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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I am afraid my wild past would prohibit any political aspirations

does anyone have copies of those pictures

In the end, I think the state and local governments could have done a lot more in both LA and MS, esp. MS, where evacuation is comparatively easier than NOLA, which is essentially water locked. But, the glaring error of the FEMA, who was in charge according their statements at the time, eclipses all of that. I mean how is it possible that the Federal Emergency Managment people did not know for fout days that 30,000+ people were congregated six blocks from the Superdome and in need of assistance when it was being reported on every tv in the world at the time. I will say this though, since then, they have done a bang up job and for that I commend them, but it does not excuse the galring error last week.

Unfortunately it is worse than not providing aid. They turned aid away. They did not allow people to leave the city. They guarded the entrance to the dome and did not allow people to leave. They cut emergency communication lines. I think that this was possibly due to the gunfire that was occuring and they treated every single person trapped there as though they were a criminal. It is abominable.