And Another...
Here's another hurricane/flood link, which is pretty helpful (as long as it's accurate) when politicians are confusingly blaming one another for not asking for enough help. It's a timeline of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
And thank you to the anonymous commenter(s). Both right on the money.
UPDATE: Bush won't allow photographs of New Orleans dead.
And thank you to the anonymous commenter(s). Both right on the money.
UPDATE: Bush won't allow photographs of New Orleans dead.
Posted on Wednesday, September 07, 2005
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This is astonishing:
http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_18337.shtml
"As we approached the bridge, armed Gretna sheriffs formed a line across the foot of the bridge. Before we were close enough to speak, they began firing their weapons over our heads. This sent the crowd fleeing in various directions. As the crowd scattered and dissipated, a few of us inched forward and managed to engage some of the sheriffs in conversation. We told them of our conversation with the police commander and of the commander's assurances. The sheriffs informed us there were no buses waiting. The commander had lied to us to get us to move.
We questioned why we couldn't cross the bridge anyway, especially as there was little traffic on the 6-lane highway. They responded that the West Bank was not going to become New Orleans and there would be no Superdomes in their City. These were code words for if you are poor and black, you are not crossing the Mississippi River and you were not getting out of New Orleans."
--Charles
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