This article did not mention one word about how SWLA handled the evacuation and recovery for Rita. Believe me when I say that if the media spent half as much time reporting on Rita and the local leadership here then it wouldn't seem so bleak for the whole state.
I have had to stop relying on the MSM for my information because they leave out the things that are working well. Calcacieu and Cameron Parish are solvent because we have excellent leaders who planned ahead yet do we hear anything about that? Nope, just the same old negative crap. People are not getting the whole picture and it's simply too time consuming to refute things.
One good thing in the Rita aftermath that has not been reported on was how Cameron Communications was able to get the communications up and running within a couple of days because they were proactive in burying all the lines and had a fiber optic loop around Cameron Parish. My cousin works for the company and said that the feds have been very interested in how the company handled the aftermath.
Blanko and Landrieu are playing by the DNC talking points book. Blaming the feds is all the dems have. I don't remember the last time Miz Mary even showed her ugly mug here, Vitter has visited many times though as has Boustany.
CajunConservative,
I have relatives in Calcasieu and Cameron parishes, and I spent many years in Lake Charles.
What I have heard from my relatives there is the FEMA response has been excellent, local govt. response was also.
I have a niece in Cameron Parish and we lost contact with her until the communications system was back up. She slept through Rita, can you believe it?
Dang, a conservative in SW Louisiana? Counting my relatives, that makes three in all of Calcasieu Parish:)