Evacuees in undies when they left the Dome---towns would not let them

[rainbow4321]

stop at any WalMarts along the way for clothes.

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=89626


Crowder drove one of the one thousand buses sent by the government to evacuate the city. He arrived at the Superdome Thursday afternoon. "What we were going to get were homeless people, these were the people who got into the superdome and they were not in good shape."

Crowder says some were sick and all of them were filthy. Many were separated from family and upset, especially after he drove them out of town. "When we left New Orleans, they had not seen the damage, they didn't know what it was like, they would say, they would just scream.”

Even though some of the passengers were only wearing underwear - the only time they stopped - at a Wal-Mart, the bus was surrounded by police. "It turns out all these small towns were just overwhelmed with these people and they thought we were letting them off and they made us put them back on the bus, they told us in no uncertain terms to put them back on the bus." Once the buses arrived in Houston, there were so many people; it took 12 hours to get them unloaded.

[liberal N proud]

1. That is all those compassionate conservatives of the red states

Makes you wonder do Moral Values really matter?

[FreedomAngel82]

2. This is disgusting!

How horrible. They have to stop treating them like this! They are not dirt!

[goclark]

3. Why didn't they have a NG on each Bus?

They are letting all this happen on purpose.
There is NO WAY that Walmart would allow it's patrons to turn away WHITE's.

RACISM! RACISM! RACISM!

[Karenina]

6. Just wanted to make SURE everyone

looked and smelled the part. CALLING CENTRAL CASTING! :puke:

[txindy]

5. Absolutely. It's because those states are 'red'

That's why the buses were unloaded in Texas, that well-known 'BLUE' state. :eyes:

No divisiveness or stereotyping here, thank goodness. Right? Thought so.

[FreeStateDemocrat]

4. Bible belt but no Christian charity, local churches must be on vacation.

[Obamanaut]

7. My sister's church (small town, N. Fla) is across the street from

a shelter. Church members went across the street, gathered up the evacuees(about 40) and took them to the church where they had been collecting clothing. Everyone got new stuff still in the packages except for one lady who picked up some pre-owned maternity clothes.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. I am so glad to hear this!

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Save the Gulf:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=106&topic_id=22507&mesg_id=22507

Then save the nation!
http://timeforachange.bluelemur.com/electionreform.htm

[TexanDem]

8. some in shelters were wearing only plastic garbage bags.

Red Cross drop-off in Orange, TX told my cousin this when she tried to deliver used clothes - but Red Cross doesn't accept used clothes. I'm sure they all have clothing now! But there's no end to the tales of sheer lunacy.