ST Bernard Parish, Bush is saying he is hearing them, immediate action now... (wonder if bush has learned about the fireman's seige?)
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:06 pm
Here's what I believe, the city of NO will rise again, and be a great city. The town where I came from, and enjoyed my self, a little too much, I believe the city of NO will come back and be a vital contributator to the US. It seems dark now, but capture the great spirit of our country. If you want to help, contribute cash to salva army and red cross, we hopeyou give but right now they are on the front lien May god bless the people in this part of the world, may god bless our country (as best as I could type... this is not ver batim btw)
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:08 pm
Tense standoff in St BErnard Parish 50 families, snipers are on the outside of the building... is help on the way? We understand that they are desperately trying to come to the aid of those families. Much violence here... there is enough ground support to prevent further acts, will update. Good NEws in NO, 30,000 have been evacuated from inside the superdome... thousands are still waiting. The conditions and the stench is unbearable... from a Fox newsreport
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Kady
Member
07-30-2000
| Friday, September 02, 2005 - 3:12 pm
One of my customers just came in....Her DH is in the National Guard and has been down there since Sunday. She said he was helping to get the patients out of the hospital. His job is to stand there and keep people from rushing the helicopters so the patients can get on. From her, a quote..."I am more worried about him in New Orleans than I was when he was in Afganastan." It is bad down there ya'll. Keep the emergency workers in your prayers and give them the strength to help those folks get out of there as quickly as possible.
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