St. Bernard Parish - 90% White
100% Destroyed
Locals organized their own rescues....
[Q]Congressman says St. Bernard Parish is "forgotten" in Katrina aftermath
06:35 PM CDT on Monday, September 12, 2005
U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon issued a statement today after President George Bush visited St. Bernard parish. Melancon's district, including St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes, was particularly hard hit by Hurricane Katrina.
On September 4th of last week, the Congressman extended an invitation to President Bush to tour affected parts of the district. "People in Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish and other affected area in Southeast Louisiana's 3rd District need to see that the federal government has not forgotten them," he said then of the invitation. "We need all the federal support we can get, and the only way to understand that is to witness it first hand."
In reaction to today's visit, Melancon released the following statement:
"I am very pleased that the President was able to see first hand the situation in St. Bernard Parish. When I invited him, it was with the hope that being on the ground would help him understand just how serious the situation there is.
"I wish he had been able today to meet with residents and officials of St. Bernard as I did. The thousands of displaced citizens who were at the State Capitol this afternoon told the real story what's happening. I wish the President had been able to hear their frustrations, but also their courage as they face the challenges of the future. Their homes and businesses may be underwater but the community of St. Bernard is alive and well.
"As this tragedy moves into the next phase of recovery and rebuilding, it is vital that parishes like St. Bernard are not forgotten as they were in the early days of the Katrina crisis. Rather, they deserve attention at the highest levels of government."
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[Q]St. Bernard Parish residents crowd Capitol for town meeting
06:37 PM CDT on Monday, September 12, 2005
"Did we get neglected? Absolutely we got neglected," he said. "But did the local people take up the slack? You're damn right we did. We didn't wait for anybody to show up."
"Good thing," a resident shouted back.
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[Q]St. Bernard parish fears 1,500 dead
CHALMETTE, La., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- While attention remains focused on New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, the devastated nearby parish of St. Bernard may have lost 1,500 citizens.
"It is total devastation," said Sgt. 1st Class James Scalla of the Ohio National Guard, who is in the parish, told the Baton Rouge Advocate newspaper. "There is nothing. We are in survival mode."
Authorities fear the coastal parish of 68,000, may have lost as many as 1,500 of its people.
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Holy Shit....here it is....the evidence....
a Parish....90% white....
No State or Federal Help....
1,500 Dead....
[Q]On Friday, state Rep. Nita Hutter placed a letter on the parish's Web site with a call for help that was chilling in its simplicity.
"Please Help Us," her letter said, detailing the need for food, fuel and medical supplies. "We have received no federal contact or relief. We are totally isolated and cut off from the outside world. ... This is a desperate, desperate situation. If we do not receive assistance immediately, many, many more St. Bernard, Louisiana, and U.S. citizens will die."
Several days later, the bitterness remains.
"I think their priority was New Orleans and to hell with the rest," said Warren Campagna, 63, as he barbecued ribs for workers trying to get the Murphy refinery online. "We never got no help at all. I don't even think we were on the list."
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Holy Shit....
You mean...the Mayor of NO getting on the Radio making outrageous claims might have meant lives saved in your 90% Whte Parish.....
Well...surely after the storm you got help?
What....the relief trucks could not get through because the only road into town was being controlled by GANGS of thugs....
[Q]A week after Katrina, large pools of standing water still divide St. Bernard from New Orleans. To get to St. Bernard, a convoy of rescue workers drove through the city down the Chef Menteur Highway, where frequent reports of looting and armed gangs had been made throughout the week.
The influx of National Guardsmen may have calmed such activities. But the few people seen along the road appeared to have gone through an apocalypse, with shell-shocked looks on their faces. Ragtag groups of men gathered around a tipped-over soda machine; there were no women to be seen. A cardboard sign reading "Keep Out - Patrol" was taped on the entrance of one cul-de-sac.
Eason and his friend, Mike Jackson, came with their airboat - which is driven by a large fan mounted at the back of the craft - from Houston to help emergency workers rescue people from their homes. After three days of bringing agents from house to house, the men, both in their early 30s, had seen the living and the dead - including the body of a woman that had been tied to a roof to keep it from floating away.
"The smell and the bloated bodies - you can only take so much of this," Jackson said.
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Surely the Governor took control of the National Guard and sent them to help your Parish......
Surely the Governor used the forces to help get the Red Cross and the Salvation Army in.....
What? She did not allow them to operate.....
Hmmmmm
But surely...help came?????
[Q]The surrounding parishes were sacrificed," said Judy Hoffmeister, a council member in Chalmette who rode out the storm in the city government building. Help in the days after the storm focused mostly on the New Orleans area.[/Q]
What do you mean? All the cries of racism caused rescue efforts to go elsewhere? Are you sure?
[Q]Residents described watching helplessly while helicopters flew overhead as they screamed and frantically waved for help. The helicopters never stopped.
Hoffmeister and state Rep. Nita Hutter are furious with the lack of assistance the parish received.
"We had no help the first four days at all. We literally put thousands of people on those ferries at the Chalmette levee to evacuate out of here," Hutter said.[/Q]
No...come on....
Wait...so if the Governor had allowed the Red Cross to help at the Super Dome....Which they wanted to do...
Maybe the resources could have been used to save lives? Do you think the cries of racism would have happened if the MEDIA and the OUTRAGE affected the manner in which emergency operations were handled.....
Hmmmm
100% Destroyed
Locals organized their own rescues....
[Q]Congressman says St. Bernard Parish is "forgotten" in Katrina aftermath
06:35 PM CDT on Monday, September 12, 2005
U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon issued a statement today after President George Bush visited St. Bernard parish. Melancon's district, including St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes, was particularly hard hit by Hurricane Katrina.
On September 4th of last week, the Congressman extended an invitation to President Bush to tour affected parts of the district. "People in Plaquemines Parish, St. Bernard Parish and other affected area in Southeast Louisiana's 3rd District need to see that the federal government has not forgotten them," he said then of the invitation. "We need all the federal support we can get, and the only way to understand that is to witness it first hand."
In reaction to today's visit, Melancon released the following statement:
"I am very pleased that the President was able to see first hand the situation in St. Bernard Parish. When I invited him, it was with the hope that being on the ground would help him understand just how serious the situation there is.
"I wish he had been able today to meet with residents and officials of St. Bernard as I did. The thousands of displaced citizens who were at the State Capitol this afternoon told the real story what's happening. I wish the President had been able to hear their frustrations, but also their courage as they face the challenges of the future. Their homes and businesses may be underwater but the community of St. Bernard is alive and well.
"As this tragedy moves into the next phase of recovery and rebuilding, it is vital that parishes like St. Bernard are not forgotten as they were in the early days of the Katrina crisis. Rather, they deserve attention at the highest levels of government."
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[Q]St. Bernard Parish residents crowd Capitol for town meeting
06:37 PM CDT on Monday, September 12, 2005
"Did we get neglected? Absolutely we got neglected," he said. "But did the local people take up the slack? You're damn right we did. We didn't wait for anybody to show up."
"Good thing," a resident shouted back.
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[Q]St. Bernard parish fears 1,500 dead
CHALMETTE, La., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- While attention remains focused on New Orleans in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, the devastated nearby parish of St. Bernard may have lost 1,500 citizens.
"It is total devastation," said Sgt. 1st Class James Scalla of the Ohio National Guard, who is in the parish, told the Baton Rouge Advocate newspaper. "There is nothing. We are in survival mode."
Authorities fear the coastal parish of 68,000, may have lost as many as 1,500 of its people.
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Holy Shit....here it is....the evidence....
a Parish....90% white....
No State or Federal Help....
1,500 Dead....
[Q]On Friday, state Rep. Nita Hutter placed a letter on the parish's Web site with a call for help that was chilling in its simplicity.
"Please Help Us," her letter said, detailing the need for food, fuel and medical supplies. "We have received no federal contact or relief. We are totally isolated and cut off from the outside world. ... This is a desperate, desperate situation. If we do not receive assistance immediately, many, many more St. Bernard, Louisiana, and U.S. citizens will die."
Several days later, the bitterness remains.
"I think their priority was New Orleans and to hell with the rest," said Warren Campagna, 63, as he barbecued ribs for workers trying to get the Murphy refinery online. "We never got no help at all. I don't even think we were on the list."
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Holy Shit....
You mean...the Mayor of NO getting on the Radio making outrageous claims might have meant lives saved in your 90% Whte Parish.....
Well...surely after the storm you got help?
What....the relief trucks could not get through because the only road into town was being controlled by GANGS of thugs....
[Q]A week after Katrina, large pools of standing water still divide St. Bernard from New Orleans. To get to St. Bernard, a convoy of rescue workers drove through the city down the Chef Menteur Highway, where frequent reports of looting and armed gangs had been made throughout the week.
The influx of National Guardsmen may have calmed such activities. But the few people seen along the road appeared to have gone through an apocalypse, with shell-shocked looks on their faces. Ragtag groups of men gathered around a tipped-over soda machine; there were no women to be seen. A cardboard sign reading "Keep Out - Patrol" was taped on the entrance of one cul-de-sac.
Eason and his friend, Mike Jackson, came with their airboat - which is driven by a large fan mounted at the back of the craft - from Houston to help emergency workers rescue people from their homes. After three days of bringing agents from house to house, the men, both in their early 30s, had seen the living and the dead - including the body of a woman that had been tied to a roof to keep it from floating away.
"The smell and the bloated bodies - you can only take so much of this," Jackson said.
[/Q]
Surely the Governor took control of the National Guard and sent them to help your Parish......
Surely the Governor used the forces to help get the Red Cross and the Salvation Army in.....
What? She did not allow them to operate.....
Hmmmmm
But surely...help came?????
[Q]The surrounding parishes were sacrificed," said Judy Hoffmeister, a council member in Chalmette who rode out the storm in the city government building. Help in the days after the storm focused mostly on the New Orleans area.[/Q]
What do you mean? All the cries of racism caused rescue efforts to go elsewhere? Are you sure?
[Q]Residents described watching helplessly while helicopters flew overhead as they screamed and frantically waved for help. The helicopters never stopped.
Hoffmeister and state Rep. Nita Hutter are furious with the lack of assistance the parish received.
"We had no help the first four days at all. We literally put thousands of people on those ferries at the Chalmette levee to evacuate out of here," Hutter said.[/Q]
No...come on....
Wait...so if the Governor had allowed the Red Cross to help at the Super Dome....Which they wanted to do...
Maybe the resources could have been used to save lives? Do you think the cries of racism would have happened if the MEDIA and the OUTRAGE affected the manner in which emergency operations were handled.....
Hmmmm
