11,000 National Guard for FOUR States? THEY ARE WAITING TO DEPLOY MORE!

[leftchick]

That is what Jamie McIntyre on CNN just said! WTF? He is emphasizing the lack of communication between everyone that is why more have not been deployed yet. They are standing by waiting for word of where to go???? This is such a fuck up!! Normally cool Jamie looked PISSED!

[merbex]

1. Who is the 4th state?

[leftchick]

2. Alabama I think

whoo boy those two were really rough on the rescue efforts.

[SCDem]

3. Probably MS, AL, LA and FL

[DeepModem Mom]

4. No words. nt

[leftchick]

5. He said there were at least another 11,0000 ready

and are WAITING FOR THE WORD TO GO! Who's word???? FEMA's HS? The Chimpass???

[Zenlitened]

6. Jeebus. Terrorists must be watching all this unfold...

... and rubbing their filthy hands with glee.

Bush has just proven that we are totally unprepared to deal with disaster -- even when we have a week's warning that it's coming.

:scared:

[leftchick]

8. they already are

I heard this morning on CNN that islamic web sites are pretty fucking happy with this disaster.

Have I said fuck bush yet today?

[1932]

17. To those who say that failure in Iraq will encourage terrorists...

...I say, do you want to reconsider your opinons?

[1932]

16. Seriously.

This is really disappointing.

[OhioChick]

7. Ohio.............

http://www.newsnet5.com/news/4923315/detail.html

[joanne]

11. Everything is taking WAY TOO LONG!!!!

They just showed row after row of hundreds of people waiting on the streets to be rescued..... this happened on MONDAY and it is now THURSDAY....... the incompetence in getting help to the victims is staggering.

[MuseRider]

9. From Kansas

our paper this morning, the last line is important.

Bunting, who is Kansas adjutant general and director of Kansas Emergency Management, said the Kansas National Guard could send six UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and 40 guardsmen; 30 five-ton trucks along with 70 guardsmen; plus medical, command and control, and air traffic control personnel. The number of personnel would depend on requests made but could reach several hundred, he said.

"We've been responding to emergencies for 150 years," Bunting said. "The fact that the people in need are not here in Kansas makes no difference. If our commander in chief wants us to go, we're ready to go."

No official requests have been made for aid from any state.

[Roland99]

10. Morning Report for Aug 31 from the Southern GACC:

Area Command Team (Williams-Rhodes) was ordered and will be deployed to the Regional Response Coordination Center in Atlanta, GA. Emergency Support Function 4’s are staffing the Regional Response Coordination Centers in Atlanta, GA and Denton, TX. The Blue Team is setting up a Logistics Staging Area in Meridian, MS, while the Red Team establishes a Base Camp at Port Allen, LA. An additional Type 1 IMT from Northern California has arrived at the Marietta Mob Center and is relocating to Stennis Space Center in MS. Another Type 1 IMT has been ordered for Jackson, MS. Jenkins’ Logistics Management Team is in place in Meridian, MS and Prevey’s LMT is in place at Maxwell AFB. An additional LMT (IC Linebeck) is in place in Beauregard, LA, while 2 more LMTs should be in place by tonight in Meridian, MS (IC Humphrey) and Barksdale AFB, AL (Georgia State). A long-term Planning Team is operating in Orlando. The FWS has sent a Type 3 IMT to stage at MS Sandhill Crane, along with a SORT Team. An NPS All Risk Type 2 IMT is assigned to the Everglades NP (Flamingo District). A NPS all risk Type 2 IMT will be ordered today for Ocean Spring, MS
The USFS is staffing an ESF4 function at the RRCC in Atlanta and an ERT-A in Clanton, AL.


Check the link later for this morning's report.
http://gacc.nifc.gov/sacc/predictive/intelligence/SACCMorningReport.pdf

To put this in perspective, the response to 9/11 required the services of one Type 1 Incident Management Team. There are four deployed to Katrina as of yesterday plus all the other teams listed above.

[SoCalDem]

12. waiting until there are only bodies to collect

:cry:

[leftchick]

13. I think you are right SoCal

this is our government showing they don not care if we die. This is fucking scary.

:(

[peacebaby3]

14. The entire AL NG was activated yesterday except for those in Iraq, etc.

My husband has been helping run the effort locally. They have had tons of people sitting and waiting on the word to go. They got it last night (at least to deploy to MS) and my husband said he sent a small group to LA yesterday. They were mainly sent to help with the lawlessness though and not for rescue because the rescuers are being attacked in LA. Some are staying here in AL because there are entire towns wiped out on our western coast as well.

I'm not sure if they were part of the original group or the new 10,000. I know the people here are doing the best they can. They are working basically 24 hrs. a day, living at the armory or out on the road in the trucks. It has been difficult getting through to some areas because of the massive amount of debris and so many roads completely gone.

The government should have been preparing sooner because they knew this was going to be bad. One of the problems here was that a large bunch of NG were doing summer camp through this past Sunday and were not at their normal location to prepare.

I have been a military wife for more than 15 years. My husband has been in for over 19 years (Vet of Iraq, etc.). There is so much BS and red tape in running the military and that goes for all 15 years regardless of who is president, but the last few have absolutely been the worst. I swear I think it is run by a bunch of 3-yr.-olds. In fact, they might be incompetent for even a child of 3. My husband stays frustrated all of the time with the BS. When I hear some of the crap that goes on, it just astounds me. The pure waste of taxpayer $$$'s is ridiculous. Of course, that leaves less for times like this when you need it, but by the time they do things so incompetently, it will cost the people twice as much as it should have.

Ok, I realize I am slightly off subject here and I apologize. I am stepping off my soapbox.

Hopefully, I will hear more about what is going on and I'll try to post it, but I barely get a chance to speak to my husband so I'm not sure what I will find out.

[Alamom]

19. Hi, Glad you're ok

& thanks for the info.

[peacebaby3]

20. Hey there! Thanks! n/t

[lonestarnot]

15. Wait for dugh's order; wait for dugh's order; wait for dugh's order.

[peacebaby3]

21. Amen! As far as we are concerned there has been no Commander in Chief

since 2000. Unfortunately, my husband can't say too much publicly (he already pushes the limits) but I can and do!!!

[jane_pippin]

18. Wisconsin sent troops/supplies already...

According to this article some got to LA yesterday and more supplies/people are on the way:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/aug05/352418.asp

[peacebaby3]

22. Thank goodness. We need help down here. Thanks for the info. n/t