--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 9/9/05 1:26:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > jstein wrote: > > Are you asking me, or Sparaig? > > > I'm asking both of you - why aren't you reporting that the > Louisiana Department of Homeland Security wouldn't let the Red > Cross and the Salvation Army in to take food and water to the > people stranded at the Superdome in New Orleans? Why are you > withholding information from the group? You seem to have plenty of > time on your hands. > > Judy correct if I'm wrong
You're wrong, and so is Willytex. First, note that I was not addressing Willytex but Cliff, so Willytex's response is a non sequitur. I wasn't asking Willytex anything at all, nor had he previously asked me what he claims. > but didn't you say last week in some of your posts > that the Red Cross was trying to deliver food and > water to the super dome but were told not to go in > because they didn't want people to stay, that they > wanted them to leave? Actually I quoted the Red Cross's own Web site to that effect. Note that Willytex claimed I had been "withholding" that information, when in fact I was the first to post it to this forum. > Of course you were blaming FEMA for turning the > relief supplies back, not Louisiana authorities. "Of course" I was? Hint: I'd rethink that if I were you. You don't want to embarrass yourself again, do you? Oh, never mind, you're so clueless it doesn't matter. Here's my original post (75011): >From the Hurricane Katrina section of the Disaster FAQs on the Red Cross's Web site: "Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans? "Acess to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders. "The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city." The Red Cross could have gotten food and water and medical and other supplies into New Orleans *long* before yesterday, when the first supplies were sent in under the aegis of the National Guard and the feds. Some people have died and many thousands more have endured incredible suffering, in other words, in order to force them to evacuate. The mind boggles. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
