Hey, Freeps saying "no one's trying ON THEIR OWN" -- (pic heavy)

[bertha katzenengel]

EDIT: these photos are from a slideshow on WWLTV.com out of LA.

To freepers who say "no one's trying to get out or get help on their own; they're all waiting with their hands out" -- choke on this

Days after Hurricane Katrina's strike, those remaining in New Orleans struggled for a way out.

Kimi Seymour, 27, takes a break along I-10 as she walks to the Superdome.


As the National Guard patrols, Louis Jones, 81, left, and Catherine McZeal, 62, help each other walk down flooded Poydras St. as they head to the Superdome on Thursday.


Lt. David McDavid of Zachary, La., stands on guard with an AR-15 along I-10 as Waynell Jamison walks by.


Refugees* of Hurricane Katrina, Lernell Watson, pushing Pamela Powal, 49, left, and Patricia Cyres, 56, right, up the ramp to I-10 as he was trying to find Ms. Cyres some help for her breathing problems on Thursday.

Refugees of Hurricane Katrina roam I-10 in search of a place to go.


Melba Harris, 86, lays on I-10 Thursday afternoon, near the Elysian Fields exit. She has been there for two days with no food and very little water.


Evacuees ride in a water truck as they leave New Orleans toward Baton Rouge on Business 90.


Volunteer Paul Mire of Destrehan, La, center, drives his boat out after rescuing residents at the Corpus Christi School.



* my dictionary reads in part "one who flees in search of refuge" and that's good enough for me. If you disagree w/ the adjective, take it up with WWLTV.com.

[mattclearing]

1. Excellent post, thanks for this. n/t

[Vektor]

2. Thanks for posting this.

What brave souls. What a horrible tragedy.

[Davros]

3. This isn't the America I know...

...where people are treated like animals. But we are slowly coming apart unless the current "leaders" are replaced as soon as possible.

[jackster]

4. every picture

results in greater tears

and more anger

elderly women with walkers trudging through sewage while a whole tankful of soldiers looks on

people, if this is the help our gov't is sending - face it - there is no hope unless we revolt

[nolabels]

5. Pictures always tell so much more

Thanks

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. How anyone could be offering up nasty shitty remarks about those people

is beyond me. It's all a joke to them.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Thank you for being a truth teller

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Save New Orleans, then save this country!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm

[proud patriot]

8. Every single person has been trying on their own for 5 days

why don't the freepers see what I see ? :cry:

[DIKB]

9. Women with walkers

trudging through water. While armed soldiers SIT in the background ?!?!?!? The entire nation should be FILLED with righteous outrage over the bungling of this.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. That photo made me ill...

would it have killed them to give a couple of little old crippled ladies a lift?

[Mutley]

10. Thank you for this post.

The freeps need to see that they are wrong.

[Straight Shooter]

11. Let's see some pics of how the privileged whites got out of NOLA.

:grr:

[seeker4ever]

12. EXACTLY!

[ET Awful]

15. Here you go . . .

It was probably something like that.

[MostlyLurks]

13. You know what a Freep sees when looking at those?

"Those damn darkies stole shopping carts!"

Mostly

[ET Awful]

14. Thank you for the pictures.

So much better than mere words.

For some reason some of the shots I find most poignant are those of people who appear to have no one left but their pets and go through such great effort to save them. That last picture is a prime example.

The shot I saw yesterday of the guy with his three cats in a big covered plastic bin wading through the water, etc.

[bertha katzenengel]

18. ET

I hurt for these people, but when i see the animals is when i cry.

[CanOfWhoopAss]

16. Thanks for sharing (nt)

[Bouncy Ball]

19. I'd like to see them wade through

infested, raw-sewage, oil-filled water for miles in the triple degree heat.

I'd like to see them carry what little they had and walk on those broken highways for miles and miles with no food and water trying desperately to find help.

Wait, nevermind. I still have my sense of humanity and I wouldn't wish this on anyone.

But those souless fuckers should think before they open their ignorant mouths and try to consider what it's like to get out of there.

[bpilgrim]

20. added to the Gallery - thanks for sharing!

http://news.globalfreepress.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=103

peace