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"These are good people. These are just scared people," Demmo said.
Outside the Convention Center, the sidewalks were packed with people without food, water or medical care, and with no sign of law enforcement. Thousands of storm refugees had been assembling outside for days, waiting for buses that did not come.
At least seven bodies were scattered outside, and hungry people broke through the steel doors to a food service entrance and began pushing out pallets of water and juice and whatever else they could find.
An old man in a chaise lounge lay dead in a grassy median as hungry babies wailed around him. Around the corner, an elderly woman lay dead in her wheelchair, covered with a blanket, and another body lay beside her wrapped in a sheet.
"I don't treat my dog like that," Daniel Edwards, 47, said as he pointed at the woman in the wheelchair. "I buried my dog." He added: "You can do everything for other countries but you can't do nothing for your own people. You can go overseas with the military but you can't get them down here."
The street outside the centre, above the floodwaters, smelled of urine and feces, and was choked with dirty diapers, old bottles and garbage.
"They've been teasing us with buses for four days," Edwards said.
People chanted, "Help, help!" as reporters and photographers walked through. The crowd got angry when journalists tried to photograph one of the bodies, and covered it over with a blanket. A woman, screaming, went on the front steps of the convention centre and led the crowd in reciting the 23rd Psalm.
John Murray, 52, said: "It's like they're punishing us."
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New Orleans Inhumane Treatment!
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I saw Hillier on Cpac huffing and puffing and blowing his own horn. He just makes my skin crawl. There was no humility in what he was saying or how he was coming across it was all, "We told the president that we'll be there for our friends, our neighbours, our closest ally." "The Americans have everything they need, they are well equipped but we'll be there if they ask."
We're about as late as the well equipped Americans for these people. When you don't have a home, no food, no water, no place to take a piss in private even it's just unimaginable. And if you have seniors or children to take care of what do they expect but for people to be looting?
But, rather than hauling goods out of stores to give to these people they'll set up jails for the looters, because there'll be none of that while there's a disaster taking place! WTF?
Bush should be left in the middle of this disaster to experience what real life feels like. Let him have to go without life support for 4 days and see how well he copes. He comes across as a character that would be the first one overpricing gas from a station he claimed for himself! When are the people of the states going to recognize this man as nothing more than a complete failure at EVERYTHING! Everything he touches turns to dust. What kind of god is speaking through him?
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche
Screw that!! They shouldn't have to ask. We should have determined what they need that we can offer and started shipping it down there immediately! People, medical aid, buses, food, water; whatever was needed should have started getting down there as soon as the hurricane ended, if not before.
My heart is breaking for the people of New Orleans in particular. While I do agree there are going to be a lot of accusations and the current administration is going to look pretty bad for poor planning and slow reaction in the face of such an emergency; I would say the immediate concern is helping these people.
I don't care how much FEMA, the Red Cross, the National guard and the other organizations are doing, the simple truth is that no matter how much is being done, it won't be enough; it won't be fast enough. The longer this drags on, more people are going to suffer & die. More help will shorten the duration of the crisis. The assumption that things are under control, so we'll politely offer to help, but won't do anything till we're asked is just so much bullshit! They shouldn't have to ask. We should've had stuff rolling down there days ago!
This would have been a good chance to show the Americans that we are truly their friends; that when we talk about "those damned Americans" we are talking about their major transnationals and their government policies. We are NOT talking about Americans! They are our brothers and sisters, cousins and aunts. As a Canadian, I want to help, but don't know what I should be doing or contributing to the relief effort. It would have been nice if our government could have given me a clue, instead of bragging about how we'll be there if we're needed. We ARE needed! We should already be there! All I can do is apologise to our American neighbours for failing them in a time of need and to let them know that our government does NOT represent the feelings of the people of Canada!
So I agree it is tragic, but I think the PM has to offer, and they have to accept, before we can do anything. The sickening part is that many people have been reported on the news to have tried to get out of the area, and have been turned back by military, others have been able to get into the area, but the aid can't seem to get in, why?
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If I stand for my country today...will my country be here to stand for me tomorrow?
Canada should send helicopters and water purification systems perhaps, they would seem to be what's needed and most useful.
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Suspicious Web pages supposedly raising money for Gulf Coast relief efforts keep springing up about as fast as authorities can shut them down. The latest are <a href="http://www.hurricanekatrinapics.com">www.hurricanekatrinapics.com</a>, <a href="http://www.hurricanekatrinarelief.com">www.hurricanekatrinarelief.com</a> and <a href="http://www.katrinadamage.com">www.katrinadamage.com</a>, all of which ask for Paypal donations but do not make any claims that the money collected will benefit any relief organizations. <br />
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All three sites are registered to a company in New Orleans called Ideas Inc., which according to a LexisNexis search is owned by a guy named Bruce C. Henry. The latest records yielded by the search indicate its charter was revoked by the Louisiana secretary of state several years ago. I am told the handlers over at the SANS Internet Storm Center are working to get this site and several others like it shuttered. I am happy to report that all of the sites we mentioned in yesterday's post have been closed down. <br />
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SANS also is reporting another e-mail scam that tries to trick recipients into clicking a link in the body of the message. The link attempts to install computer code that could give attackers complete control over your computer. The subject line of the e-mail: "Is Government Reaction to Katrina Because of Loss of Life, or Loss of Property?" If you receive this e-mail, just hit the delete button.<br />
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By Brian Krebs | September 2, 2005; 12:20 PM ET | Category: Latest Warnings <br />
Previous: Katrina-Related Scams, Continued | Main Index <br />
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<a href="http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/09/hurricane_katri.html">http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/09/hurricane_katri.html</a><br />
<p>---<br>Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.<br />
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Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.<br />
The day after the Hurricane, Martin should have said our assistance was ready to move and needed only their permission to be on its way. While I'm appalled that the US administration dropped the ball badly, I'm not much less disappointed in the Government of Canada's response. In a situation like that, time is the biggest killer. All the help in the world won't do much good if you get there too late.
Even I knew when I heard that the levies broke and couldn't be plugged, that things were going to get very bad vary quickly. If I knew it, you can be pretty sure our government did also. It was then that we should have acted.
While it's laudable that we now have a couple of ships with people & supplies on the way, the assistance is too little and much too late.
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— The Divine Symphony, by Inayat Khan<br />
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche