In fact a sensible administration would have had them ready to go beforehand: I knew on Saturday that this could happen. That was the time to be lining up foreign help. Not to mention your own resources Put them on standby. Why aren't there thousands of troops on the streets of New Orleans? Why weren't they there on Monday or Tuesday?
As for the rest of your questions, I agree. Unfortunately, there is a colossal eff-up somewhere. I have no idea where it is, but it should be condemned. Two days ago when 4,000 national guardsman moved in, the commander said that they are only the forward local position and that tens of thousands will be moving in soon. Where are they?
But as for the S & R teams from foreign nations (which is at the center of this particular diary) I completely understand why they haven't been invited in. The reports right now have thousands of S & R people from the US waiting to enter the city.
Lourdes Muñoz Santamaria, her husband and his 10-year-old son were on vacation in New Orleans and were unable to get a flight out of the city before Hurricane Katrina struck. ... According to Boix, Muñoz said dead bodies were inside the center and others were outside, with no one removing them. Muñoz also told Boix there was no water at the center, and that when a few evacuation buses pulled up to the center Wednesday, there was a scramble to get aboard and only the strongest made it, because no authorities were on hand to direct a more-orderly evacuation. Later, Muñoz described the situation to CNN partner station CNN+ in Madrid. "It's everyone for himself. The police and army pass by the center, but here no one is organizing anything," she said. "There's no food or water, the people are becoming dehydrated. ... Muñoz said she has been in frequent contact with the Spanish Embassy in Washington but that U.S. authorities are not permitting embassy personnel to enter New Orleans. Muñoz, 35, is an MP from Barcelona for Spain's Socialist Party.
... According to Boix, Muñoz said dead bodies were inside the center and others were outside, with no one removing them.
Muñoz also told Boix there was no water at the center, and that when a few evacuation buses pulled up to the center Wednesday, there was a scramble to get aboard and only the strongest made it, because no authorities were on hand to direct a more-orderly evacuation.
Later, Muñoz described the situation to CNN partner station CNN+ in Madrid.
"It's everyone for himself. The police and army pass by the center, but here no one is organizing anything," she said.
"There's no food or water, the people are becoming dehydrated.
... Muñoz said she has been in frequent contact with the Spanish Embassy in Washington but that U.S. authorities are not permitting embassy personnel to enter New Orleans.
Muñoz, 35, is an MP from Barcelona for Spain's Socialist Party.
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