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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...

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LAT 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...

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FEMA'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...

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More 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...

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Aug 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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