MSNBC TV just said that tourists evacuated from their hotel came across three buses idling and they asked the bus driver if they could buy tickets and were told that the buses were for NO police officers and their family.
He also said that that another crew was stopped at the border of MS and told they couldn't get to Boloxi because the NG was going through but when they went in they saw NO guard at all.
Are they planning to wait for the people to panic and send in the Army with assault rifles? They can get buses in for the police but not water? I do not WANT to understand what they are making happen.
6. Yup. Unless each and every single cop will be replaced by the army
20 times over by 3:00 AM today. I could see that policing might break down too. Everything else has. How can you police when you cannot call for back-up. You cannot call anything in. You have no place to put people you arrest. You have no gas. All these issues scream out for the army with their logistics and command structure and numbers. That is when the troops get sent in.
So I am no expert. But I want to see the army there in no time. I'm sure all the Iraq veterans will be thrilled to go to NO. Much safer, in their numbers, than Iraq.
I want as few people dead as possible. The army better be there tomorrow. Or I will scream.
8. My first attempt of advice to save NO involved opening the dikes to
get rid of putrid water. Somehow I assumed most would be evacuated in a timely fashion and cholera would be the biggest threat. I am no expert. I assure you.
11. yes and I just realized that some people had no insurance so they
would have been terrified to leave what little they have. Much different to leave your home if you are "covered". We make assumptions. We don't know what all comes into play.
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