Dept. of Home. Sec. (Bush's flop) wouldn't let Red Cross in when Kat. hit

[gasolineboycottday]

Disaster FAQs (from www.redcross.org - an older FAQ posted at the Web site shortly after Katrina struck)

Hurricane Katrina: Why the Red Cross was not in New Orleans (soon enough)?

* Access to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.

* The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane...


NEWSBLURBS FROM GASOLINE BOYCOTT DAY 3 - LABOR DAY (9/5/05)
http://www.gasolineboycottday.org

Metro motorists scramble to fill up as gas costs soar
By Nick Bunkley / The Detroit News

Pain at the pump

Hurricane Katrina whipped many Metro Detroit drivers into a near panic Monday as oil prices surged past $70 a barrel for the first time and gas stations quickly upped their prices.

The massive storm halted most refining and production along the Gulf Coast, the heart of the nation's oil industry and the primary source of oil for the Midwest, including Michigan.

"The timing couldn't have been worse," said energy analyst Phil Flynn of Alaron Trading in Chicago. "It looked like we were going to get a break after Labor Day, and along comes Katrina and shakes us all up again."

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Katrina exacerbates truckers' headaches: Many routes down, fuel costs escalate
By Michael Burke

RACINE COUNTY - As fuel costs rise across the nation like Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters did in New Orleans, transportation-based businesses are drowning in higher costs.

They're swallowing some of those increases, but consumers will also share some of that pain - beyond the extra money we're paying at the gas pumps.

Diesel fuel began the week, on Monday, at $2.59 a gallon at Highlands Petro Shopping Center, along Interstate 94 in Yorkville. The price reached $2.89 on Thursday.

"Our cost has increased more than that," said Highlands owner Michael Willkomm. "... The margin is as compressed as it can possibly be."

Other stations were even running short of fuel to sell, after Katrina cut the nation's oil refining capacity. Truckers came in telling of Indiana stations that were closed Thursday morning because they were out of diesel, Willkomm said.

[JuniperLea]

1. Can't interrupt the genocide

Fuck you all to hell, W and all your cohorts!

[Clovis Sangrail]

2. link?

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* Access to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.
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I read this on the Red Cross site yesterday but I can't find it now.
Do you know where to find it?

[gasolineboycottday]

3. The Red Cross link EVERYONE is talking about...

The Red Cross link EVERYONE is talking about... old, hard to find, but VERY IMPORTANT! Pass it on...

http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524

From: Gasoline Boycott Day 3
Labor Day - Sept. 5, 2005
http://www.gasolineboycottday.org

Goto:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1749261
for more on this discussion

[Eloriel]

4. More links and a KICK

:kick:

Daily Kos article by Steve Rose
(discussion with Red Cross re going into NO)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4598834&mesg_id=4599049
Link: http://dailykos.com/story/2005/9/2/2125/04978

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

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DU thread title (quite a bit of conversation in this):
http:/ /www.redcross.org/faq/ 0,1096,0_682_4524,00. html#4524

Red Cross
* Acess to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.

* The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4598834&mesg_id=4598834
Link: http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524

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and mine: ***ATTN DU RESEARCHERS -- LIHOP/MIHOP evidence stacking up
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4588088&mesg_id=4588088