New Myths About Katrina

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Editors at TIMES-PICAYUNE on Monday called for every official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be fired. In an open letter to President Bush, the paper said: "Our people deserved rescuing. Many who could have been were not. That's to the government's shame."

But the TIMES-PICAYUNE published a story on July 24, 2005 stating: City, state and federal emergency officials are preparing to give a historically blunt message: "In the event of a major hurricane, you're on your own."

Staff writer Bruce Nolan reported some 7 weeks before Katrina: "In scripted appearances being recorded now, officials such as Mayor Ray Nagin, local Red Cross Executive Director Kay Wilkins and City Council President Oliver Thomas drive home the word that the city does not have the resources to move out of harm's way an estimated 134,000 people without transportation."

"In the video, made by the anti-poverty agency Total Community Action, they urge those people to make arrangements now by finding their own ways to leave the city in the event of an evacuation.

"You're responsible for your safety, and you should be responsible for the person next to you," Wilkins said in an interview. "If you have some room to get that person out of town, the Red Cross will have a space for that person outside the area. We can help you."

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[Trigg]

As a religious reader of the drudgereport I personnally loved this story.

Unfortunatally you will NEVER see this reported on any other news forum. Since they are to busy saying "If this was a white city would things have been different?". Those exact words were spoken on Oprah today.

Obviously this is everyones fault except the black mayor and the black city officials.

 

[William Joyce]

Drudge addict here. The first step is to admit you have a problem.

A FIFTEEN-TIMES-AN-HOUR-PROBLEM. OH GOD, HELP ME!!!