Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Rescues being led by Fish & Wildlife Service
A news crawler this morning on CNN or MSNBC reported 3,000 were rescued by the Louisiana Wildlife & Fisheries service using their boats. FOX News crawler reported another 1,200 rescued by airlift.
I don't have a source/cite, but the impression is filtering out that there is no National Guard presence in search and rescue efforts in New Orleans, a drastic change from years past. A story seen earlier, which I will rundown a cite for, quoted an officer from Jackson Barracks as stating all of their equipment is in Iraq: boats, bulldozers, ducks, Humvees.
I don't have a source/cite, but the impression is filtering out that there is no National Guard presence in search and rescue efforts in New Orleans, a drastic change from years past. A story seen earlier, which I will rundown a cite for, quoted an officer from Jackson Barracks as stating all of their equipment is in Iraq: boats, bulldozers, ducks, Humvees.
"And when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcome, but when we are silent we are still afraid. So it is better to speak remembering we were never meant to survive." -- Audie Lorde
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