Guardsmen Halt Evacuation at Superdome

[Eugene]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5252892,00.html

Guardsmen Halt Evacuation at Superdome


Saturday September 3, 2005 8:46 AM

AP Photo LADM136

By MARY FOSTER

Associated Press Writer

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - National Guard members halted the evacuation of
the Superdome early Saturday after buses transporting the refugees of
Hurricane Katrina stopped rolling. About 2,000 people remained in the
stadium and could be there until Sunday, according to the Texas Air
National Guard. They had hoped to evacuate the last of the crowd
before dawn Saturday.

Guard members said they were told only that the buses had stopped
coming and to close down the area where the buses were loaded.

"We were rolling," Capt. Jean Clark said. "If the buses had kept
coming, we would have this whole place cleaned out already or pretty
close to it."

The remaining refugees remained orderly, sitting down after hearing
the news.

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[fooj]

1. This is bullshit! We've got to do something! Fast!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/3/02454/07418

This is frightening.

Peace.

[freeplessinseattle]

6. wtf? "if we help then they won't want to leave"

are these people completely out of their minds? they think people will actually say, hey, thanks for the water and food, I've really grown fond of this freeway overpass, so I'll pass on actual shelter, a shower, and safety.

This has to be a bad bad dream.

[Eloriel]

21. Yes, that's what FEMA told the Red Cross as a reason for

preventing them from going into New Orleans.

Homeland Security won't let Red Cross deliver food #
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1749261&mesg_id=1749261
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05246/565143.stm

[Roland99]

2. NG scanners talking of upcoming offensive

Who's got the NG scanner links???

[Roland99]

3. 250 armed soldiers requested for airport at 0800

[notadmblnd]

11. here

http://205.252.89.181:8000/live

more here

http://scannerbuff.net/hurricane.php

[Cinletharwi]

4. Richland Parish School Buses

A convoy of about 10 (large, empty) Richland Parish School buses passed through Natchez, MS early Friday afternoon heading down HWY 61 towards Baton Rouge. Around 4-5PM they passed back through Natchez heading back across the river the way they orginally came - still empty.

My friends and I were wondering why they were turned around while we all knew they were desperately needed in N.O.

[oscarmitre]

5. Being reported in Australia

that foreign consular officials and the like are being refused entry to NO to check on their citizens welfare.

[OneGrassRoot]

16. Oh, please, please...........

let the foreign press make such a stink about this that our press can't ignore.

[rainbow4321]

25. They "lost" a Spanish Diplomat last night...

Some officer on the radio was sounding pretty panicky about not being able to find her/him--around midnight.

This is just what we need..losing and mistreating OTHER countries officials.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. The Superdome is no longer a shelter

It is a prison and the conditions make Abu Ghraib look like Club Med.

[Frederik]

8. "The remaining refugees remained orderly"

How good to hear that the "refugees" remained "orderly". :puke:

[kestrel91316]

26. They are "orderly" because they are oxygen-deprived in that

stinking, shit-filled hellhole. If I were one of them I would gather up the others, walk out through that 3 feet of water to safety, and tell the soldiers to go right ahead and shoot me in the back if they felt they had to.

Time to RISE UP, people.

[rfkrfk]

9. why is Blanco doing this? n/t

[Spazito]

13. It is FEMA and Homeland Security in charge, not the Governor

Why would you think otherwise?

[rfkrfk]

18. The Nationa Guard and the State Police take orders from Blanco...

of course, Fema could be giving advice to Blanco

[LostinVA]

17. Blanco ISN'T doing this, the MSM just wants people to think that

This has been taken away from her. She -- and those poor people -- are f*cked...

[rfkrfk]

19. has Blanco given her authority away, or has the NG mutinied ? nt

[lebkuchen]

10. As Rep. Tubbs Jones had asked,

"Why can't we get some cruise ships? Water, cruise ships, rooms, bathrooms, restaurants, places to swim, places to play..."

Why are Americans being treated so poorly?

[hippiechick]

14. Silly rabbit, these folks don't vote Republican !!

... that's why they're being treated as less-than-human !

When's the last time any of them was at a $10,000-a-plate Bush fundraiser ? They would have been evac'd on SUNDAY if they had their autopgraphed George W. luncheon ticket stub ...

:mad:

[NNN0LHI]

12. The plan wasn't to help them. The plan was to keep them from the media n/t

[Delphinus]

15. The plan is genocide.

After seeing the actions of the government this week, I've no doubt it's genocide.

But, there will never be enough dead to satisfy their craven needs.

[wli]

20. That's the only plausible explanation left. n/t

[Rose Siding]

22. OMG They CAN'T be serious!

msnbc article says the children all have rashes, 2 women miscarried just last night, it's 125 degrees in the center of the crowd, people are collapsing but the health workers were already taken out.

And this says NOTHING of the Convention Center!

OMG

[rainbow4321]

24. Scanner last night said a woman was giving birth..

at some street intersection..they never did follow up on it. I can only imagine what happened to her and the baby.

[rainbow4321]

23. There was chaos on the local police scanner last night about buses

"Start the buses, stop the buses, turn them AROUND, WHERE are the buses?, the Greyhound bus has broke down".

No one seemed to know where the orders were coming from, they were just following them. This was after midnight. Which may be happening at that time cuz the media spotlight is not around as it is during the daytime.

They kept "losing" 45-55 buses at a TIME..how hard is it to keep track of this many buses when they are in a convoy.

They were putting a Nat'l Guard soldier on every other bus.

If you go to DU's GD forum, there is a "scanner" thread with links to local police scanners as well as the FEMA frequency. Interesting to hear things as they happen, as opposed getting the filtered
version.

BTW, can they NOT find some military vehicles to move these folks instead of **Greyhound buses** that seem to be repeatedly breaking down??


There is TOTAL chaos on the ground with the cops/NG...sounded like they had no one in charge--or at least admitting they were in charge, orders were just coming out of no where, no one on the radio seemed to know who was giving them.