Posted on 09/02/2005 12:58:04 AM PDT by BenLurkin
They might be playing a numbers game. A bus that they own can be reused. From what I gather 25,000 have been moved within the last 24 hours to the Houston Astro Dome. That probably required 250 buses for one trip, 125 buses for two quick round trips. Quite a feat actually. What we need to realize is that numbers are FEMA's main responsibility. Limited total death. Thats probably why we wont have a final number anywhere near the real one. In a situation like this you really are on your own. There were two asian tourists who were interviewed during the Los Angeles riots. They were terrified. They were pulled off the freeway by a police road block and directed to side streets where they got lost and were accosted by armed gang bangers.
I heard a lot were trying to leave but they couldn't get flights or rental cars.
Lighten up. This isn't a special class of people.
On one of the shows, I heard them talking about some of the bodies found in Mississippi; they have claw marks on their hands and their feet where they obviously had been trying to break through their roofs.
11,000 in the AstroDome now.
Sir, you sicken me. I don't care what priority they are, they shouldn't be treated like this. They had no way to evacuate, their buses were seized under emergency powers, they have been sent by FEMA to somewhere that FEMA seems to be doing nothing about, and have no idea what is happening.
It's folks like you, who say "Screw anybody not from America", that make foreigners hate America.
You make some good points. I agree with most of it. But lets just say that in this case, for the sake of everyones sanity, you were outbid. Unless of course your Bill Gates.
Yes, they were STRANDED! It was the local yokels who had the best chance to get out and, like idiots, didn't! They'd rather stay so they could loot!
I TOTALLY didn't realize there were 2 DIFFERENT buildings involved here
The media IS NOT pointing that part out
No, they were only stranded after they didn't leave; then they were an impediment to getting the CITIZENS of New Orleans out.
I've heard repeatedly that the only folks left in NO were those too poor to get out and some residents who decided to ride out the storm.
I wonder why these tourists were ever there in the first place. You have to believe they had the means to escape before the storm. Why didn't they?
That looks like the CNN number. On another thread that number was cast into doubt. Apparently it has reached maximum capacity (which we was told was 25,000). By FEMA of course .....
The sooner they realize it, the better off they'll be.
No, they are not; they're too busy saying "Why wasn't there any food or water at the Convention Center?"
Well, the simple answer is because the CC was NOT a designated shelter for storm victims; after the storm, people began to gravitate toward the SD and when they got there, they learned that they were going to be bused to Houston; the ones who didn't want to leave NO just stood around outside the SD.
The police moved the crowd outside down the street to make way for the buses and the crowd broke into the Convention Center; that's why there was no food, water, or NG there; they weren't suppose to be in there.
"So all those people you saw on TV whining about not food and water at the Convention Center were blowing smoke because they BROKE IN THERE and should have been evicted."
There's a good response. Just the sort of thing that will help Republicans lose ground.
Americans aren't looking for excuses right now, and smart politicians will see that.
You have a problem with the facts?
FEMA's rationale is that its leader is being embarrassed on TV for not knowing the convention center people are there-
which is, in fact, a lie.
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