Katrina's aftermath

oh fuck off.

from WaPo:

In Syracuse, N.Y., former president Bill Clinton was discussing New Orleans's dilemma when someone described the speaker's comments. Had they been in the same place when the remarks were made, Clinton said, "I'm afraid I would have assaulted him."

SAVE US! SAVE US ALL, BUBBA!

"One guy jumped off a balcony. I saw him do it. He was talking to a lady about it. He said it reminded him of the war and he couldn't leave," he said.

What do people think? Am I being callous and cold-hearted?

Meanwhile, the people who are the victims of such choices (and who, particularly in NO, had little role in putting BushCo in office) could certainly use your help. It seems to me pointless to punish THEM for the crimes of those in power.

But there's a huge lack of tin-rattling here compared to any other recent disaster I can remember (& compared to 9/11 too) so I guess that on some level a lot of non-US people have the same view as Lovelace.

your reasoning is something you have to work out for yourself. you either give or you don't give. your reasoning is your business. it's true that the united states is rich and powerful.

He said he had no other details.

BREAKING NEWS AP: Army Corps of Engineers says police killed some of its workers as they crossed a bridge on the way to repair a canal. More soon

Larry Johnson: "I believe there are grounds charges of criminal negligence being brought against US Government officials. This is not partisan bashing. There are people who are dead who could have and should have been saved. The responsibility for not responding quick enough clearly lies with the Feds. Those ain't my words, it is their own damn plan..."

BREAKING NEWS AP: Army Corps of Engineers says its contractors were not killed by police, but gunmen who fired at them were killed. More soon.

"This is the largest disaster in Red Cross history. We already have more than 300 shelters set up, in six states already," she said.

oh jesus christ:

Programming note: Dr. Phil McGraw and Deepak Chopra discuss healing after Katrina, "Larry King Live," 9 p.m. ET.

still, if it helps anybody...

CNN appears to say that the crew is OK:

Underscoring the dangerous nature of the operation, a rescue helicopter crashed northwest of downtown New Orleans Sunday evening. The pilot and crew were rescued, said those aboard another helicopter hovering above just after the crash.

The mangled Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma was lying on its side about four miles from downtown. The Coast Guard carried the crew from the scene on another helicopter.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/katrina.impact/index.html

Who flies Eurocopters? It's hard to tell from the photo on the front of cnn.com if that's a USCG helicopter-- it's pretty bright colored, like some of theirs are.

My boyfriend and I were traveling from Memphis, TN to St. Louis, MO on I-55 this afternoon (5:00p to 9:00p). As we drove north between 5 and 7 p.m., we saw at least 200 vehicles of various types moving south including tankers with fuel and water, medical, humvees, personnel transports, trucks with building supplies, generators, construction equipment, and tow trucks. There were also two trucks with wedge shaped cabs that looked familiar, but I'm not sure what they were exactly. They made me think of bridge builder type vehicles. We also saw a group of Arkansas State Patrol vehicles caravaning south with boats in tow, several groups of ambulances, a caravan of buses and a group from Ameren UE the electric company in St. Louis.

I can't be sure, but I think some of the military vehicles were Army Corp of Engineers from Fort Leonard Wood, MO. They were traveling at a good clip, and hopefully have already arrived in the area. Several of the military vehicles had slogans like "New Orleans or Bust" and "New Orleans We're Coming".

I hope this news helps.

THIS STUFF FRIGGING WELL SHOULD HAVE BEEN BARRELING INTO NEW ORLEANS AS OR JUST AFTER THE DAMN STORM HIT.

OK, the flooding. But come on. Portaloos finally arriving AFTER they move everyone out of the superdome? If I was in NO I'd probably be shooting people out of insane wild anger mself.

This is how i feel about it, I mean Bush was quoted saying “we can afford both the events in Iraq and this”.