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This morning a friend who is involved in trucking told me that FEMA had been ready. There were 600 trucks of food, water, and medical supplies in Louisiana, ready to assist the New Orleans flood victims. The trucks were not permitted to deliver, as local and state authorities wanted the people to move out of the Superdome sooner. As yet, I have not been able to get independent verification of this report. Anyone else have info which would exonerate the people presumed guilty by the press?
This same former Marine friend also told me that in a natural disaster, but not terrorist attack, the Feds are not permitted to assume authority over state government.
Can anyone shed further light? Note that George could have at least pretended to show some empathy for the evacuees and that both he and Laura are tainted by their insensitivity. The more I read regarding this disaster, the more I feel blame should be placed at local and state levels.
This same former Marine friend also told me that in a natural disaster, but not terrorist attack, the Feds are not permitted to assume authority over state government.
Can anyone shed further light? Note that George could have at least pretended to show some empathy for the evacuees and that both he and Laura are tainted by their insensitivity. The more I read regarding this disaster, the more I feel blame should be placed at local and state levels.
posted by Yoga Korunta | 12:07
9 Comments:
you are correct. in a natural disaster the feds must have the state's permission to get involved. however, they (the feds) were asked PRIOR to the storm hitting. there is solid evidence the governor of la declared a state of emergency and DID ask for help...............
I would not believe anything Fox News Channel reports without confirmation from another source.
If the National Guard would have been there, instead of in Iraq, help could have gotten to the area much sooner.
All things considered, the FED surely must be guilty because they have admitted fault - very seldom in the regime of Bush has it ever admitted guilt or mistakes.
Things are never quite white and black in government interactions. The majority of the areas (truths) are obscure or maybe even obsurd. Let face it, obfuscation is built in the our political process.
I don't trust Fox, either. It will be enlightening to see who shares more blame for failing to help evacuees: FEMA-Bush or mayor-governor.
BTW, anon, you double posted!
An example of how something is presented (this paraphased - so the facts are recalled from memory):
Person breaking into school at night falls through a shy light and breaks a leg. He is awarded damages from the lower court. How can that be? He is a thief! --- How terrible our liberal court system is.
BACKGOUND INFORMATION:
The school has skylights and for a legal reason they have been requested by a court to remove the skylights. They do not do it. They return to court and are found in contempt of the court order. They are given an additional 90 days to comply with the court order and remove the skylights. After 90 days they report that the windows have been removed. What they did was to paint over the windows with black paint. The thief fell though a painted skylight.
The case was won not because a thief broke his leg falling though a painted skylight. This school system thought they were above the law. Didn’t do what the court ordered the first time. They were in contempt of a court order. Given additional 90 days to comply with the court order. Lied to the court and said it was done. Damages were awarded because of the cavalier attitude of the school or school system believing they were above the law.
News programs are underwritten in some way and editing is done by humans with their own interpretations. Stealing televisions is looting, natural disaster or not. But food & water? Did Homeland Security operate under the assumption that evacuation was more imperative than disaster relief? As stated, this blog wishes to identify which office acted to protect the public and which office hindered the effort.
Dear gOtribe,
I like the 2 points listed below. People look for facts to prove their points - We are only human
· The Red Cross does not conduct search and rescue operations. We are an organization of civilian volunteers and cannot get relief aid into any location until the local authorities say it is safe and provide us with security and access.
· As the remaining people are evacuated from New Orleans, the most appropriate role for the Red Cross is to provide a safe place for people to stay and to see that their emergency needs are met. We are fully staffed and equipped to handle these individuals once they are evacuated.
anon and g0tribe both make good points and your comments are appreciated. If you have blogs, please notify!
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