Ye Gods...
ok, so down here I'm all but without news. no tv, no bulletins, and I only get news if I seek out news sites online, which always seems to be an exercise in futility, trying to find accurate information. well, I learned some things tonight. I read a few first person accounts from good old New Orleans.
"babies getting raped in the bathrooms,"
this was something from a college student who actually snuck his way in to new orleans, yes, snuck, as in he had to pretend to be press to get past the national gaurd, was not allowed to be a concerned civillian trying to help. the first time I read that, I thought it was an overstatement in the attempt of humor, to lighten the mood, and, as I often do with things that seem entertaining to me, I read it aloud to my father behind me. as soon as I had said it aloud, I realized that this wasn't a joke, no colorful overstatements, no humor. this was an account of the inside of one of two refuges where people were allowed to stay, which is almost an accurate phrase. I say allowed because people were taken out of and driven away from any other places they tried to stay. it's not really allowed, on the other hand, because if you came too late, you weren't allowed in. it's also badly phrased because people who had come early enough to get in, weren't allowed to leave, either. and as a bonus, neither group was given rations. no food, no water. people were no allowed to leave the city. there were sheriffs at the roads, armed, and firing warning shots at people trying to leave. they couldn't just walk out, it wasn't allowed. a number of people pooled their money and chartered busses, which would come into the city, pick them up for $45 each, and take them out. the busses, upon reaching city limits, were commandered by the military to help evacuate the victims, and ended up parked outside the city. they wouldn't take people out, wouldn't let them leave, would not give them food or shelter and drove them away from any camps they attempted to set up.
why? any one have any ideas? any at all? 'cause I've got nothing.
there is no humor here. this is sad. just sad.
"babies getting raped in the bathrooms,"
this was something from a college student who actually snuck his way in to new orleans, yes, snuck, as in he had to pretend to be press to get past the national gaurd, was not allowed to be a concerned civillian trying to help. the first time I read that, I thought it was an overstatement in the attempt of humor, to lighten the mood, and, as I often do with things that seem entertaining to me, I read it aloud to my father behind me. as soon as I had said it aloud, I realized that this wasn't a joke, no colorful overstatements, no humor. this was an account of the inside of one of two refuges where people were allowed to stay, which is almost an accurate phrase. I say allowed because people were taken out of and driven away from any other places they tried to stay. it's not really allowed, on the other hand, because if you came too late, you weren't allowed in. it's also badly phrased because people who had come early enough to get in, weren't allowed to leave, either. and as a bonus, neither group was given rations. no food, no water. people were no allowed to leave the city. there were sheriffs at the roads, armed, and firing warning shots at people trying to leave. they couldn't just walk out, it wasn't allowed. a number of people pooled their money and chartered busses, which would come into the city, pick them up for $45 each, and take them out. the busses, upon reaching city limits, were commandered by the military to help evacuate the victims, and ended up parked outside the city. they wouldn't take people out, wouldn't let them leave, would not give them food or shelter and drove them away from any camps they attempted to set up.
why? any one have any ideas? any at all? 'cause I've got nothing.
there is no humor here. this is sad. just sad.