SOS new orleans 02
Hurricane Katrina is still going strong--in the aftermath.
The results are:
[this letter],
[THIS VIDEO CLIP], and
all quotes courtesy of the wonderful bookshop.
Nagin said Sunday that his top priority was to start moving traumatized police and firefighters out of the city so that they can get medical and psychological treatment.
"They've been holding the city together for three or four days, almost by themselves -- doing everything imaginable, and the toll is just to much for them," Nagin said. "So I need to get them out, and we've been trying to figure out where to take them so they can reunite with their families." (Watch video of the mayor discussing the heavy toll -- 6:20.)
Police Superintendent Eddie Compass said that two of his officers committed suicide, including one who had discovered his wife had died.
--From CNN
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But to my country I want to say this: During this crisis you failed us. You looked down on us; you dismissed our victims; you dismissed us. You want our Jazz Fest, you want our Mardi Gras, you want our cooking and our music. Then when you saw us in real trouble, when you saw a tiny minority preying on the weak among us, you called us "Sin City," and turned your backs.
Well, we are a lot more than all that. And though we may seem the most exotic, the most atmospheric and, at times, the most downtrodden part of this land, we are still part of it. We are Americans. We are you.
--From 'Do you know what it means to Lose New Orleans?'
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Bodies began rotting on main streets, gunmen continued to fire on troops and rescue helicopters, and police officials said that many officers had stopped reporting for duty, cutting manpower by 20 per cent.
One New Orleans police officer wept as he described seeing bodies riddled with bullets, and the top of one man’s head shot off. He said some looters were armed with AK47 rifles, and compared the situation with Somalia, with police outnumbered and outgunned by gangs in trucks. “It’s a war-zone, and they’re not treating it like one,” he said, referring to the federal Government.
--From The London Times
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“We’ve got a lot of rebuilding to do… The good news is - and it’s hard for some to see it now - that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott’s house- he’s lost his entire house- there’s going to be a fantastic house. And I’m looking forward to sitting on the porch.” (Laughter)
-President Bush, touring hurricane damage, Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005
--From Ten Mindnumbingly Stupid Quotes About Hurricane Katrina
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Cnn's Jack Cafferty (speaking to Wolf Blitzer): Do you suppose, Wolf, that the arrival of the relief convoys and the political photo ops on the gulf coast happening at the very same time were a coincidence today? .... It's embarrassing [followed by dead silence]
--From America Blog
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It’s just unbelievable. The world is watching the United States of America this week. And we’re watching ourselves. I think the response across the country has been universal and uniform. After Sept. 11, I think people realized we’d been attacked by an outside enemy and we were not in a position to be criticizing our own government. That’s not the case with this crisis. ....I think liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, are just absolutely outraged and confused at the scenes we’re watching on TV. And the world is watching. .... it’s very difficult in the midst of a crisis for people to be critical, but I have not talked to anybody, underscore anybody, in official Washington who believes the government at any level has done a good job.
--From MSNBC's Tim Russert
.
when will the tide turn, the waters stop raging, the storm pass?
i've cried twice today over this, all this insanity. america is not the country i used to know, not the place i grew up in anymore. what this city needs is beyond sympathy--it's action.
CDbaby.com has an entire gallery of artists who are donating their entire wholesale profits to hurricane relief. [computer users are being asked to help develop a PeopleFinder database to help hurricane victims locate their families and friends.] There's some more information over [here] about that. we've got to do something, if you only donate a few dollars...every dollar counts. the hurricane hasn't ended yet, and new orleans needs you.
The results are:
[this letter],
[THIS VIDEO CLIP], and
all quotes courtesy of the wonderful bookshop.
Nagin said Sunday that his top priority was to start moving traumatized police and firefighters out of the city so that they can get medical and psychological treatment.
"They've been holding the city together for three or four days, almost by themselves -- doing everything imaginable, and the toll is just to much for them," Nagin said. "So I need to get them out, and we've been trying to figure out where to take them so they can reunite with their families." (Watch video of the mayor discussing the heavy toll -- 6:20.)
Police Superintendent Eddie Compass said that two of his officers committed suicide, including one who had discovered his wife had died.
--From CNN
~~~~~~~
But to my country I want to say this: During this crisis you failed us. You looked down on us; you dismissed our victims; you dismissed us. You want our Jazz Fest, you want our Mardi Gras, you want our cooking and our music. Then when you saw us in real trouble, when you saw a tiny minority preying on the weak among us, you called us "Sin City," and turned your backs.
Well, we are a lot more than all that. And though we may seem the most exotic, the most atmospheric and, at times, the most downtrodden part of this land, we are still part of it. We are Americans. We are you.
--From 'Do you know what it means to Lose New Orleans?'
~~~~~~~
Bodies began rotting on main streets, gunmen continued to fire on troops and rescue helicopters, and police officials said that many officers had stopped reporting for duty, cutting manpower by 20 per cent.
One New Orleans police officer wept as he described seeing bodies riddled with bullets, and the top of one man’s head shot off. He said some looters were armed with AK47 rifles, and compared the situation with Somalia, with police outnumbered and outgunned by gangs in trucks. “It’s a war-zone, and they’re not treating it like one,” he said, referring to the federal Government.
--From The London Times
~~~~~~~
“We’ve got a lot of rebuilding to do… The good news is - and it’s hard for some to see it now - that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott’s house- he’s lost his entire house- there’s going to be a fantastic house. And I’m looking forward to sitting on the porch.” (Laughter)
-President Bush, touring hurricane damage, Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005
--From Ten Mindnumbingly Stupid Quotes About Hurricane Katrina
~~~~~~~
Cnn's Jack Cafferty (speaking to Wolf Blitzer): Do you suppose, Wolf, that the arrival of the relief convoys and the political photo ops on the gulf coast happening at the very same time were a coincidence today? .... It's embarrassing [followed by dead silence]
--From America Blog
~~~~~~~
It’s just unbelievable. The world is watching the United States of America this week. And we’re watching ourselves. I think the response across the country has been universal and uniform. After Sept. 11, I think people realized we’d been attacked by an outside enemy and we were not in a position to be criticizing our own government. That’s not the case with this crisis. ....I think liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, are just absolutely outraged and confused at the scenes we’re watching on TV. And the world is watching. .... it’s very difficult in the midst of a crisis for people to be critical, but I have not talked to anybody, underscore anybody, in official Washington who believes the government at any level has done a good job.
--From MSNBC's Tim Russert
.
when will the tide turn, the waters stop raging, the storm pass?
i've cried twice today over this, all this insanity. america is not the country i used to know, not the place i grew up in anymore. what this city needs is beyond sympathy--it's action.
CDbaby.com has an entire gallery of artists who are donating their entire wholesale profits to hurricane relief. [computer users are being asked to help develop a PeopleFinder database to help hurricane victims locate their families and friends.] There's some more information over [here] about that. we've got to do something, if you only donate a few dollars...every dollar counts. the hurricane hasn't ended yet, and new orleans needs you.