Latest on St. Bernard, 9-2, 11:37 AM CST
Here's the news:
1) Congressman Melancon has reported that the "court house collapse" story is a rumor and not to be believed.
2) Hovvercraft from FL and IL are en route to St. Bernard within 24 hours
3) A military camp will be established at Algiers Point to protect relief workers and evacuated citizens
4) Problems with Chalmette Ferry landing ramp is hampering rescue operations as relief teams are confined to the west bank and are unable to make it over. DOTD has been alerted and are working on it.
5) Encouraging all to keep raising hell with the governor about the death toll from St. Bernard and calling attention to the media about the forgotten and forsaken parish.
6) Walt Leger's buses will be sent to the west bank to pick up St. BErnard evacuees and sent up river. Please encourage family members waiting to leave to board the buses.
1) Congressman Melancon has reported that the "court house collapse" story is a rumor and not to be believed.
2) Hovvercraft from FL and IL are en route to St. Bernard within 24 hours
3) A military camp will be established at Algiers Point to protect relief workers and evacuated citizens
4) Problems with Chalmette Ferry landing ramp is hampering rescue operations as relief teams are confined to the west bank and are unable to make it over. DOTD has been alerted and are working on it.
5) Encouraging all to keep raising hell with the governor about the death toll from St. Bernard and calling attention to the media about the forgotten and forsaken parish.
6) Walt Leger's buses will be sent to the west bank to pick up St. BErnard evacuees and sent up river. Please encourage family members waiting to leave to board the buses.
posted by BourbonConservative at 9:36 AM
2 Comments:
You are welcome to raise heck with the governor. But considering that we have spent billions over the past four years to supposedly be prepared, you have to blame the feds too (and this was a hurricane, not a nuclear bomb, so they had several days advance notice when they should at least have been checking supplies and shelters to plan for a worst case scenario.)
But here is what really irks me in light of the lack of supplies. our President refused aid from any of the twenty-one (now 23) countries and two organizations that offered it.
That would be fine if things were under control and we had enough aid ready, but that isn't the case. I'd go on, but I posted on it on my blog (http://tiodt.blogspot.com/), in fact linked to this one in the story.
I would like to give you a thank you for running this blog. Despite our political disagreements, this has been a wonderfully informative site this week since all you see on the news are a combination of official pronouncements and pictures/interviews from places where CNN can get to (meaning not the worst areas).
And, it now turns out that President Bush not only refused aid from all those countries, he even refused aid from Chicago
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