Photos from inside the Astrodome (and busses outside).

[Mugsy]

Thought people might be interested. The stories are more heart-breaking than the photos.

[Lex]

1. Bless them every one.

Looks like they have cots and some supplies, so that's something.

[Mugsy]

2. Please bump or recommend.

Please bump or recommend.

[KitchenWitch]

3. Kicked and Recommended

:kick:

[Mugsy]

16. Thanks

Thanks.

[Catherine Vincent]

4. They still won't let reporters go further down to talk to any of them.

I wonder why?

[Mugsy]

6. "People DIED in there (the Superdome)!"

I wish I was recording at the time.

When I captured those shots, a lady with her family reported that "People *died* in there (the Superdome)! That's something you'all (in the media) don't know about." She also said women... children... being raped. Frightening.

They described feces on the floors because there was no plumbing, food (MRE's) but no water. And then they arrived in Houston (on the provided busses) only to be told there is no room. One report says 11,337 people are in the Dome right now.

I hope someone follows up.

[Horse with no Name]

20. I have my guesses

Chances are they need to "debrief" them first.:scared:

[kansasblue]

5. Already? That's the Astrodome... from frying pan to the fire......

[Griffy]

17. um.. no, the Astrodome has power and houston is functional...

these people are safe... for now... is was a good thing, it took some refugees, but there are so many more... and so many still dying in NO. :(

[high density]

7. CNN was just showing video of it

What they showed looked pretty orderly. Lots of cots and trash cans around.

[jobycom]

11. It's better than where they were, no doubt, but

I don't know. It's hard to feel good about it. Better than before, but still not good. Which one of our candidates said that "Good enough" shouldn't be an American slogan?

[NYC Liberal]

8. Look at all the unused space up in the stands!

[I_Make_Mistakes]

10. ABC Primetime on right now 1:37am EST

The next segment is about the people who made it to TX.

[Bridget Burke]

22. Great, people could sit up for a few weeks....

Or however long it takes.

A cot is more comfortable than a chair.

[jobycom]

9. And that's the best we can do for Americans? Our own people?

You know, the ones who pay taxes and vote and own this country? I mean, I know it's an improvement over the Superdome, but...

I guess people who think Gauntanamo is a Carribean resort think this is the American dream.

Oh my god.

[Extend a Hand]

12. kicked

and recommended

[Zen Democrat]

23. Well, taking in about 50,000 people and having facilities ready

isn't easy. By the time they fill up the Astrodome, Reliant Center, and the George R. Brown Convention Center, there will be upwards of 50,000.

While it's no picnic and you nor I would trade places with these people right now, the fact is that they are getting hot meals, showers, clean clothes, medical care, clean bathrooms, telephones, toys for the kids, and reunions with family members arriving to pick them up. Churches are making plans to adopt families out of the shelters and bring them into homes with support for rebuilding their lives.

I heard earlier today that a reporter stated that some toilets were backing up in the Astrodome. The difference in this at the Superdome and at the Astrodome, is that at the Astrodome they called in plumbers to fix it.

The seriously ill are being carried by EMS to the Texas Medical Center at some of the finest hospitals in the country.

It's a start.

[nofurylike]

13. thank you. eom

[Mugsy]

15. EOM?

If that's for me, you're welcome. :)

[BQueen]

18. EOM = end of message

other common abbrev is "n/t" (no text)

to indicate that there is nothing in the body of the post, so that if someone is scanning the titles, they know not to stop at/expand that one.

-- don't worry, been here for years and still running across acronyms/abbreviations I don't get.

a belated welcome to DU, and thanks, from me, definitely meant for you ;-)

[Mugsy]

14. 108 Busses just arrived (photos)

Here is what 108 busses looks like:

[Cronus Protagonist]

19. I count 23

Am I missing something?



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[Mabus]

21. The ones on the road

that hadn't arrived yet.