As the rescue operations are
being suspended due to dangerous conditions:
Boat rescues in some areas of flooded out New Orleans have been curtailed because of violence, officials said Thursday.
"There are isolated incidents where security has become an issue for our rescue efforts but only isolated incidents. FEMA is not suspending operations," said Natalie Rule of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington.
We must ask the question:
Where are the relief efforts a full 3 days after the storm?
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There are still thousands of individuals in addition to those on rooftops or in attics or high rise appartment bldgs who are trying to find food and water wherever they can.
There are thousands outside the convention center waiting non-violently for help getting weaker by the moment and on the verge of death:
Troops and police have been working to evacuate tens of thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Katrina, who are growing weaker and more desperate each hour.......Outside the New Orleans Convention Center, a huge crowd waited on the sidewalks for aid that could be a long time coming. The building was used as a secondary shelter when the Louisiana Superdome was overwhelmed......CNN's Chris Lawrence reported that conditions inside the building were appalling -- a number of bodies were visible, including a baby.
This is the most significant humanitarian crisis to ever hit the United States. It's right here in our own backyard, and time is of the essence.
After we invaded Afghanistan, do you remember how we termed it a humanitarian effort as we airdropped millions of MREs to the people below?
As we see what is going on in NO, I see people even at designated shelters, and outside designated shelters literally dying in the streets.
Three days later and no one has thought to drop supplies to these people??
What the hell is going on?? Have we really lost all government ability to protecet our own people????