Gretna Police Dep't blocked NO evacuees
The 9/2 article "St. Louisans survive lawlessness in French Quarter" contains the following event which presumably occured on Weds. Aug 31:A group of about 200 Monteleone guests decided to try to walk...
View ArticleLAT on the Gretna bridge incident
Let me summarize "After Blocking the Bridge, Gretna Circles the Wagons": Gretna passed a resolution supporting the decision to block the bridge... Gretna is 2/3 white, blue-collar, and has had an...
View ArticleFEMA's buses: subcontractor farmed it out; massive confusion; Landstar to blame?
Remember "Blanco: where were the 500 FEMA-promised buses?" Well, "Offer of buses fell between the cracks" has the shocking details. A Florida trucking logistics company called Landstar Express America...
View ArticleMore on the FEMA, DOT buses
2theadvocate.com: News - Disaster response 10/23/05...Buses are not among [FEMA's] pre-staged supplies [MREs, cots, etc.]. Within hours of Katrina hitting on Monday [Aug 29], FEMA promised to deliver...
View ArticleAug 31: Blanco stopped looking for buses
On Wednesday morning, Aug 31, Blanco's staff stopped trying to arrange schoolbuses for the evacuation. They believed that Fema was sending them buses. Not only that, they thought the military would use...
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