Hurricane Katrina Devastates The Gulf Coast.

[rjs246]

THey are bussing the people to houston and San Antonio now, how the heck can you get 50-60 thousand people out of there faster?

Napalm.

[MURP]

Im sure Houston is happy to have all the barbarians shipped into their city.   Couldnt they take em to Dallas instead!

[phillymic2000]

The people at the Superdome are law abiding citizens who could not get out on their own, and who followed the official directions to the shelter.  They have been abandoned for all intents and purposes.

They have not been abandoned, and they are not all law abiding citizens, people have been making their way to the superdome for the last few days, and when the busses ariived people started coming even faster to that location.

[phillymic2000]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/01/katrina.impact/index.html

There are isolated incidents where security has become an issue for our rescue efforts but only isolated incidents. FEMA is not suspending operations," said Natalie Rule of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington.

Evacuation points swamped with people
A Louisiana National Guard official told CNN Thursday morning that between 50,000 and 60,000 people had converged at evacuation points near the Louisiana Superdome hoping to get on one of the buses out of town.

"It's no longer just evacuees from the Superdome, as citizens who were holed up in high-rise office buildings and hotels saw buses moving into the dome, they realized this is an evacuation point," Lt. Col. Pete Schneider of the Louisiana National Guard said.

He said there were reports that several small trash fires were burning around the building and firefighters were having a hard time reaching the area.

[mussa]

u think they could get more buses, drive them to the airport, load them on a military plane for christ sakes...its america right?

[TexasEagle]

People have been saying a hurricane in New Orleans was a disaster waiting to happen for YEARS. People have been talking about scenarios like this for decades, so no, it's not like this is some random freakish event that no one ever thought could happen. It's been talked about and ignored for nearly 50 years.

A lot of these people left are the poor and destitute of the city. It's not like they could have just hopped in their 2004 SUVs and rambled out of town but decided to ride the hurricane for fun. These people had little before the hurricane and have even less now. These people lost their houses, their food, their jobs, basically their whole lives and all they have left is a helping hand to keep them alive and they're not getting enough help right now.

They've told people go here and do this so we can help you, now they're pulling the help because what they planned is inadequate. Rather than amping up the efforts to an overkill level, they're trying to patch things with a bandaid and it's not working.

[phillymic2000]

Well hopefully they are using all means neccesary, the military plain idea is a good one.

[rjs246]

Why don't they just get a high-powered flashlight and shine it at the city until the water has evaporated and the people have been broiled into a deliciously cripsy snack.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Mmmmm... crispy human remains... 

[phillymic2000]

I just checked and it is over a 6 hour drive from new orleans to houston, thats a freakin long bus ride.

[Diomedes]

NO ONE could have forseen this destruction..

Exactly this kind of situation was decribed in haunting detail by the Times-Picayune long ago in a big 5 part series three years ago.

Wall Street Journal
Times Picayune 5 Part Series

The looting could have been predicted as well.  It's not like looting is new to the world now that New Orleans has been destroyed.  The fact is that the government has farged this up in a big way.  No time to cry over it..people are dying.  Get the farging military in there, now.

[MURP]

ts america right?

Fvuck yeah!!

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

ts america right?

Fvuck yeah!!

Quality.

[phillymic2000]

Well I do stand corrected on the forseeing part, I guess you build a big arse city below sea level you are asking for trouble, no time to cry about it, you are correct, I do disagree on the help being sent.

[PhillyGirl]

Fats Domino decides to stay at home and not evacuate...now he's missing