Reply #19: The question is not how many lives were saved [View All]

[MsUnderstood]

The solution of providing EMERGENCY SHELTER at this locations was a good idea and it worked to provide EMERGENCY SHELTER.

The problem was the people were told to bring 3 days of food and water and then nobody brought the crucial items to these people for continued survial: security, water, food, medical aid.

People were deficating, urinating, starving, dehydrating and nothing was done by the federal government to come in and help. Local authorities forced people back into the chaos of these shelters. The national gaurd was held back. The US Military was held back. Volunteers with food and water were turned away.

It was not a problem to move these people to secure shelters, it was a problem to put them there and NOT RESPOND to their needs, then say (as Brown did on national TV) "We didn't know anyone was there."

The logic of your statement is akin to when the republicans take our questions of what was Bush doing during and after the crisis to say "You can't blame Bush for a hurricane!"

I blame Mother Nature for the hurricane, and I blame Bush for the disaster afterwards. I commend the mayor for finding shelter for the citizens, and I blame the federal government for not coming in to rescue those citizens as needed.