Watergate Summer: September 2005

Sunday, September 11, 2005

BUSH'S DISASTEROUS NUMBERS

BUSH HAS HIT A NEW LOW IN THE POLLS- 38% APPROVAL- AND TO BE HONEST I AM SURPRISED HE WAS EVEN ABLE TO HIT THOSE NUMBERS AFTER HIS NEGLIGENT APPROACH TO KATRINA.....
AND YES, SINCE HIS NUMBERS ARE DUMPING IT IS TIME TO PLAY THE GOOGLE GAME-
AND AS YOU WILL REMEMBER IT WAS FULL OF INTERESTING RESULTS WHEN CINDY WAS CAMPED IN HIS DITCH.
BUT THEY JUST GOT MORE INTERESTING...some have definently increased since posting one month ago.
AND HE DID TO HIMSELF....
( OKAY THAT IS NOT TOTALLY FAIR - BROWNIE AND FEMA HELPED...)

AGAIN THE RULES ARE SIMPLE:
GOOGLE {THIS} = NUMBERS VIEWED/ web hits

Bush + failure = 27,700,000
Bush + lies + 25,100,000
Bush + dangerous = 24,600,000
Bush + Criminal = 19,900,000
Bush + Crimes against Humanity= 16,500,000
Bush + most hated president= 15,200,000
Bush + arrest = 8,780,000
Bush + propaganda = 11,500,000
Bush + lack of leadership = 9,600,000
White House + propaganda= 8,290,000
White House + Racism = 6,980,000
Bush + genocide= 6,900,000
Bush + Hitler = 6,650,000
Bush + racism ( racist) = 6,550,000
Bush + corrupt= 6,510,000
Bush + Nazi + 6,190,000
Republicans + propaganda= 6,100,000
Bush + drunk = 5,530,000
Bush + abandon = 3,330,000
Republicans + racism+ 2,970,000
Bush + immoral= 2,330,000
Bush + incompetent = 2,280,000
Bush + fascism = 2,290,000
Bush + failure + Katrina= 2,890,000
Bush + impeach = 2,530,000

{{{{Once again Impeach is outnumbered by Arrest}}}}

And two more that should be noted:
Katrina + Need Guard Home = 4,290,000
Katrina + not enough gaurd= 2,480,000

So People are figuring out that we do not have enough Guard here at home for Disasters- a painful lesson.

Friday, September 09, 2005

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD BEEN REMOVED FROM ALL DISASTER PLANS: IS THAT WHY THEY WERE NOT SENT INTO THE DISASTER ZONE ? YES.

MANY AMERICANS ARE ASKING HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT BEEN REMOVED FROM ALL FEDERAL
DISASTER PLANS ?
IT LOOKS LIKE YES FROM WATCHING WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE SOUTH.
AND NOW THERE ARE DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW THEY ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN FEDERAL DISASTER PLANS OF ANY KIND.
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATIONS WERE SIGNED SATURDAY AUGUST 26TH,2005, ALL AID SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GOVERNOR FROM THAT MOMENT ON- INCLUDING GUARDS AND EQUIPMENT FOR EVACUATION.
THE DOCUMENTS BELOW COULD INDEED BE A SMOKING GUN .

THESE FEDERAL AND DEFENSE DOCUMENTS WILL BE LISTED BELOW, GET THEM QUICKLY AS WEBSITES ARE BEING "TIDIED" AS WE SPEAK. WE ALL SHOULD KNOW BEFORE THE NEXT DISASTER HITS IF ANY OF US WOULD HAVE THE GUARD COME. FIRST THE DOCUMENTS ARE LISTED IN PART I TO DOWNLOAD.

THEN IN PART II I HAVE GONE THROUGH EACH DOCUMENT AND HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANT DATA- THIS WILL SAVE YOU TIME WHEN TRYING TO READ HUNDREDS OF PAGES. ( THESE DOCUMENTS ALSO SHOW THE DISASTER BUDGETS HAVE BEEN DECIMATED ON A FEDERAL LEVEL BY HOMELAND SECURITY AND FEMA HAS INDEED BEEN RENDERED USELESS. AND SUPPORT AND CARE OF HUMAN BEINGS IS NOT IN THE PLAN PROCESS AT ALL.THIS IS A CRITICAL SITUATION THAT INDEED HAD A BLURPRINT. THE MONEY AND MANPOWER , AND TROOP POWER THAT COULD HAVE SAVED LIVES AND WAS PREVIOUSLY ATHORIZED ON A FEDERAL LEVEL HAS NOW BEEN REMOVED FROM DISASTER PLANS AND BUDGETS).
(Part II will be posted within hours)

THIS IS BEING FORWARDED TO ALL FOREIGN AND AMERICAN MEDIA IMMEDIATELY.
PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL HUMANITARIAN AID AND RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL.

PART ONE: THE DOCUMENTS: DOWNLOAD IMMEDIATELY( there will be more to come)

{1} http:// www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=755,
{2} http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/docs/fy05hsgp.pdf
[3} http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020124
{4} http://www.nationalpriorities.org/auxillary/somepdfs/BetterSecurity
[5} http://www.cdi.org.pdfs/Unified_Security_Budget_2006.pdf
[6] http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/asset/FY_2005_BIB_4pdf.

PART II: ANALYSIS AND SIGNIFIGANCE OF THE FEDERAL DOCUMENTS ABOVE:
PLEASE NOTE IF INDEED YOU DO CARE TO READ THE DOCUMENTS ABOVE , MY AIM WAS TO FIND PLANS AND BUDGET THAT INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING IN IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CARE FOR SUCH A LARGE COASTAL AREA, AND METROPOLITIAN AREA. IT SHOULD ADDRESS EVACUATION NEEDS OF ALL THE POPULATION INCLDUING MEDICALLY FRAIL AND CHALLENGED. IT SHOULD ALSO ADDRESS ALL LEVELS OF DISASTERS. IT SHOULD ALSO IDENTIFY THE ROLE AND NUMBERS OF AVAILABLE NATIONAL GUARD IN COORDINATION PLANS. THE FEMA AND DHS PLANS AND BUDGETS DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MASS CRITICAL DISASTERS- AT ALL ON ANY LEVEL. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NON-EXISTENT FOR ANY SORT OF CRISIS- ALTHOUGH FLOODS ARE MENTIONED. IT APPEARS THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR NATIONAL EMERGENCY SO THAT IS WHY THEY WERE NOT CALLED OR COORDINATED IN ANY PART OF THE EVENT? IS THIS WHY THEY COULD NOT BRING IN THE 1000' S THAT WERE NEEDED ? IS THIS WHY NO FOOD OR WATER WAS AIR-DROPPED? IS THIS WHY NO MEDICAL TEAMS WERE BROUGHT IN? IS THIS WHY NO EVACUATION PLANS WERE NOT EVEN OFFERED TO 1000'S OF PEOPLE THAT WERE SICK, ELDERLY, INFIRMED, OR WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION, OR WHO WERE IMPOVERISHED WERE LEFT TO DIE- BECAUSE THAT WAS INDEED WHAT WAS PLANNED. ALSO THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC AND THE CONGRESS NEED TO ASK WHEN THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ? IT NEEDS TO BE ASKED BECAUSE 1000'S HAVE NOW DIED. IT NEEDS TO BE ASKED NOW, AS THE BODIES ARE COUNTED. THE PRESIDENT, DHS AND FEMA LEADERS HAVE REPEATEDLY STATED THAT 'PEOPLE DID NOT HEED THE EVACUATION ORDERS", SO IT WOULD APPEAR THAT WAS A DEATH SENTENCE, AND THAT SINCE THEY DID NOT LEAVE , THE PRESIDENT ALSO DECIDED TO NOT EVEN GIVE FOOD OR WATER TO CHILDREN,BABIES, ELDERLY AND SICK. INHUMANITY WAS INDEED PLANNED, BECAUSE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE SIMPLY NOT ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE PLANS. AND IT KILLED THEM.
[1] Document : May 21,2003 Homeland Security Press Release

[2} Doc: Fiscal Year 2005 Homeland Security Grant Program: Program Guidelines and Applications Kit.
This document reviews Preparedness and basically redesigns FEMA and DHHS, it is unclear as to how they fit into the New Homeland Security Plans. The New plans seem to address Policing Policies, and creating military zones, but do not address any sort of realistic Emergency Response relating to needs of Disaster Effected Populations.This was originally written by Tom Ridge. It does Acknowlege a wide array of Disasters, but does not acknowldege any clear path or role of FEMA or DHHS, or EPA, or even the National Guard.

[3] Signed by the President on Oct 18,2004. "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2005" therefore providing Security and Safety for our Homeland.( verbatim)
Through the office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness ( SLGCP) and Office of Domestic Preparedness (ODP). ( I have not heard of these prior and am unsure as to how they relate or coordinate with FEMA )
Section Review:
XI (p92) Metropolitian Medical Response System ( should address Urban needs for Disaster- lacking)
X (p.86) Emergency Management Performance Grants( Cities and areas of need are susposed to plan and get grants ahead)
Appendix F: Federal Training Course List( please note)
Appendix H: Developement For Interoperable Communication Plans ( insufficient)
No where in this document are previous plans acknowledged- FEMA, DHHS, or Guard or other Emergency Services.
It also leaves most States pitifully lacking Financial Resources and Support, ie. Louisiana was and is to get $17,000,000 in Preparedness Funds, For Emergency Management they are to get $2,895,235

[4] Jan 24, 2002 President announces Substantial Increases in Homeland Security. ( yet monies have consistently dropped Please see The National Priorities Project Better Security for Less Money ( see no5). In New Orleans the budget was cut in June 2005- before Hurricane Season by 14 Billion dollars. Yet the Fiscal Year of 2006 the Military Spending would be 444 Billion.
Which is seven times as much as Homeland Secuirty and Protective Measures Combined. ( the Protective Measures Budget and plans I can not find- I think that they may be in FBI or Department of Justice ?for policing Emergency ?)
Please note this amount does not include Iraq or Afganistan.
[5] Report of the Task Force on a Unified Security Budget for Us 2006: Center for Defense Information and Foreign Policy.

[6] Doc: Homeland Security Budget in Brief Fiscal Year 2005. This Document is susposed to outline Resources and Budget for Emergencies. There are some very obvious HOLES and missing pieces of Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordination. It barely acknowledges FEMA, DHHS, or EPA or any other pertinent departments.Most of these documents acknowledge Police Response and Capabilities, but NOT Fire, Rescue and Recovery.NO Health Services are acknowledged on ANY plans or Budgets. This includes providing care of ill or weak in Emergency or their Evacuation. I could not find ANY Evacuation Plans or Budget via Dept of Homeland Security. I also could not find ANY National Guard Inter-coordination Plans in any DHS documents. Coast Guard is the ONLY auxilliary Services that could be found.
In Section G pp37-39( FEMA ) is acknowledged for two pages and addresses Emergency Responses and Preparedness- you will see it is vague and inappropriate. Project eMerge is mentioned in this Section- it is Procurement Money- but role is unclear. Yet on pp2-3 DHS states that it is responsible for Coordination of Services. And p4 has vague outline of First Responder Services, it does not acknowlege roles or different types of Emergencies. It would appear it is written like a Business Report, but it is not written by anyone knowledgeable on Emergencies.
I tried to find their plans and budget for Emergency Medical Disaster Plans- ANY plans should address Medical Needs of the Communities in a Disaster. The Homeland Security Plans do not even acknowledge that Health and Human Services of Effected. See p8, it is the ONLY Medical issue I could find addressed. NDMS: National Disaster Medical System is responsible for managing and coordinating Medical Emergencies AND Federally Declared Emergencies( which Louisiana was on aug 26th,2005). For 2005 this Budget was 20 million for planning PERIOD. I never could find Budgets for Actual Disasters in the Dept of Homeland Security. This was merely for "planning" and "exercises" associated with"Medical Surge Capabilities". There was NOTHING in this Budget or on their Website for Mass Medical Evacuation, Use of Guard to assist with the Infirmed. Actually there was NO Budget for Evacuation of Populations, or urban populations. There was no budget for taking care of medical needs of infirmed during a crisis, or info about access to Emergency Stockpile of meds and vaccines- this ALL used to be part of the Coordination with DHHS and FEMA. The Budget does mention transfer of funding to DHHS. But gives no details. It is very concerning to read the DHS budget and realize that BILLIONS went to other programs that have NOTHING to do with a Disaster of ANY KIND on our soil. The Government seems to have spent or budgeted Billions on preparing for the Boogey-Man in the Closet -Mushroom Cloud, but forgot NORMAL Cyclical Events, ie Hurricanes. Hurricanes are NOT even mentioned in this Budget. Floods are ( as INSURED Incident- no health or human Impacts are even mentioned).

On page 10, under DHS Preparedness &Response Capacity: " DHS is called upon to respond in times of Crisis , be they Manmade or an Event of Nature. Proper Effective Reponse requires Advance Preparation. The Budget includes New Resources to Increase DHS ability to prepare for and Respond in times of Crisis.
(1) IAIP Budget increased from 10-35 million for Homeland Security/FEMA. The FEMA budget includes 7million for the developlement and Implementation of National Incident Management System and 8 million for Incident Response Teams.
(p11 is the first and only place that mentions First reponders- and Coast Guard is mentioned , but not NATIONAL GUARD AT ALL.**** Admiral TH Collins for the Coast Guard is mentioned. ( it was and is obvious to all who owned a TV that Coast Gaurd saved 1000's- we are lucky).

FEMA (p37) "FEMA LEADS ALL FEDERAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE PLANNING BY BUILDING COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT INCORPORATES FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES. FEMA IS THE FOREFRONT OF PUBLIC SERVICE IN TIMES OF NEED.DISASTERS AND ACTS OF TERRORISM HAPPEN WITHOUT NOTICE THEREFORE FEMA STANDS READY TO PROVIDE RAPID ASSISTANCE AND RESOURCES IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHEN LOCAL AND STATE RESPONDERS ARE OVERWHELMED OR UNAVAILABLE AT A DIDASTER LOCATION. FEMA LEADS THE RECOVERY EFFORT BY PROVIDING EXPERTISE AND COORDINATING RESOURCES... ( further on it continues to outline FEMA repsonsiblities under DHS)
(p37) " FEMA ENSURES THAT FEDERAL AGENCIES ARE FULLY PREPARED AND THAT A NATIONAL PLAN EXISTS TO COORDINATE THEIR DISASTER RESPONSE INTO A SINGLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN."
(P39) FLOODS are mentioned but NOT Hurricanes.
(p38,39) Incident Management is mentioned at $7,000/incident. YET BIODEFENSE BUDGET IS $2,528,000.

PLEASE ALSO SEE THE PRESIDENT'S NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR HOMELAND SECURITY (pp37-39).

Sunday, September 04, 2005

ABANDONED IN AMERICA :SITUATION CRITICAL

Today is Sunday September 4, 2005

Day 7 of this Disaster: DEATH BY KATRINA'S WRATH AND NOW FEMA'S APATHY

Please read the letter to Mr.Bush from Saturday, I am submitting it to many sources, here and
abroad. I encourage that all of us, especially bloggers write far and wide so that the world can see that
we are ANGRY with how this Catastrophe was mishandled and neglected. We as a People, can not tolerate any more lies or Apathy. It is time for the Charade of "Conservative Compassion" to end. The People of the South need to
know that we are angry and want to help care for them. And that we NEVER want to see America goes through
This Hell again. The Survivors of Katrina who are now refugees are courageous, and we owe them better,
and more. The Federal Government and Leadership failed thousands. The Coast Guard and Fish and Wildlife
who saved thousands are the real heroes.And now State Governors and agencies from all over the Country are coming
to Aid the South.

PLEASE PLEASE WATCH CNN, AND GIVE THEM SUPPORT AND SEND THEM LETTERS TO SUPPORT THEIR LEVEL OF JOURNALISM AND REPORTING THE TRUTH. WATCH THE INTERVIEW ONLINE THE MAYOR'S INTERVIEW WITH SOLEDAD. CNN HAS BROUGHT IN THEIR WAR CORRESPONDENTS TO COVER THIS ONGOING CRISIS. WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR HONESTY. INTERNATIONALLY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT MEDIA REMAINS ONSITE DOWN IN THE GULF. I CAN NOT EMPHASIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE SUPPORT THEM. THE HOMELAND SECURITY PLANS FOR SUCH A CATOSTROPHIC EMERGENCY DO NOT ADDRESS ALLOWING OUR MEDIA FREEDOM OF PRESS. THEY ARE TRYING TO BRING US THE SCOPE OF THIS TRAGEDY.AND AS IT BECOMES EVIDENT THAT LITERALLY THOUSANDS ARE DEAD, AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MISSING.THE BODY COUNT WILL BE HORRIFIC. THIS IS OF TSUNAMI PROPORTIONS.

CONSIDER THIS:FEMA HAS CHANGED THEIR 800 NUMBER THREE TIMES THIS WEEK- THIS IS NOT A WORKING SYSTEM.
FEMA IS PREVENTING THE DIFFERENT RESCUE AND RECOVERY PEOPLE FROM DOING THEIR JOB, THEY ARE EVEN PREVENTING RED CROSS AND SALVATION ARMY FROM PROVIDING CARE. ( READ ARTICALES AT TRUTHOUT)

TO START DO GO TO CCN ONLINE AND READ ALL OF DR.GUPTA'S ACCOUNTS.READ ALL THE REPORTERS EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS. KEEP IN MIND ANDERSON COOPER HAS WORKED HORRIFIC HUMAN DISASTERS INCLUDING SOMALIA AND ROWANDA- HE KNOWS HOW HORRIFIC THIS IS AND HE IS ASKING THE QUESTIONS THAT ALL OF US WISH SOMEONE WOULD ASK.

PLEASE ALSO READ TRUTHOUT
PLEASE ALSO READ BBC- THEY HAVE SOME AMAZING STORIES

WE AS AMERICANS NEED TO BE INVOLVED WITH THIS CRISIS , RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
THOUSANDS OF LIVES DEPEND ON THIS.

We must all try to focus on providing comfort and support to those effected. We all have monthes to work together to get them the much needed help and resources we know they need. We also know that the FEDS have failed on this mission miserably. We as citizens ALL need to do what we can to help our neighbors in the South. We are at a Critical Juncture in American History.

The Katrina Survivors have had harrowing experiences and yes sadly they are refugees now. Refugees is an interesting term.
Under International laws these people that had no way to escape and nowhere to go should have been provided and protected in a more responsible manner by our leadership and the Federal Government. The Officials lied and lied all week, and those lies did cause deathes throughout the Gulf Area. But first we need to get them medical care, shelter,clothes, food and water. Medical care will also have to include psychological care and support, many have horrific tales, adn the Convention Center and Dome people have a whole other set of horrors to contend with. These people will have PTSD.
And we will need to ask the President to bring troops, especially the Guard Home to take care of the South.But now
we need to focus on saving as many as possible.

Many were Abandoned to Die this week, We need to take care of ALL the Survivors, and we may not like it but now indeed, hundred of thousands are Refugees. Under International Law, they are Refugee that should have been protected and then cared for in this Horrific National Catostrophe. And the States are already starting to organize and prioritize how to help all of these people get medical care, housing, education and food. It will be up to all of us to pitch in.

This Blog for atleast next month will be some very specific Focuses as this Crisis Unravel, it is not a Political Issue, this is a Human Issue. As a nurse of 20 yrs. with Disaster Training and Experience I will be working with the following listed below. My speciality is Environmental Forensics and it's effects on mass numbers - it is time to offer my services in any way possible to contribute helping our neighbors in the South.
(1) Red Cross (local): assisting with Displaced Persons
(2) Salvation Army: Logistics
(3) All of my spare time I will be gathering supplies to send to send to Veterans For Peace down in Louisiana.
Please go to Words Light Fires to learn more of the needed supplies.

On Thursday Night after spending days and nights on the phone and computer attempting to get help for people in the South, trying to get Water delivered, get Food Dropped, Get Air and Boat Rescue there, Get Hospitals Evac'd. As a Citizen, a Nurse, I used every resource I could find. FEMA has been decimated, DHHS the same, EPA the same, ALL of these are needed to work a Disaster. The Offices of Emergency Response and Preparedness- decimated. Please understand I am a nurse that has extensive Red Cross Disaster training,which like many of us I updated after 9-11, and then I even took related FEMA training.Before that I have all levels of experience: ER/EMT,PEDS&PICU, AIDS&CANCER etcetc.I have worked disasters. I can tell you that this Disaster has been mishandled since The Whitehouse and Mr.Bush signed the Emergency Authorization on Saturday August 26th, 2005.I would love to know if it was signed before or after the Golf and Cake in Arizona. And yes, I do not understand HOW the president waited days to fly over and did not get them the help they needed. And I don't understand HOW the Leader could wait until Day 5 of this Disaster to come to the scene.The World is Horrified- and we all should be.
We as a Country should not allow the Government's Failure to bring Shame to the rest of us.

All of these departments merged under Homeland Security and when that happened things did fall apart. All of this will need HUGE over haul. So I as a nurse am going to put my logistical skills and knowledge to better use. I have definently given up trying to call the Federal Government to do their job. And I now know that my FEMA training was a sad joke.

Thursday night I called FEMA one more time at 4am, I was put to a very nice lady, she and I talked. I again voiced my concerns of the week, I told her I was glad to reach a human, I was grateful. I told her I was worried sick about the people stranded with no food or water, and the hospitals, I said well who do I call about rescue, and Air drops. It seemed so simple.
She said "You can call the White House". I said "Isn't there anyone else?..ANYONE? WE ARE GOING TO LOSE 1000'S IN Louisiana ?" And then we discussed options" Call WHOEVER you think will help, outside media, anyone, Louisana is now depending on all of you to help them, there is no one else." She said. And I said "Fine , I am contacting the International Community, and outside media"And then we both just sat in the Grim 4am dark and cried, and I know both of us were praying for people in the South. And yes , Friday I started that process in Earnest. This is not just about NOLA, there are 1000's effected in Mississippi and Alabama as well, thousands of displaced, wounded and sick in Rural areas, that seem as forgotten and forsaken as the people of New Orleans.The Poor of this Country are invisible to the White House.
But it is not just the Poor, it is also the Elderly, families, disabled, women and children, and infirmed. It is not just a Race issue. 1000's of people were and are Disenfranchised in this country, and hopefully there is still time to repair this Horrendous Disaster. But Folks we all have to be honest- 1000's were Abandoned. ABANDONED IN AMERICA TO DIE.

I even have proof that FEMA turned down MEDI-VAC services that could have saved 1000's.
I called Beer Companies that wanted to send water- but they could not get FEMA to answer of let them.
Another example :::: Tenet Hospital is NOW evac'd in downtown New Orleans. Also the Tenet Corporation has rescued ALL of their Hospitals in the Gulf region.It sounds like they organized their own evacuation of patients and staff.

As a citizen I am asking you to look in your hearts and decide how you can help. I am sorry but giving to Red Cross
may not be enough this time, it will take more than Money to fix this Disaster. And yes, later Questions and Investigations
will have to ensue. And yes, Certain Responsible parties will have to face the Music and their Fates. We as Americans need to make certain that this Never happens again.

NEW BLOG: http://nolacare.blogspot.com/, will be up fully tonight.
This blog will still focus on issues related to Concern about this country and Katrina updates. I have created a new Blog related more to issues related to Refugees and Refugees Caretaker Issues, as well as the Pending Health Crisis that we face.
I started this because I was watching people trying to help and the reporters down in the NOLA Zone and I realized no one is telling them of the Hazardous Health Risks of what they are walking around in, is a Toxic Cesspool full of waste, corpses, and sewage. It will also have advice and support for people who are going to the area to render services and care. I explored what advice and care is being offered to those in the area. This is a Human Crisis that will have Huge Health Implications.

Saturday, September 03, 2005

TRAPPED, DEAD AND DYING DAY 6 : A LETTER TO MR.BUSH AFTER HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE DISASTER ZONE

SATURDAY MORNING DAY 6 OF THE DISASTER
9AM SEPTMBER 2, 2005

DEAR MR.BUSH,

YOU LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WE ALL WATCHED IT HAPPEN.NOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.

THERE ARE 1000'S OF DEAD IN LOUISIANA THAT DIED AFTER THE HURRICANE, MORE THAN 9-11. THEY DIED AND ARE STILL DYING WAITING FOR FOOD, WATER, SHELTER AND COMFORT.

THEY ARE MOMS, GRANDMOMS, DADS, GRANDADS, CHILDREN, BABIES, PREGNANT WOMEN. SOME WERE DISABLED AND ELDERLY, AND YES SOME POOR , MANY ARE BLACK.BUT THEY ALL WERE ABANDONED , LEFT BEHIND TO DIE. THEY COULD NOT "HEED" THE EVACUATION ORDER BECAUSE OF THEIR STATUS AS THE INVISIBLE WORKING POOR IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT IN NEW ORLEANS ALONE 100-150,000 DUE TO FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES COULD NOT EVACUATE. HOW DARE YOU AND THE FEMA DIRECTOR BLAME THEM ON THE AIR FOR NOT LEAVING.

THE POOR AND SICK AND ELDERLY SHOULD NOT BE EVER ABANDONED BY THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COUNTRY AND REPRIMANDED FOR NOT"OBEYING ORDERS", ESPECIALLY WHILE YOU STILL HAVE NOT SENT ENOUGH OR ANY TRANSPORT TO THE CITY, AND THE DEAD LAY IN THE STREETS AND THE DOME OF NEW ORLEANS.AND WHILE YOU AS LEADER HAVE NOT EVEN EXAMINED THE DAMAGE OR THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE.

THEY DIED WAITING FOR TROOPS TO COME.
THEY DIED WAITING FOR FOOD TO COME WITH OUR NATIONAL GUARD.
THEY DIED WAITING FOR WATER TO COME WITH OUR NATIONAL GUARD.
THEY DIED WAITING FOR AIR DROPS TO COME FROM OUR AIR SUPPORT.
THEY DIED WAITING FOR SHIPS TO COME FROM THE NAVY AND MARINES.
AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE.PERIOD.

I AM A MOM. I AM A NURSE. I ALSO HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE EMERGENCY AND DISASTER TRAINING AND HAVE WORKED UNDER DISASTER CONDITIONS AND SITUATIONS. THERE IS NOTHING IN MY TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE THAT SAYS THAT THESE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN DEALT WITH IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER BY OUR LEADERSHIP. RESPONSIBLE LEADERS DO NOT ISSUE SHOOT TO KILL ORDERS ON HUNGRY STARVED PEOPLE. RESPONSIBLE LEADERS SEND HELP IN 24HOURS. RESPONSIBLE LEADERS END THEIR VACTIONS AND RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE STAT. RESPONSIBLE LEADERS DON'T LIE TO THE CITIZENS TELLING THEM THAT THINGS ARE GOING "RELATIVELY WELL", AND REPRIMAND THE PEOPLE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO SELF EVACUATE.

I AM STILL PLEADING AND BEGGING THAT YOU BRING IN MILITARY TRANSPORT AND EVACUATE ALL THE HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES AND PETS THAT ARE STILL TRAPPED, ALSO THE ILL FROM THE AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS NOW ASAP.PLEASE ATLEAST AIRDROP WATER AND FOOD TO THE HOSPITALS, ESPECIALLY TENENT AND CHARITY HOSPITALS. YOU SHOULD BRING IN THE NAVY AND FLEETS OF AMPHIBIAN AIR SUPPORT, AIR DROP FOOD AND WATER ON THE DIFFERENT PASSES AND TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE DOME, WHERE 1000'S ARE STILL DYING. EVEN TSUNAMI VICTIMS HAD FOOD AND WATER DROPPED TO THEM BY DAY 5. AS OF YESTERDAY DAY 5, THERE WERE STILL CLOSE TO 10,000 STILL NEEDING TO BE MED-EVACED OUT OF THE HOSPITALS IN NEW ORLEANS ALONE.

I AM GLAD THAT FINALLY 2800 GUARD ARE THERE IN NEW ORLEANS ON THE GROUND, THERE SHOULD BE 40,000 IN LOUISIANA ALONE JUST AS THE GOVERNOR REQUESTED. IN THE TRI-STATE REGION ALONE PROBALLY 60,000 GUARD ARE NEEDED NOW . I AM CONFUSED DO YOU NOT HAVE ENOUGH TROOPS HERE AT HOME TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN PEOPLE.ARE MSOT OF THE GUARD AND EQUIPMENT OVER IN IRAQ ? I AM CONFUSED WHY THE SOS'S BY THE MAYOR WERE IGNORED.WHY DID IT TAKE 5 DAYS FOR YOU TO COME SEE THE DAMAGE AND BRING REAL TROOPS IN ? MINUTE BY MINUTE PEOPLE-FAMILIES, ELDERLY AND SICK WERE ABANDONED TO STARVE AND ROT IN THE DOME, THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND THE STREETS OF NEW ORLEANS. THERE ARE STILL 2000--3000 PEOPLE ROTTING IN THE DOME ALONE- THOUSANDS MORE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER. YOU DON'T LEAVE PEOPLE WITH ROTTING BODIES IN THE DARK OF THE DOME OR OUT IN THE HOT FETID STREETS. THAT IS INHUMANE. AND THIS IS JUST THE REFUGEE STATUS IN NEW ORLEANS - THE MAIN EFFECTED URBAN REGION.

IN THE HOSPITALS THE NURSES AND DOCTORS AND STAFF HAVE BEEN CARING FOR THEIR PATIENTS IN 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES, WITH NO POWER, NO WATER, AND NO FOOD. THE NURSES HAVE BEEN GIVING EACH OTHER IV'S TO TRY TO STAY ALIVE AND KEEP CAIRING FOR THE PATIENTS. IN ONE SETTING THE NURSES WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF DRINKING URINE WOULD SUSTAIN THEM BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO KEEP THE IV SOLUTION FOR THE PATIENTS, AS THEY WERE RUNNING SO LOW. IN ANOTHER MESSEGE A NURSE WONDERERD IF SHE WAS GOING TO DIE WITH HER PATIENTS OF STARVATION AND THIRST, SHE PRAYED THEY DIED FIRST SO SHE COULD TEND THEM.

IN ANOTHER HOSPITAL THE STENCH WAS RISING UP FROM THE BASEMENTS WHERE THE MORGUES FLOODED, AND THEN NURSES AND STAFF HAD TO PUT THE DEAD IN THE STAIRWELLS BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WHERE ELSE TO PUT THEM.
AS A NURSE WHEN SOMEONE DIES IN THE HOSPITAL, THIS IS NOT STANDARD PROCEDURE. USUALLY THE PERSON IS TENDERLY BATHED AND RELIGOUS PRACTICES AND TRADITIONS ARE RESPECTED. ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH, PEOPLE ARE TREATED WITH GREAT RESPECT, THE DEPARTED IS GENTLY BATHED, DRESSED, AND SOMETIMES COINS ARE PLACED ON THE EYELIDS AND FAMILY IS ALLOWED TO SIT BY THE BEDSIDE AND GRIEVE. PRAYERS ARE READ, HANDS HELD, AND SONGS SOFTLY SONG. IT IS A GENTLE RESPECTFUL PROCESS OF HONORING THE DEAD.AND THEN YES THEY ARE CAREFULLY WRAPPED AND TENDED AND DELIVERED TO THE MORGUE. AS A NURSE YOU HAVE PLEDGED TO EVEN IN DEATH PROVIDE COMFORT FOR YOUR PATIENTS, ALL OF THEM. THAT IS WHY THESE TALES OF THE ABANDONED HOSPITALS AND THEIR DEAD ARE SO PAINFUL AND INHUMANE TO WITNESS.

THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN EVACUATED ON DAY 1. AND DAY 6 THEY ARE STILL IN THE DARK WITH THEIR DEAD PATIENTS AND THE ONES THEY COULD SAVE. AND NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHY THE MILITARY WAS NOT BROUGHT IN WITH THEIR MASSIVE TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND CARRIERS, IS IT ALL IN IRAQ, KUWAIT AND GERMANY?

EVEN OPERATION BLESSING WITH ITS HUGE FEMA CONTRACTS THAT IS A PAT ROBERTSON ORGANIZATION THAT YOU AND YOUR DAD KEEP NAMING FOR PEOPLE TO DONATE ISN'T THERE. THEY HAVE HUGE MILITARY CONVERTED MED EVAC PLANES
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN DAYS AGO TO EVAC THESE HOSPITALS. I AM NOT SURE IF I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THAT ORGANIZATION BUT WHY HAVEN'T THEY EVEN BEEN ACTIVATED ?

AND AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL STAFF BROUGHT THE PATIENTS TO THE ROOF FOR DAYS WAITING FOR TRANSPORT, THE TRANSPORT NEVER CAME AND THE PATIENTS DIED ON THE ROOF IN SWELTERING HEAT WITH NURSES AND DOCTORS CRYING.
NURSES AND DOCTORS TAKE VOWS AND PLEDGE TO DO ALL WITHIN THEIR POWER TO PROTECT AND SAVE LIVES. THESE BRAVE SOULS HAVE COURAGE THAT YOU CAN NOT BEGIN TO FATHOM OR EVEN APPRECIATE. PROECTING LIVES AND SAVING LIVES IS A NOBLE CAUSE.

YOU TOO TOOK A PLEDGE TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST SOME. ALL.
YOU HAVE DISHONORED THAT PLEDGE AND NOW 1000'S ARE DEAD AND MORE DYING BY THE HOUR.

IN AUGUST FOR WEEKS WE ALL WATCHED AS YOU IGNORED ARROGANTLY A GRIEVING MOTHER, MILITARY FAMILIES AND VETS SITTING IN THE DITCH BEHIND YOUR RANCH. YOU WANTED TO "GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE" AND YOUR 5 WEEK VACATION. AND YET, NOW STILL ON YOUR VACATION, YOU TURNED YOUR BACK ON MILLIONS LAST WEEKEND.IT WAS NOT JUST A MATTER OF NEGLECT- IT WAS CRIMINAL. ON SATURDAY YOU WENT TO ARIZONA AND PLAYED GOLF AND WENT TO A PARTY. YET THE WHITEHOUSE DID AUTHORIZE AND ISSUE A STATEMENT OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR LOUISIANA. THIS WAS COORDINATED WITH FEMA AND DHS BEFORE KATRINA EVER HIT THE GULF SHORES. WHY WAS THAT AUTHORIZATION IGNORED FOR SO MANY DAYS? THAT ORDER IS TO PROTECT LIVES AT ALL EXTENT AND PROVIDE ALL AID TO EVERYONE, EVEN THOSE WHO COULD NOT EVACUATE. YET WE DID NOT SEE IT FULLY OR EVEN PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED UNTIL YESTERDAY DAY 5 WHEN YOU FINALLY CAME TO THE DISASTER ZONE.

PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING MR BUSH AND THEY DID NOT DIE IN THE FLOOD, THEY ARE DYING WAITING FOR THE TROOPS YOU TOOK TO IRAQ TO COME AND SAVE THEIR LIVES. YOU NEED TO SEND ATLEAST 40-60,OOO TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT TO THE DISASTER ZONE NOW TODAY BEFORE ANYMORE DIE. GET THE TROOPS TO OUR GULF BEFORE ANY MORE DIE. AND TELL MR.CHERTOFF 1400 A DAY IS NOT ENOUGH. THERE WERE NEVER 4000 IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS. TWO HOURS AGO THERE WERE FINALLY 2800 , AND THE MAYOR HOPES TO HAVE 7000 BY TONIGHT. AND THAT IS NOT ENOUGH. WHEN YOU AND MR. BROWNE AND MR.CHERTOFF SAID THERE WERE 4000 THERE , IT ACTUALLY WAS ONLY 400 TRYING TO HELP THE DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE HOSPITALS.

THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SAVING LIVES AND DOING THEIR UTMOST TO HELP SO MANY WITH SO LITTLE AND WITH NO FEDERAL RESOURCES ARE TO BE HELD IN THE HIGHEST REGARD. WE KNOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAILED THEIR EMERGENCY LIFE PROTECTING MANDATE OF AUGUST 26TH, 2005.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT YOU CONTINUED A VACATION, DINING, AND GOLFING WHILE PEOPLE WERE DYING.YOU DID NOT RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE UNTIL DAY 3 OF THIS DISASTER AND AT THAT TIME YOU"FLEW OVER" THE DISASTER IN AIRFORCE ONE AND NOTED IT. BUT WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL UP FULL MILITARY EVAC THEN ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU SAW IT?
WHY DIDN'T YOU SEND FULL SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS? WHY WEREN'T FULL AERIAL AND LAND ASSESSEMENTS ORDERED?
IN A CRITICAL DISASTER THOSE HAVE TO BE ORDERED SO SALVATION ARMY AND RED CROSS CAN COME INTO THE ZONE WITH THE MILITARY TO PROVIDE CARE.

AS AN AMERICAN I AM HORRIFIED AT HOW MY FELLOW HUMANS WERE TREATED IN THE SOUTH, ESPECIALLY IN LOUISIANA.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE, NO LEVVEEE SPIN STORIES THAT WILL CHANGE SEEING DEAD PEOPLE LYING IN THE STREETS DYING AND DEAD WAITING FOR RESCUE . NO LEADER SHOULD EVER TREAT THEIR CITIZENS IN THAT MANNER. THERE ARE ALMOST 100,000 EVACUATED TO NINE OTHER STATES,MANY ON THEIR OWN POWER, WE ARE GRATEFUL THEY MADE OUT AND SURVIVED THEIR RESCUES. THERE WILL BE A BODY COUNT THAT ONES THAT DIDN'T.

AT THIS POINT IN TIME DURING THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE LIVES NEED OUR FOCUS. BUT WHEN STABILITY IS IMPROVED WITH THIS SITUATION, SOME VERY HARD DECISIONS WILL HAVE TO BE ASKED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE CONGRESS.INVESTIGATIONS WILL BR PURSUED AND IMPEACMENT PROCEEDINGS OF ALL LEADERSHIP INVLOVED WITH THIS HORRIFIC EVENT WILL HAVE TO BE REQUESTED BY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. LIVES WERE LOST AND BEING LOST TO CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. YOU WILL BE GETTING THOUSANDS OF LETTERS STATING OUR CONCERNS WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, OR LACK THERE OF.YOU HAVE FAILED YOUR MANDATE.

SIGNED: A MOM, A NURSE, A TAXPAYER.

PLEASE SEE: http://www.cnn.com/2005/05/09/02

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING WHITE HOUSE DOC: http://www.whitehouse.gov./news/releases, Aug.26th,2005 Statement Authorizing Federal Emergency Assistance for Louisiana., by the WhiteHouse and posted Sunday August 27th,2005.

In 2001, August 6th , while on another 5 week Vacation you recieved a Memo about Bin Laden, terror attacks on US soil with airplanes, which Americans did not learn of until summer 2004. Let us hope the above memo does not turn out to be another just Missing Document that the American People need to know Existed to Protect lives in Louisiana.

1000'S STILL AT RISK OF DEATH & DISEASE IN DISASTER ZONE

1000'S ARE STILL AT RISK OF DEATH AND DISEASE IN THE DISASTER ZONE IT IS LATE DAY 5 OF THIS CATASTROPHE. 1000'S HAVE BEEN LEFT TRAUMATIZED BY THE DEVASTATION OF RIDING OUT DAYS IN THEIR HOMES, THEN SWIMMING THROUGH WATERS THAT WERE FULL OF DEBRIS AND WASTE. MANY HACKED THEIR WAY OUT OF ROOFS AND UPPER FLOORS AFTER THE HEAT BECAME UNBEARABLE. THEY USED WHAT EVER THEY COULD TO FLOAT TO HELP, BOATS AND SURVIVAL RAFTS MADE FROM BROKEN AIR MATRESSES AND FURNITURE TO PADDLE TO THE INNER CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.MANY PROBALLY PRAYED HARD THROUGH THE STORM , AND EVEN HARDER THE STORM THAT THEY WOULD SURVIVE WHEN THEY REACHED HIGHER,DRIER GROUND.

MANY COULD NOT KNOW OF THE HELL THAT THEY WOULD SUFFER AND ENDURE THE NEXT 5 DAYS WHEN THEY REACHED DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS. THIS IS THAT STORY THROUGH THE EYES OF A MOM AND A NURSE WHO IS DISASTER TRAINED MILES AWAY WATCHING AND LISTENING TO THEIR TALES ON CNN,MSNBC, ABC, AND FOX. IT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS. THIS IS A NARRATIVE AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE GULF DISASTER, AS WOVEN FROM WAR CORRESPONDANTS REPORTS AND PEOPLE'S STORIES ON THE INTERNENT AND ON THE TV.PLEASE READ THIS 1000'S OF LIVES ARE STILL AT STAKE.
(please excuse that this post will all be in large print due to an eye disorder so that the writer can read-my apologies)

PART ONE: THE LIVING HELL OF THE DOME PEOPLE: THE STORY OF THE DEAD BODIES
PART TWO: HOSPITAL HELL FOR NEW ORLEANS DOCTORS,STAFF, AND NURSES AND PATIENTS
PART THREE: HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EXCEPTIONAL LIES

***** BEFORE YOU READ THIS YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT THE WHITEHOUSE, INCLUDING MR.BUSH AND HOMELAND SECURITY AND FEMA SIGNED A STATEMENT OF FEDERAL EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR LOUISIANA ON SATURDAY AUGUST 26TH, 2005. THIS WAS SIGNED "TO AUTHORIZE,COORDINATE ALL DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS WHICH HAVE THE PURPOSE OF ALLEVIATING THE HARDSHIP CAUSED BY THE EMERGENCY ON THE LOCAL POPULATION." UNDER TITLE V OF THE STAFFORD ACT THIS STATEMENT IS ISSUED AND FOLLOWS LAWS THAT ARE TO PROTECT ALL MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION IN AN EMERGENCY WHETHER THEY HAVE BEEN EVACUATED OR NOT. IT IS A LAW THAT WHEN ENACTED IS TO PROTECT LIVES OF THE PUBLIC AND THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY. IT IS ALSO SUSPOSED TO LESSON OR AVERT THE THREAT OF CATASTOPHRE ON ALL LIVES IN THE STATED REGION. IT ALSO MEANS THAT ONCE THIS HAS BEEN ISSUED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS REQUIRED TO GIVE THE STATE EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO PROTECT LIFE. THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS STATEMENT OR THE LAWS OF FEMA OR FEDERAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE LAWS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE THAT WERE STRANDED AFTER EVACUATION ORDERS WERE GIVEN TO FACE A FATE OF NEAR CERTAIN DEATH.REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WAS ISSUED BY THE WHITEHOUSE AND PUT ON THEIR WEBSITE, IT WAS SIGNED SATURDAY AUGUST 26TH,2005.*****

PART ONE: THE LIVING HELL OF THE DOME PEOPLE,THE STORY OF THE DEAD BODIES.
( PLEASE NOTE THIS COULD ALSO EASILY APPLY TO THE PEOPLE ON THE STREETS AND AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 1000'S OF PEOPLE, MEN , WOMEN AND CHILDREN, SOME SICK, SOME ELDERLY, SOME PREGNENT, AND MOST LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE BEFORE THIS EVENT OCCURRED. ALMOST ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION OR INCOME TO ESCAPE THE CITY. IT WAS NOT A DECISION MANY MADE WILLINGLY. WHEN PEOPLE MAKE A DECISION TO NOT LEAVE WHEN EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN THERE ARE REASONS.)

ALL WEEK WE HAVE SEEN THE HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR AND FEMA DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT SAYING OVER AND OVER THAT' PEOPLE DID NOT HEED THE WARNINGS TO LEAVE". THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THE HOURS OF TV FOOTAGE. THE FOOTAGE CLEARLY SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE, FAMILIES THAT COULD NOT LEAVE THE AREA AND WERE ABANDONED BY THEIR OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP TO MOBILIZE THE MASSIVE NUMBERS OF TROOPS AND EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES THAT WERE NEEDED TO HELP THOSE THAT COULD NOT LEAVE.

SUNDAY NIGHT THE HURRICANE RAGED. AS IT HAD COME ACROSS THE GULF IT GAINED FURY, VOLUME AND STRENGTH. WEATHERMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY WATCHED AND PREDICTED AND THE DOPPLER IMAGES GREW MORE MENACING BY THE HOUR. THE PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS THAT STAYED BEHIND TRIED TO RIDE IT OUT,THEY WERE FAMILIES LIKE YOU AND ME LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. SOME WERE EVEN WAITING FOR THEIR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE CHECKS TO ARRIVE THAT COMING MONDAY. MANY DID NOT HAVE A CAR OR A WAY TO LEAVE. OTHERS HAD A CAR BUT WERE HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN FOOD FOR THREE DAYS OR GAS TO PUT IN THE CAR. WHEN ONE HAS A BABY , AND THE CHOICE IS FORMULA OR GAS, YOU KNOW THE RIGHT CHOICE IS MADE. OTHERS WERE TAKING CARE OF ELDERLY RELATIVES, SOME DISABLE AND SICK. WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN GRANDAD IS DYING OF LUNG CANCER ON OXYGEN AND TAKING ALOT OF MEDICATION THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY TRIPS EVEN OUT OF THE HOUSE.

MANY FAMILIES DID NOT HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO BECAUSE THE HOTELS IN THE AREA RAISED RATES AS THE EVAC WARNINGS WERE SENT OUT. REGARDLESS MANY OF THESE FAMILIES LIVE WEEK TO WEEK, THEY DO NOT TAKE VACATIONS, OR HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO TRAVEL ANY DISTANCE. THESE FAMILIES ARE AMERICA'S WORKING POOR, SOMETIMES WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS TAKE CARE OF THEIR CHILDREN AND PAY BILLS. OTHER FOLKS, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY HAD NO WAY OUT, NO ONE TO MOVE THEM 100'S OF MILES AWAY. NO BUSES WERE EVEN OFFERED TO BRING THEM OUT, NO CHURCHES OR SHELTERS WERE OPENED IN THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE AS EVEN POTENTIAL OPTIONS. IT WAS HOTELS OR RIDE IT WHERE YOU ARE. IT USED TO BE UNDER FEDERAL LAW THAT IF A CAT 5 WAS HEADED TO SHORE DESIGNATED FALLOUT SHELTER BUILDINGS WERE MADE READY.

PEOPLE DID WHAT THEY COULD. THEY MADE READY. THEY HUDDLED AS FAMILIES, THE STORM RAGED WITH WINDS BETWEEN 140 TO 160 HOURS, WINDS THAT RING IN YOUR EARS LIKE A TRAIN IN THE LIVING ROOM. BUILDINGS SWAYED AND CREEKED.FAMILIES RODE THE STORMS IN THE DARK. SOME , ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY RODE THE STORMS ALONE IN THE DARK WITH NO WAY TO EVEN CALL FOR HELP AS THE PHONES WENT DEAD. PEOPLE PILED FOOD INTO COOLERS AND RUBBRMAID CONTAINERS AND FILLED BATHTUBS WITH WATER. THEY BANTONED DOWN THE HATCHES, SHUTTING WINDOWS AND DOORS TO ATTEMPT TO KEEP OUT THE MOISTURE AND SHEETS OF RAIN. MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE WOULD PICK ONE ROOM TO HUDDLE AND GATHER WITH THEIR SUPPLIES IN PLACE. THE STORM RAGED AND RAGED, IT WAS A MONSTER. AND THEN THE NEXT MORNING PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE REGION EMERGED. YET IN DOWNTOWN NEW ORLEANS, MANY STARTED TO BECOME TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES, THE WATERS RISING OUTSIDE THEIR HOMES. BECAUSE THEY HAD NO WAY TO CALL OUT, NO ONE COULD KNOW HOW THE WATERS WERE PUSHING THEM TO THEIR ATTICS. IT IS UNCLEAR WHY WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS FEMA GROUND CREWS DID NOT COME AND DO AERIALS AND ASSESSMENTS,AND WHY THEY DID NOT COME UNTIL DAY 5. AERIALS ON DAY ONE WOULD HAVE SHOWN THE PROBLEMS. SO PEOPLE WENT FROM FLOOR TO FLOOR AND 1000'S, MAYBE AS MANY AS 50,000 WENT TO THEIR ROOFS. SCARED, HOT AS THE DELTA STEAM ROSE OF THE FLOOD WATERS.MANY WERE TRAPPED IN ATTICS, WITHOUT VENTILATION, WINDOWS OR FANS. SOME FOUND CREATIVE WAYS TO BREAK THROUGH THE ROOF TO GET AIR. SOME WOULD EVEN START MAKING SIGNS FOR HELP. AND THEN THERE ARE 1000'S THAT WE KNOW COULD NOT BREAK THE ROOF WITH THEIR SHOES OR A CANE. SOME NEIGHBORS WERE EVEN ABLE TO YELL TO EACH OTHER. AND SOME HOUSES WENT SILENT AS THE HEAT ROSE. SOME PEOPLE EVEN DECIDED TO BRAVE THE WATERS TO SWIM FOR HIGHER OR DRIER GROUND, OR THINKING THAT THEY COULD GO GET HELP. FOR SOME THIS MEANT LEAVING A LOVED ONE OR A WHOLE FAMILY BEHIND, PADDLING OFF ON A DOOR OR AN AIR MATTRESS WONDERING IF THEY WOULD SEE THEIR CHILDREN OR GRANDMOTHER AGAIN. ONE OFF THE ROOF THEY WOULD REALIZE WITH HORROR THAT THE WATER WAS RISING AND HIGH EVERYWHERE. THE BATTLE OF THE STORM WOULD FADE AS THEY APPROACHED NEW CHALLENGES. PADDLING PIECE OF BOARD ON A DOOR IS NOT A CANOE RIDE THROUGH STORM FLOOD WATERS IS HAZARDOUS. THE WATERS ARE NOT JUST MUDDY, THEY ARE FULL OF DEBRIS, GARBAGE, SNAKES, RATS, LIVE WIRES, AND EVEN HUMAN WASTE. THEY WOULD PADDLE AND FINALLY END UP NEAR HIGHER GROUND. SOME EVEN SWAM THROUGH THIS. SOME EVEN SWAM IN THE DARK BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT SURE IF THEIR HOME WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT. SOME SWAM IN THE DARK, LOST IN WRECKAGE AND GOO TIRING BEFORE THEY EVER REACHED A SHORE OR HIGHER GROUND. THEY WANDER THROUGH TOWN , WADING THROUGH WATER THAT IS NOW MAYBE ONLY WAIST HIGH. THEY WORK THEIR WAY TO THE CONVENTION CENTER IN FILTHY MUDDY CLOTHES WITH NO SHOES OR BELONGINGS, COLD AND WET. FOR SOME THEY ARE NOW INTO 24-36 HOURS OF THIS NIGHTMARE. THEY GET TO THE SUPERDOME, IT IS DARK AND DANK, HUMID WITHOUT AIRCONDITIONER TO COOL OF THE AUGUST HEAT. SOME PEOPLE HAD ALREADY MADE IT TO THE DOME TO RIDE OUT THE HURRICANE. MANY THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD STAY IN THE SHELTER WHILE THE STORM RIPPED THROUGH THE CITY. THE FIRST NIGHT, SUNDAY WAS SCARY AS THE POWER WENT OUT AND THE BUILDING SHOOK, AND THE ROOF CREEKED. THE GIANT DOME ROOF BEGAN TO PEEL BACK, AND LEAK IT SOUNDED LIKE A CAN OPENER YANKING AT THE SHEETS OF METAL. IT WAS SCARY EVEN IN THE DARK.PEOPLE RUSHED TO MOVE TO DRIER AREAS. SOME FAMILIES AHD BROUGHT BABIES AND ELDERLY SO MVING WAS ALOT OF WORK. OTHERS ENDED UP TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE AROUND THEM . OVER AND OVER WE HEARD HOW MANY FRAIL ELDERLY HAD COME THERE TO RIDE THE STORM. THE POWER WENT OUT IN THE NIGHT, THE FIRST NIGHT AND EVERYONE KNEW THAT IT WOULD NOT BE BACK. THIS ALSO MEANT NO MORE RUNNING WATER, AND NO MORE WORKING TOILETS AND THIS HAPPENED IN THE FIRST 12 HOURS. PEOPLE HAD BROUGHT SNACKS AND WATER, MANY HAD
THOUGHT THAT FOOD WOULD BE THERE ,PROVIDED BY EMERGENCY RELIEF. IT IS UNCLEAR AS TO HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE THERE- ESTIMATES INITIAL WERE FROM 12,000 TO 20,000. 400 POLICE AND GUARD WERE THERE TO HELP WITH MAINTAINING ORDER , EVEN DOING CHECKS BEFORE ALLOWING PEOPLE IN THE STADIUM. THAT MEANT TAKING AWAY WEAPONS AND LIQUOR. ( IN NEW ORLEANS, MANY HAVE WEAPONS IT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS, DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE COWBOYS AND THUGS IT IS PART OF THE BAYOU CULTURE, AS MUCH AS GUMBO,BEADS,BOURBON AND BLUES).

AS THE CROWDS GREW FEAR AND ANXIETY ALSO ROSE AS PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT HOMES AND RELATIVES AND PETS LEFT BEHIND. MANY DON'T KNOW THIS BUT IF YOU GO TO A SHELTER, ESP. RED CROSS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE YOUR PETS. FOR MANY PETS ARE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN. THIS IS A RULE BY THE RED CROSS THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, IT WILL NEVER BE KNOWN HOW MANY DIED TO STAY WITH A DOG OR CAT. TOO MANY. OTHERS ARRIVED AT THE DOME TO BE TOLD TO LEAVE THEIR PETS BEHIND, THEY WOULD WANDER ELSEWHERE FACING MANY NIGHTS ON THE STREET WITH THEIR DOGS. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS FIXING NATIONWIDE BEFORE MORE FACE DEATH IN ANOTHER DISASTER TRYING TO CARE FOR A PET.

AS THE DOME FILLED IT WAS FILLED WITH SMELLS OF WASTE AND SWEAT AND PEOPLE THAT HAD SWAM AND WADED THROUGH THE STORM SLIME. AS THE HEAT ALSO ROSE PEOPLE BEGAN TO FEEL ILL. AND AS THE SUPPLIES DWINDLED WITHIN THE FIRST 24-36 HOURS INCLUDING WATER PEOPLE BEGAN TO WONDER HOW LONG THIS ORDEAL WOULD LAST. THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION AS HORRIFIC. THERE WAS NO LOUDSPEAKER OR EVEN A BULLHORN TO RELAY NEWS OR INFO. NO BAN RADIO TO RELAY MESSEGES OUT, NO WORKING CELLPHONES OR PAYPHONES. SOME INITIALLY COULD TEXT MESSEGES OUT. FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN COULD ONLY GROW IN THE DARK FETID ENVIRONMENT. RAINS FELL THROUGH GAPING HOLES IN THE ROOF AND EVEN PIECES OF THE CEILING FELL DOWN. PEOPLE SANG TALKED TO EACH OTHER,PRAYED AND TRIED TO COMFORT EACH OTHER.THEY ROCKED THEIR BABIES AND PLAYED WITH THEIR CHILDREN. BUT THE TENSION GREW. THERE HAD BEEN NO WAY TO CHECK IN , NO LOGS SO PEOPLE ALSO BEGAN TO WORRY ABOUT BEING LOST THERE FOREVER. SOME GANGS DID BEHAVE BADLY, THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS BY THOSE THERE THAT THERE WERE RAPES BY WEDNESDAY. SADLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AT DISASTER SITES, BUT HERE IT WAS PROBALY AIDED BY LACK OF ENOUGH SUPERVISON AND EVEN RELIEF OF THAT SUPERVISON, AND PEOPLE BEING WEAK AND DEHYDRATED. IT WOULD BE UNREASONABLE TO THINK THAT OUT OF 10-20,000 PEOPLE THAT THERE WERE NOT SOME THUGS AND CRIMINALS, THAT IS JUST FACT.

BY WEDNESDAY WATER WAS RATIONED TO 2 9OZ BOTTLES PER PERSON THERE WAS NO FOOD AND NO SNACKS AND NO OTHER SOURCE OF SUPPLIES IMMINENT, MRES WERE GONE.THE MEDIA TRIED TO KEEP THE OUTSIDE WORLD INFORMED OF HOW GRIM THE SITUATION WAS. AND BY WED, THE FIRST SUICIDE HAPPENED , A MAN PLAYING DOMINOES ON AN UPPER DECK CALMLY GOT UP AND JUMPED TO HIS DEATH FROM AN UPPER LEVEL. PEOPLE WERE SHAKEN AND SCARED , THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNING. YET THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE UNDER HUGE STRESS, UNFED, AND DEHYDRATED AND LEFT IN THE DARK. ESPECIALLY AS EXHAUSTION AND FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN GROWS THICKER BY THE HOUR. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE "STAFF" AND GUARD THAT WERE PROVIDED WERE NO WHERE NEAR THE NUMBERS THAT WERE NEEDED. 400 GUARD ALSO WERE HUNGRY, EXAHUSTED, AND SLEEP DEPRIVED AND SENSORY OVERLOADED, EVEN IN THE DARK. THEIR NERVES WERE ALSO FRAYED. THERE WERE ALSO NOT ENOUGH NURSES OR MEDICAL STAFF TO CARE FOR THE ELDERLY AND SICK IN THE FACILITY. AND AS THIS FACILITY HAD FILLED PEOPLE HAD GONE OVER TO THE CONVENTION CENTER TO SEEK SHELTER.

IT IS CRITICAL TO REMEMBER WITHIN 24 HOUR OF THE DISASTER FEMA SHOULD HAVE COME IN ONE NAVY, MARINE AND COAST GUARD HELICOPTERS. THEY SHOULD HAVE FIRST MADE CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL LEADERS, BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE GOVERNOR AND ASKED WHAT THEY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY AS THE DISASTER STATEMENT HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE WHITEHOUSE ON SATURDAY, WHILE THE PRESIDENT WAS IN ARIZONA AT PARTIES AND PLAYING GOLF. SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE STILL BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE DISASTER PLANNING AND PREPARATION. IN MY OWN RESEARCH OF TRYING TO ESTABLISH THE EXTENT OF PREPARATION I FOUND HTIS ONE ARTICALE SHOWING THEM SECURING THE GROUNDS AROUND THE SUPERDOME( SEE : http://www.newsobserver.com/24hour/nation/story). THEY SHOULD HAVE FLOWN IN AND EVEN AFTER INIATIAL ASSESSMENTS THEY SHOULD HAVE PLANNED 2-6 FLYOVERS TO REACCESS. ONCE IT WAS FIRMLY ESTABLISHED THE FULL EXTENT OF THE FLOODING AND THAT CLEAN POTABLE WATER AND LACK OF COMMUNICATION WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO A HEALTH EMERGENCY FOOD AND WATER SHOULD HAVE BEEN AIRDROPPED TO THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE DOME ON A SET SCHEDULE. ALSO BULLHORNS AND SATELITTE MILITARY PHONES SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO CREATE ORDER. ALSO IN THE FIRST 24 HOURS THE MILITARY SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT IN TO REMOVE THE ELDERLY AND INFIRMED FROM THE DOME, THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND THE HOSPITALS. EVEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MILITARY BASES IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE COULD HAVE BEEN MADE READY. AND THEN BY WEDNESDAY THESE PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN AIR-VACCED TO THESE BASES OR EVEN HOSPITALS IN THE NOTHERN PART OF THE CITY. WE ARE VERY FORTUANATE THAT THE COAST GUARD STARTED RESCUING THE TRAPPED PEOPLE WHEN THEY DID, AS OF THIS WRITING THEY HAD RESCUED 5500 PEOPLE TO DRY GROUND. AND EVENTUALLY BY DAY 4 WAS STILL TRYING TO EVAC PEOPLE TO OUT SIDE HOSPITALS USING THE AIRPORT WHICH OPENED TO EMERGENCY AIR ON WEDNESDAY. THE MEDICAL TEAMS THERE ARE BASICALLY MAGUYVERING IT, USING LUGGAGE EQUIPMENT TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE. THIS CONFUSES ME THE MILITARY BASES HAVE VERY LARGE EVAC PLANES AND EQUIPMENT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT THERE AS SOON AS THE AIRPORT OPENED. FOR NO OTHER REASON THEN THE 10,000 PATIENTS AND 5000 STAFF OF THE DOWNTOWN HOSPITALS WOULD HAVE TO BE EVACUATED, AND ALL OF THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS AND COORDINATED BY MONDAY AT THE LATEST. SO IN TOTAL BEFORE WE EVEN HAD THE INFLUX OF HURRICANE INJURIES AND DISEASE, NEW ORLEANS FOR CERTAIN HAD UP TO 15,000 THAT REQUIRED URGENT EMERGENCY MEDICAL EVACUATION OUT OF THE DISASTER ZONE. SADLY THE WALKING WOUNDED OF THE DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER WOULD SWELL THESE NUMBERS TO UP TO ANOTHER 6-8,OOO. THE HOSPITALS IN THE WHOLE GULF REGION SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASSESSED WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS, AS THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO ABOVE 60,000, AND THIS IS AN ESTIMATE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE STORM INJURIES THAT WOULD SWELL THIS MUCH HIGHER, AND WHEN YOU SEE THESE NUMBERS YOU SEE THAT USING HELICOPTERS IS SO FUTILE AND IMPRACTICAL. MILITARY AIRPLANES AND SHIPS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO THE AREA ON MONDAY BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS ALONE. ( THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE COMFORT AND MERCY VESSELS)

((( A BIT OF A PERSONAL FOOTNOTE HERE, I HAVE BEEN A NURSE FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND IN 2001 LIKE MANY I TOOK EXTENSIVE DISASTER TRAINING.IF YOU ARE INTERESTED ONLINE YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE ARE FEMA AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANS READY TO IMPLEMENT FOR SUCH A COLLUSAL CRISIS. MANY WERE EVEN STUDIED AND IMPROVED AFTER 9-11. I ALSO DID SOME VOLUNTEER RESEARCH WITH TSUNAMI RELIEF, THE TSUNAMI EFFORT WAS MUCH MORE ORGANIZED IN PROVIDING AIR DROPS, ACTIVATION OF MILITARY SUPPLIES AND MANPOWER, EVEN THOUGH THE PRESIDENT DID NOT MAKE A STATEMENT FOR FIVE DAYS.))))

BY THURSDAY THE TEMPERATURES ROSE IN DOWNTOWN, 90'S AND HUMID. THE FLOOD WATERS IS FULL OF WASTE, HUMAN AND ANIMAL. PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED THE STORM AND SWAM WITH WOUNDS ARE NOW AT RISK OF FEVERS, INFECTIONS AND FACING STARVATION AND DEHYDRATION, POSSIBLE EVEN DEATH. SO WHILE TRAUMATIZED BY THE STORM , THEY NOW FACE NEW STRESS AS THEY WANDER SEARCHING FOR FOOD AND WATER AND INFORMATION. AND BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN NO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON THE GROUND, NO UNIFORMS ON THE GROUND SETTING ORDER IN PLACE OR EVEN OFFERING INFORMATION, COMFORT, OR SUPPLIES. PEOPLE PANIC AT THIS POINT, SO AT 36 HOURS THE LOOTING REACHED FEVER PITCH. MANY WERE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR FOOD, WATER AND EVEN CLOTHES AND SHOES. YET AT FIRST THE MEDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT WERE QUICK TO JUDGE "OH, SHAME ON THEM FOR NOT BEING ORDERLY AND IN CONTROL".
NO SHAME ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR ABANDONING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR FOOD AND WATER.

THE MEDIA QUICKLY CORRECTED AND SENT IN WAR REPORTERS TO COVER THE DEVASTATION AND PEOPLE STRUGGLING BY THE HOUR TO SURVIVE WITHOUT FOOD , WATER OR EVEN HOPE ON THE HORIZON. AND BY THURSDAY WITH STILL NO NUMBERS OF DEAD AND WOUNDED KNOWN BY OUTSIDERS, THE DOME PEOPLE AND THE CONVENTION CENTER START TO LOSE HOPE AS BODIES BEGIN TO BE FOUND IN STREETS AND HALLWAYS. FEAR AND HOPELESS START TO FEED ANGER IN SOME AND DESOLATION IN OTHERS. THE STREETS BECOME QUIET AND AGITATED IN OTHERS. NONE OF US SHOULD JUDGE HOW WE WOULD ACT IF WE WERE DEHYDRATED AND SICK AND WOUNDED 80 HOURS INTO A DISASTER. OVER TIME THE MEDIA UNDERSTOOD THAT LOOTING MOSTLY WAS RELATED TO HUNGER AND THIRST AND DESPERATION.NONE OF US SHOULD JUDGE THE HELL THE WERE ENDURING.

AS AWFUL AS IT WAS THAT THERE SNIPER SHOOTINGS AND GANGS WANDERING THE CITY, IT IS NOT SHOCKING, AS THERE WAS NO GOVERNMENT PRESENCE THERE. PEOPLE DO EXPECT WATER AND FOOD AND TROOPS TO COME. OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN SIGN UP TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR COMMUNITIES AFTER A DISASTER, IT IS EVEN IN ALL THE NATIONAL GUARD ADS AND LITERATURE. AND GROWING UP IF AN EMERGENCY OF THIS PROPORTION OCCURRED TROOPS ALWAYS ARRIVED.WE ALL EVEN SAW AFTER 9-11 TROOPS BROUGHT IN TO ASSIST THE PEOPLE. ONE WOULD THINK THAT A LARGE URBAN AREA WOULD DEFINENTLY SEE A LARGE TROOP PRESCENCE. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY AFTER THE PRESIDENT DID HIS FLYOVER ON MONDAY HE DID NOT ORDER MASSIVE FEMA EFFORTS AND MILITARY. THE LAWLESSNESS AND BREAKDOWN OF THE SOCIAL FABRIC IN A WAY ATLEAST BROUGHT MUCH NEEDED TROOPS AND OUTSIDE ATTENTION.

BY THURSDAY THE CONDITIONS INSIDE THE DOME HAD REACHED SUBHUMAN- WASTE EVERYWHERE, VOMIT, RATS, DIAPERS, DEAD PEOPLE ON THE FLOOR. PEOPLE PILED OUT SIDE AND FACED WAIST HIGH WATERS THEY WERE TRAPPED. PEOPLE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER ALSO WERE PILED IN HOT DEHYDRATED SWEATY MASSES, DESPERATE WITH NO GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS WOULD ARREST PEOPLE FOR TREATING ANIMALS IN THIS WAY-LEAVING THEM WITHOUT SHELTER, WATER OR FOOD.

ON THURSDAY THE MEDIA STARTED SHOWING ALL OF IT, THE PEOPLE SEIZING, PASSING OUT, DYING. AND THE BODIES. AND STILL THE PRESIDENT DID NOT HAVE FOOD OR WATER AIR DROPPED TO 1000'S OF PEOPLE LAYING IN THE STREETS, BRIDGES, CAUSWAYS, AND BY THE DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER. CHILDREN WITH OUT FOOD FOR DAYS, LIMP IN MOTHERS ARMS. BABYS WITH OUT FORMULA. ELDERLY DYING ON FLOORS AND IN WHEELCHAIRS. IT IS A SAD STATMENT WHEN OUR GOVERNMENT , OUR LEADERSHIP ALL OF THEM LEAVE OUR YOUNGEST, OLDEST, SICKEST DYING IN THE STREET AFTER SUCH A DISASTER. BUT ONE CAN NOT HELP BUT WONDER IF THEY WERE ALREADY WRITTEN OFF. WE HAVE 40 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY IN THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE 44 MILLION LIVING WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE. WE HAVE MILLIONS LIVING AND WORKING THIS WAY ALREADY ABANDONED BY THEIR GOVERMENT THAT WILL NOT SUPPLY NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AND WILL NOT RAISE MININUM RAISE PAY TO A SURIVABLE LEVEL. 40% OF THE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY ARE OUR CHILDREN.SO PART OF ME AS A NURSE FEELS THAT MILLIONS YES HAVE ALREADY BEEN ABANDONED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION. WE SAW MR.BUSH IGNORE THE GREIVING MOTHER AND MILITARY FAMILIES IN THE DITCH BY HIS VACATION RANCH IN AUGUST IN SEETHING HEAT. AND NOW WE SEE HIM FLYOVER DEVASTATION AND IGNORE 1000'S OF DYING PEOPLE FOR 5 DAYS. IT IS NOT SHOCKING THAT PEOPLE WERE YELLING PROFANITIES INTO THE CAMERAS. THEY SHOULD. HE IS TREATING THE POOR AND THE BLACK IN THIS COUNTRY AS IF THEY ARE INVISIBLE, AND THIS DISASTER SHOWS IT IN ALL OF IT'S COLORS. ALHOUGH I DO NOT THINK THAT IT IS JUST PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT HE HAS SET ASIDE, I THINK ELDERLY, OUR CHILDREN, AND THE DISABLED AND SICK ARE ALSO VIEWED AS EXPENDABLE AND DRAINING THE ECONOMY. WE ALL HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS ONE SERVICES PROGRAM DECIMATED AFTER ANOTHER. THE MIDDLECLASS IS ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM THE POVERTY LINE AS WELL.

MR.BUSH WAS MEETING WITH HIS BIG BUSINESS FRIENDS AND PLANNING MORE TAX BREAKS AND DISCUSSING LUXORY TAXES LAST WEEKEND . HE WAS STILL ON HIS 5 WEEK VACATION. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN BACK IN DC , ESPECIALLY AFTER THAT DISASTER STATEMENT WAS ISSUED, PLANNING AND ORGANIZING THE PROPER RESOURCES TO PALN FOR CAT 4-5 THAT WAS READYING TO PULVERIZE THE GULF. INSTEAD HE PLAYED GOLF AND ATE CAKE.
AND THEN EVEN SUNDAY WHILE THE DOME FAMILIES WERE BEGINNING TO FILE IN TO WAIT FOR THE HURRICANE TO HIT HE WENT AND GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT OUR TROOPS AND SPREADING DEMOCRACY ON A NAVY SHIP. RIGHT THEN AND RIGHT THERE HE COULD HAVE ORDERED SHIPS TO THE REGION, BECAUSE BY THEN THE STORM WAS A CAT 5.

Friday, September 02, 2005

IT IS TIME THE WORLD SEE THE TRUTH IT TOOK FOUR DAYS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEATH,DESTRUCTION AND DESPAIR OF THE REFUGEES.

IT IS NOW 3 PM FRIDAY THE 5TH DAY OF THIS NIGHTMARE FOR THE GULF REFUGEES.
FINALLY TRUCKS ARE ARRIVING IN OUR OWN HELL EARTH.
STILL HOSPITALS NEED EVACUATING, ATLEAST 10,000 IN SIX DIFFERENT
HOSPITALS- TENET ON NAPOLOEON STILL NEEDS CHECKING ASAP
NURSES ARE GIVING EACH OTHER IVS'S- THEY HAVE HAD NO FOOD/H20 FOR
ALMOST THREE DAYS. THEY HAVE NO WAY TO CALL OUT.
STILL NO AIR DROPS OF FOOD OR WATER.BUSH STILL HAS NOT COME TO NEW ORLEANS TO TALK WITH
THE MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS WHO ISSUED SOS OVER AND OVER....HE IS DUE ANY MINUTE?

WE HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN ANY NUMBERS OF THE DEAD, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE STORM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED WAITING FOR RESCUE OR SHELTER.MR.BUSH STILL HAS NOT GONE TO NEW ORLEANS- THE MOST SEVERE CRITICAL PATIENT.
WE STILL HAVE NOT SEEN THE ACTUAL LINES OF BUSES LOADED WITH REFUGEES TO
REMOVE THEM FROM THE UNSANITARY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OF THE SUPERDOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER, AND THE OVERPASSES AND STREETS.THERE ARE STILL BODIES IN THE DOME AND STILL BODIES IN THE STREETS.

I AM CONTACTING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY , THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND
DEATH, WE NEED THIS ADMINISTRATION TO KNOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING.
THERE ARE LAWS THAT SHOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS CRIMINAL NEGLECT OF
CITIZENS. IT IS A MATTER THAT ALL HUMANS ARE TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND
RESPECT.PEOPLE THAT WERE AND ARE ILL, ELDERLY, IMPOVERISHED, DISABLED AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN
AND WERE NOT ABLE TO LEAVE WHEN THE EVACUATION ORDERS WERE GIVEN.
AND THEN THEY WERE NOT GIVEN ANY CARE, FOOD , WATER OR SHELTER.
PEOPLE DIED DUE TO THIS NEGLECT FOR THE PAST FOUR DAYS-
THERE ARE BODIES ALL OVER NEW ORLEANS, AND THEY DID NOT DIE
IN THE FLOOD, THEY DIED WAITING FOR CARE.THESE ARE ALSO A PART OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IT IS A MATTER OF RASCISM.
IT IS A MATTER OF POVERTY. DID MR.BUSH THINK HE COULD TREAT NEW ORLEANS LIKE GITMO.

AS A NURSE AND A MOM AND A WORLD CITIZEN, I CALLED EVERY AGENCY AND OFFICIAL
THAT I COULD FIND. IT IS TIME THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY KNOW
OF THESE CRIMES AGAINST OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE SOUTH.
I WILL NEED ASSISTANCE FROM THE BLOGGER WORLD.
WE WILL NEED TAPE- I CAN NOT TAPE ALL THESE CHANNELS-
SPECIFICALLY TAPES OF SICK, POOR, ELDERLY, SICK, IN WHEELCHAIRS,
WOMEN AND CHILDREN, AND PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS
AN ISSUE WHERE POVERTY AND COLOR SEEMS TO HAVE EFFECTED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF HUMAN NEEDS BY THIS WHITE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION.
IF YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS PLEASE, PLEASE
EMAIL ME.
THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER NGO'S NEED TO KNOW.
AND THE WORLD COMMUNITY NEED TO KNOW THAT MOST
HUMANE AMERICANS DO NOT SUPPORT PEOPLE BEING TREATED IN THIS MANNER.
THEY WILL NEED STATEMENTS AND ARTICLES AND PHOTOS ETC
TO SUPPORT THE HORROR OF THIS CASTOSTROPHE.
I AS ONE NURSE CAN NOT FILE THIS COMPLAINT ALONE.

OTHER INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS HAVE INDEED WATCHING THIS UNFOLD.

AND FINALLY I THINK MANY OTHERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THE TROOPS COULD BE
RUSHED INTO BAGHDAD WITH IN 48 HOURS AFTER EXECUTIVE ORDERS, YET THE DYING AND WOUNDED AND
OF THE GULF COULD NOT EVEN GET WATER AND BISCUITS OR A BLANKET AIR-DROPPED TO THEM.
AND MR. AND MRS.BUSH -HOW DARE YOU COME DOWN TO THE GULF TODAY AND TRY TO SAY THAT THE
MEDIA HAVE NOT TOLD THE PUBLIC THE TRUTH. THE ROLLS AND ROLLS OF FOOTAGE TOLD THE TRUTH TO THE CITIZENS.
IT IS A TRUTH THAT YOU DID NOT WANT TO SEE, BUT IT IS HERE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD, YOUR NEIGHBORS WERE LEFT DEAD IN THE STREET, AND IT TOOK THEN WHITEHOUSE TOOK FOUR AND HALF LONG DAYS TO COME AND FACE THE HORROR.IT IS NOW 2:58PM AND MR.BUSH IS FINALLY ON THE GROUND IN NEW ORLEANS MEETING WITH THE MAYOR.
FINALLY.WE ARE GRATEFUL THAT THE MEDIA WAS BRAVE ENOUGH TO SHOW THE DEAD BODIES AND THE TRUTH.

6AM EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES IN NEW ORLEANS, POLICE STATIONS UNDER FIRE, TROOPS WHEN? AIRDROP FOOD OR WATER OR BODY BAGS?

IT IS FRIDAY MORNING- DAY FIVE OF LOUISANA'S HELL CONTINUES....AND THE CRISIS IN THE GULF.

**** TO START WITH - THERE IS A CHEMICAL PLANT ON FIRE NEAR RAILROAD TRACKS BEHIND THE SUPERDOME-
THERE ARE FUMES AND FLAMES AND NO WORKING FIRETRUCKS, AND IT IS WITHIN SIGHT OF THE SUPERDOME-
IT NEEDS TO BE EVACUATED TODAY BEFORE MORE PEOPLE DIE.******

AND THIS IS A LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND- WE NEED TO ACT TODAY- OR BY TUESDAY THERE WILL BE 1000'S DEAD-
1000'S MORE I SHOULD SAY.
( FEMA IS UNWILLING TO GIVE ANY MORTALITY NUMBERS AT ALL)

CALL AND ASK THE QUESTION; AIR DROPS OF FOOD AND WATER??? OR BODY BAGS?!-
WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE???!!! CALL TODAY- NOW !!!

CAN 11,000 GUARD HANDLE OVER 90,000 SUFFERING DYING REFUGEES?

OR IT IS TIME TO CALL UNITED NATIONS AND FILE A GENOCIDE AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY COMPLAINT ????

WHITEHOUSE PHONE NUMBER: 202-456-1111 OR 202-456-2461 CALL TODAY
FEMA: ****NEW****1-800-440-6728 OR 202-566-1600**** THESE NUMBERS KEEP CHANGING
DHHS: 202- 619-0657
CALL YOUR GOVERNOR AND REPRESENTITIVES.....
[ I CALLED THE DHHS AND FEMA THEY SAID TO CALL THE WHITEHOUSE ABOUT CONDITIONS IN LOUISIANA]
{ BUSH IS NOT EVEN PLANNING TO TOUR LOUISIANA TODAY-MAYBE JUST A FLYOVER-AGAIN- THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE}

THINK ABOUT THIS- THOSE HELICOPTERS THAT ARE AIRDROPPING SANDBAGS COULD BE DROPPING FOOD AND BLANKETS AND WATER.....THESE PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS ARE GOING TO DIE OF EXPOSURE , DISEASE, AND DEHYDRATION AND STARVATION, IT IS NOW JUST A MATTER OF TIME....THEY ARE SCARED THAT CREATES MAYHEM.
THE GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA NEEDS ATLEAST 40,000 GUARD NOW- NOT NEXT WEEK- ACCORDING TO CHERTOFF 1400 GUARD WILL BE SENT A DAY. THAT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

(1) ONLY 11,000 PEOPLE COULD FIT IN THE HOUSTON ASTRODOME....AND THERE ARE ATELAST 25,000-40,000 BY THE SUPERDOME, NOT COUNTING PILES OF DEAD BODIES IN THE DOME LINING THE WALLS. GOV.PERRY SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP TO 75,000. THEY NEED BETTER TRANSPORT THAN
THAT MEANS THAT IN NEW ORLEANS AT THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE SUPERDOME THERE ARE BETWEEN 60-90,000 PEOPLE TOTAL. BROWNE OF FEMA THURS" THINGS ARE GOING RELATIVELY WELL"
I HAVE TAKEN ALL THE DISASTER RED CROSS CLASSES AND FEMA DISASTER TRAINING THAT WAS OFFERED AFTER 9-11 - RELATIVELY WEEL DOES NOT INCLUDE FECES, STARVATION, DEHYDRATION AND ROTTING CORPSES.
FEMA SAYS THAT THERE ARE ONLY 13,000 GUARD ON THE GROUND, AND THAT 30,OOO GUARD WILL BE THERE BY SUNDAY.
AND SEE HERE IS THE PROBLEM- 10,000 ARE STILL TRAPPED IN HOSPITALS ARE STARVING AND DYING.
THE PEOPLE ROTTING IN THE STREETS AND THE DOME AND THE CONVENTION CENTER HAVE NO FOOD NO WATER.

(2) THE SHIP THE "COMFORT" HAS NOT EVEN LEFT BALTIMORE YET- IT WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL NEXT WEEK-
ARE THEY GOING TO COME IN AND JUST CLEAN UP THE BODIES? OR BRING REFRIGERATED MORGUES

(3) THE OTHER THREE NAVY SHIPS LOCATION, AND ETA 'S HAVE NTO BEEN GIVEN.
(4) ATLEAST DROP BULLHORNS SO THAT SOME SORT OF COMMNUICATION COULD COMMENCE
(5) THERE IS NO ONE ON THE GROUND- FEMA ETC ORGANIZING AND GIVING ANY NEWS OR INFO.PEOPLE ARE IN PANIC MODE- BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE ARE WATCHING PEOPLE AROUND THEM ROT AND DIE ON THE STREET.
(6) DHHS WEBSITE SAYS THAT 10,000 BEDS ARE TO BE DELIVERED- THAT IS NOT ENOUGH.
THE TRI-STATE ESTIMATES ALONE TOTAL 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE WITH NO BED TONIGHT- TELL ME HOW 10,000 WORKS- WILL THEY SLEEP IN SHIFTS????
(7) FOOD WATER AND ICE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN VERY VAGUE. I HAVE CALLED BEER COMPANIES THAT ARE WILLING TO BRING WATER BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO BRING IT?
(8) ATLEAST 30% OF POLICE HAVE QUIT IN NEW ORLEANS, MAYBE UP TO 60% HAVE EVEN LEFT THE CITY.
(9) THIS IS A CIVIL EMERGENCY THIS IS WHY WE HAVE NATIONAL GUARD THERE SHOULD BE THERE NOW- AND WE NEED TO ASK WHY- THIS NEEDS TO BE ASKED NOW. MILITARY IS NEEDED NOW. MAYOR NATO TOLD THE PRESIDENT THAT FLYING IN THE JET OVER THE CITY, WAS NOT ENOUGH, HE HAS ISSUED AN SOS. POLICE STATIONS ARE UNDER FIRE WATCH CNN. THERE ARE FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS IN THE CITY THIS AM- THE HORIZON IS A BRIGHT ORANGE GLOW. SMOKE AND FUMES ARE STARTING TO SPREAD( THIS IS TYPED FROM CHRIS LAWRENCE ON VIDEOPHONE ON CNN AT 6AM)

THESE PEOPLE NEED US TO FIGHT FOR THEM - THEY HAVE NO ONE ELSE- THINK ABOUT IT- IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANY OF US??? THESE ARE OUR MOMS, CHILDREN, GRANDMOMS- I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH A PHONE- PLEASE CALL YOUR GOVERNOR, THE WHITEHOUSE AND THE SENATORS TODAY....GET CREATIVE NOW

Thursday, September 01, 2005

1000's STILL DYING TONIGHT: SEND BODY BAGS

IT IS WED NIGHT 1000'S ARE STILL DYING.
WHY ARE THE HOSPITALS BEING EVACUATED BY CIVILIAN MED FLIGHT SERVICES.THERE ARE MILITARY TRANSPORTS THAT SHOULD BE IN USE.WHY WAS THE ONLY NAVY SHIP IN THE AREA DIVERTED TO GULPORT ( THE BATOONE-SP)- IT IS ONLY 40 MILES AWAY FROM NEW ORLEANS.THAT SHIP HAS MASSIVE HELICOPTERS THAT COULD BE USED.PATIENTS AND MEDICAL STAFF ARE LITERALLY STARVING AND DYING OF THIRST.THEY WILL DIE WITH THEIR PATIENTS IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING.
PATIENTS ARE DYING ON THE ROOFS WAITING FOR TRANSPORT THAT STOPPED FOR COMING NO REASON TODAY.

PLEASE READ THE STORY UNDER THE HEADING "HEROS" ABOUT
THE TRANSPORT OF CRITICALLY ILL INFANTS OUT OF NEW ORLEANS.
http://www.hughhewitt.com/.

CALL YOUR CONGRESSMEN TOMORROW- DEMAND THAT THEY TAKE JURISDICTION AWAY FROM
THE PRESIDENT- HE IS INCOMPETENT- HE COULD HAVE SENT 40,000 TROOPS THREE DAYS AGO.
WE NEED AS MUCH AS GUARD SENT SOUTH AS POSSIBLE.
WE NEED GUARD BROUGHT HOME FROM IRAQ- NOW.CALL YOUR GOVERNORS THEY HAVE JURISDICTION IF IT IS A NATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCY TO SEND THEIR OWN GUARD FROM THEIR OWN STATES.

THERE ARE PILES OF BODIES AT THE SUPERDOME AND AT THE CONVENTION CENTER
IN NEW ORLEANS ALONE. AND IN THE STREETS AND ON THE OVERPASSES.
BUT KNOW THIS THE NIGHTMARE OF NEW ORLEANS WILL SOON BE ACROSS
THE GULF COAST- AS OTHERS ENDURE WALKING DEATH WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER.

FEMA IS BROKE- WE ALL KNEW THAT.( AFTER THE FIRST 10 BILLION IS SPENT-
THERE IS NOTHING- ASK WHY??? YELL AT YOUR SENATORS THEY LET THIS HAPPEN!
FIRST AND FOREMOST CALL YOUR REPS AND DEMAND THE
GUARD BE SENT IN FULL NUMBERS AND FULL EQUIPMENT-
WE ALL MUST CALL- DO NOT BE POLITE.
ALL OF THEM SHOULD BE IMPEACHED AT THIS POINT-
THEIR JOBS ARE ON THE LINE ALSO!!!
PEOPLE ARE DYING.
CHILDREN, BABIES, MOTHERS.
DEMAND C-5S AND AIR DROPS NOW FOOD AND WATER.

PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO GET HELP-
BECAUSE ACCORDING TO REPORTS FEMA IS BROKE-
WE ALL KNEW THIS WAS COMING THAT 3- 4 MILLION$$$ A DAY ON
IRAQ BANCRUPTED THE COFFERS THAT SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF
DYING PEOPLE IN THE GULF- BUSH DID THIS - HE WILL HAVE TO BE IMPEACHED
FOR TAKING AWAY THIS MONEY.WHEN POOR ARE LEFT TO DIE IN THE STREET
NEXT TO THE TRASH AND NOT OFFERED WATER OR FOOD THAT IS GENOCIDE-
FOR THEIR ONLY CRIME WAS BEING TOO POOR TO LEAVE.
WE WILL HAVE TO ASK THE UNITED NATIONS FOR AN INVESTIGATION-
REMIND YOUR REPS OF THAT AS WELL

CALL AND FIND HELP-
CALL THE UNITED NATIONS, NATO,
CALL UNCIEF, CALL CARE, CALL MERCY CORP.
CALL CRUISE LINES, CALL BUSLINES, CALL AMTRAK,
CALL HILTON, CALL TRUMP, CALL BEER COMPANIES FOR WATER,
CALL WINN DIXIE, ALBERTSONS- THERE IS NOT ENOUGH FOOD.
CALL TRUCKERS.....GO TO YOUR LOCAL CHURCHES-
GET HELP- NOW

THE GUARD LEAVING FROM OHIO IS HAVING TO TAKE THEIR OWN SUPPLIES-
FOOD, BLANKETS, BECAUSE BUSH SENT EVERYTHING TO IRAQ.

IT IS UP TO US TO SAVE THE SOUTH FOLKS !!!!-
AND LATER WE WILL HAVE TO DISPENSE JUSTICE ON THE BUSH REGIME FOR WHAT
THEY HAVE DONE TO THE SOUTH.
BUT FOR NOW TAKE YOUR ANGER AND MAKE CALLS- BEG, PLEAD FOR WHAT YOU CAN
GET THESE FAMILIES.THEY NEED US- WE ARE THEIR ONLY HOPE.

CALL THE MEDIA AND GIVE THEM KUDOS FOR SHOWING THE TRUTH.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT SOME OF THE NEW LAWS COULD TURN THE MEDIA OVER TO
THE MILITARY- AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A NEWS BLACKOUT-
WE NEED THE WHITEHOUSE TO SEE THE PICTURES OF DEAD BODIES- THE EVIDENCE.
IT IS A CRITICAL MOMENT FOR OUR MEDIA AND JOURNALISTS.

AND YEAH- ABOUT THE LEVEES AT SOME POINT BUSH WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN
THAT THE WAR SHUT DOWN MONIES ON THE S.E.L.A PROJECT- AND THAT SET THE
FATE FOR THESE FOLKS IN NEW ORLEANS.

PLEASE GOOD BLOGGER-FOLK WE NEED TO FIGHT BACK-
BAND TOGETHER- THE SOUTH NEEDS OUR HELP-
THEIR LIVES DEPEND ON ALL OF US.

Watergate Summer

Sunday, September 11, 2005

BUSH'S DISASTEROUS NUMBERS

Friday, September 09, 2005

MORE SMOKING GUN DOCUMENTS

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD BEEN REMOVED FROM ALL DISASTER PLANS: IS THAT WHY THEY WERE NOT SENT INTO THE DISASTER ZONE ? YES.

HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARD BEEN REMOVED FROM ALL DISASTER PLANS: IS THAT WHY THEY WERE NOT SENT INTO THE DISASTER ZONE ? YES.

Sunday, September 04, 2005

ABANDONED IN AMERICA :SITUATION CRITICAL

Saturday, September 03, 2005

TRAPPED, DEAD AND DYING DAY 6 : A LETTER TO MR.BUSH AFTER HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE DISASTER ZONE

1000'S STILL AT RISK OF DEATH & DISEASE IN DISASTER ZONE

Friday, September 02, 2005

IT IS TIME THE WORLD SEE THE TRUTH IT TOOK FOUR DAYS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEATH,DESTRUCTION AND DESPAIR OF THE REFUGEES.

6AM EXPLOSIONS AND FIRES IN NEW ORLEANS, POLICE STATIONS UNDER FIRE, TROOPS WHEN? AIRDROP FOOD OR WATER OR BODY BAGS?

Thursday, September 01, 2005

1000's STILL DYING TONIGHT: SEND BODY BAGS

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