Hurr Rita: Master Thread - Feds Poor Response AGAIN!

[GOPAgainstGW]

I'm starting a master thread for all future posts and prior threads related to, once again, the Federal Govt's/BushCo Admin's piss poor response to the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. All of us here in Houston/SE Texas are sick and damn tired of the BushCo spin and photo-ops on this disaster.

I'm also interested in under-reporting as to the damage and death's from Hurricane Rita. I'm seeing a lot of it currently by the National media. Many devastated areas, in East Texas and Western Louisiana are not being properly reported by the media. Death's from Hurricane Rita are not being properly reported either. Also the significant damage to the Gulf Coast Oil & Gas infrastructure is being under-reported for some unknown reason. Thanks, GOPA

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PS: This will probably be my last post at DU for the time being. I only post here when situations require, with the last time being the Kerry/Edwards Prez bid (I/we like John Edwards very much, and I personally like John Kerry). Frankly, I loath politics, and have my hands full running our Hurricane Rita Operations here in Houston.

Further, I/we are missing a friend from the hurricane and are now very worried. She lives in a small town outside Beaumont, Texas (that was hit very hard by Hurr Rita) and has not reported in since the hurricane. It's very unlike her. We talked with the local sheriff this morning, and are in the process of heading out to get into the restricted area and her home.
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Here's previous threads I found on the Subject:

Hurricane Rita-Post Landfall 'On The Ground' Reports & More

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4868915

O & G Rigs Take Record Hit From Hurr Rita

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1811173&mesg_id=1811173

NYT/AP: Caveman Conditions in TX Follow Rita (after 4 days, no relief)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1810061&mesg_id=1810061

Beaumont, Tx Official - FEMA Hurr Rita Response "A Bunch of Bull"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4898747

Splendora, TX: No, Water, Food, Ice, or FEMA.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4905258

Many Rita Victims Still Awaiting Relief

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1811446

UPDATE: East Texas Officials Say Federal Storm Aid Still Not Reaching Them

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1808175&mesg_id=1808175

KR: Response to Rita illustrates how government failed after Katrina

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1806216&mesg_id=1806216

They're painting a rosy picture of the Rita response, and it's false!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4899211

Evacuating from Houston Story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4914388


====Others====

Rita Damage -- Untold Story in Cameron La

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4878186&mesg_id=4878186

Ex-FEMA Brown being paid $145,600 in his new FEMA consulting role

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4902578&mesg_id=4902578


====Pertinent Related Threads====

Forecasts Say Major Hurricane Likely In October - LA Times

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1811156

TX Gov (BushCo) Perry defends Waiver in Doomed Hurr Rita Bus Trip that Killed 24 People

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1807599&mesg_id=1807599

Houston Mayor Bill White (BushCo) Says State Wasn't Ready for (Hurr Rita) Exodus

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1804277&mesg_id=1804277

NYT/AP: Many Stuck (and enraged) on Way Out of Houston
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1800076&mesg_id=1800076

[GOPAgainstGW]

1. Hurr Rita: 107 Texas Deaths

Lessons come at high cost: 107 lives
By CINDY HORSWELL and EDWARD HEGSTROM
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

A 2-year-old Houston girl crushed beneath the wheels of a pickup; a Sugar Land man and his two young children fatally pitched from their overturning car near Madisonville; a 92-year-old La Marque woman dead after losing consciousness while stuck in highway gridlock — Hurricane Rita's tales of sorrow rolled in as the death toll climbed.

A Chronicle survey of Houston-area counties and those along major evacuation routes to the north and west indicates that at least 107 people were killed by last week's hurricane or died in accidents or from health problems associated with the evacuation of 2.5 million people from their homes.

<snip>

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3374468

[lastliberalintexas]

2. Thanks GOP

These are very good links for reading when I have more time and electricity! And yes, the FEMA response has been awful- deliberately so of course. The locals have been working day and night to get the area back on its feet. Please don't believe anything else, no matter what you all hear in the national media. :)

[preciousdove]

3. Do you want them like this or listed each as separate message?

I have three favorites files. This is from "Rita dead" and my last two days history. Will continue with "Rita" and "Fema" files after prime time TV tonight.

Evacuating from Houston Story
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4914388

Evacuation: A family's journey into horror, Disabled girl dies as traffic
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x159798

FEMA Under Fire Again for Rita Effort
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1812797

Hurricane Rita hit 4 1/2 days ago, & today * said he's got a Plan for...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2118294

Lessons come at high cost: 107 lives (Texas)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1814179

Lousiana Fishing Communities Look Into The Abyss - Dallas Morning News
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x31809

Many Rita Victims Still Awaiting Relief
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1811446

Rita death toll makes dramatic jump
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4912232

Rita starkly demonstrates why you can't order an evacuation too soon.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4914345

Rita's Death Toll Highest From Evacuation, Not Storm
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4894369

ThanksTo Rita, S. Texas Conditions Optimum For Red Tides - Boston Globe
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x31810

WP: With Aid Slow to Come, Texas Towns Are on Their Own
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1813716

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. But Gov Good Hair says everything went swimmingly!

I hope you locate your friend. :hug:

[NoBushAndCo]

5. Poll: 71% Approved Bush's Handling of Rita - WTF!

Bush Approval Rating Rises After Hurricane Rita, Survey Shows

Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President George W. Bush's job approval rating rose from a career low after he took a more visible role in the government response to Hurricane Rita than he did for Hurricane Katrina, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll showed.

Public approval of the job Bush is doing increased to 45 percent in the poll conducted Sept. 26-28, up from 40 percent in a Sept. 16-18 poll. Bush's job-approval peaked at 90 percent in the weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks four years ago and his rating is down from a high this year of 57 percent in the days after his Feb. 2 State of the Union speech, the poll showed.

As Rita hit the Texas-Louisiana border Sept. 24, Bush monitored federal, state and local preparations from U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He made a trip to the region for talks with local authorities on Sept. 27, making stops in the two states.

The survey showed 40 percent of respondents approved of the way Bush did his job responding to Katrina, while 71 percent approved of the way he handled Rita.

#snip#

[NoBushAndCo]

6. GOPA Please Report Back on Your Missing Friends From The Hurricane...

when you know something. I am a Dallas reporter and could help get the word out if she continues to be missing after your S & R mission.

[preciousdove]

7. At Hearings, States, National Guard Appeal for Aid (for domestic disaster)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1816577

At Hearings, States and National Guard Make Appeals for Aid
By SCOTT SHANE
Published: September 29, 2005


WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 - The National Guard has only a third of the equipment it needs to respond to domestic disasters and terrorist attacks and will need $7 billion to acquire the radios, trucks, construction machinery and medical gear required, the Guard's top commander told a Congressional committee on Wednesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/national/nationalspecial/29guard.html

[preciousdove]

43. Some more potential "uh-oh's" for when Rita hits TX Sep 21

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4835253

[preciousdove]

46. There is no excuse now to blame Blanco or Nagin since FEMA is Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2107253

[preciousdove]

49. WP: This Time, Military Hopes to Be Ready Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1800435

[preciousdove]

53. Boy, the Texas and Florida hurricane preparations are going well, Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4846203

[preciousdove]

72. FAA Response to Katrina vs. FAA Response to Rita Sep 24

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4870597

[preciousdove]

76. LA Times: "The Red Cross Money Pit" Sep 25

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4878601

[preciousdove]

85. U.S. government orders aid to Texas ahead of surging hurricane Rita

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1800751

[preciousdove]

91. IMPORTANT CONTEXT: Another reason Aaron Broussard is so upset

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4888055

[preciousdove]

102. Nearly 6,000 Docs Displaced by Katrina

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1808658

[preciousdove]

105. FEMA Plans to Reimburse Faith Groups for Aid

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1808027

[preciousdove]

113. Aid for Those in Flood Zones Fell Short(WP obtains confidential appraisal)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1805623

[preciousdove]

114. FEMA's faults extend beyond handling of Hurricane Katrina

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x158173

[preciousdove]

115. ABC News: Government Flood Insurance Program Called into Question

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x158439

[preciousdove]

117. Who Is Your FEMA Director? (8/10 vacant)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2123914

[preciousdove]

118. "Cronies at the Till "

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2120398

[preciousdove]

119. Red Cross Criticized, Urged to Share Cash

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1813640

[preciousdove]

120. FEMA's Brown Was Warned Early of Shortages

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1813146

[preciousdove]

125. Accu Weather' attempts to powergrab advantage

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4882342

[preciousdove]

126. EMAC

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4942984&mesg_id=4942984

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4943108&mesg_id=4943108

[preciousdove]

8. EVACUATION "like a horror movie" (Rita evacuees denied help)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1816637

DALLAS - Alex LeBlanc left Beaumont on Thursday to begin a 50-hour bus trip across East Texas. What he experienced, he said, was "like a horror movie."
...
LeBlanc was one of about 3,000 evacuees who fled Hurricane Rita aboard a convoy of about 50 Beaumont Independent School District school buses. The drivers originally were scheduled to pull into Lufkin, but were prevented from stopping there. That pattern continued until they reached Canton, about 250 miles from Beaumont, at about daybreak Saturday.
...
As they sat outside on folding chairs, having a smoke, they described seeing people on their front lawns glaring at them with shotguns in hand, and pickup trucks with nooses hanging in back (most of the bus passengers were black).The drivers said whenever they tried to stop to rest or let their passengers use the restroom, town officials had court orders waiting for them to get out of town, an assertion those town officials later denied.
...
http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15293465&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6

[preciousdove]

9. Evacuating from Houston Story Sep-28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4914388

[preciousdove]

10. NYT/AP: Many Stuck (and enraged) on Way Out of Houston Sep-22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1800076&mesg_id=1800076

[preciousdove]

11. Evacuation: A family's journey into horror, Disabled girl dies...Sep-26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4923655#4930123

[preciousdove]

12. Lessons come at high cost: 107 lives (Texas) dupe Sep-29

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1814179

[preciousdove]

14. Rita starkly demonstrates why you can't order an evac too soon. Sep-28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4914345

[preciousdove]

15. Rita's Death Toll Highest From Evacuation, Not Storm Sep-26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4894369

[preciousdove]

16. An Evacuation Story ========> Sep-23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4864461

[preciousdove]

18. Another Evacuation Story, this one on I-10 Sep-23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4864497

[preciousdove]

19. AP: Best-Laid Plans Weren't Enough in Texas Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1802532

[preciousdove]

20. Due to Rita, people will be far LESS likely evacuate in the future! Sep 24

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4869162

[preciousdove]

21. Empty cars lined up on interstate cause they ran out of GAS! WTF? Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4865366

[preciousdove]

22. Fox: 3 evacuees died in their car on TX freeway Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4863303

[preciousdove]

23. Hear about the buses from Galveston to Dallas turned back? Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x20860

[preciousdove]

24. I read today that the hose nozzles on the military gas trucks they Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4865253

[preciousdove]

25. Instead of 50,000 Peeps stuck in ...NOLA , we got 100,000 STUCK Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2108829

[preciousdove]

26. it took us over 24 hrs to get to dallas from beaumont tx Sep 24

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4873916

[preciousdove]

27. Anyone catch Galveston's mayor making a dig at Perry's ...plan Sep-23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x20725

[preciousdove]

28. Rita death toll makes dramatic jump Sep 28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4912232

[preciousdove]

29. Sitting here in Houston watching the traffic go by

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4865220

[preciousdove]

30. The Evacuation - 'It Was Like the End of the World,' One Texan Says Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x159124

[preciousdove]

31. Times-Picayune: Texas can use lesson in evacuating a city

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4868793

[preciousdove]

32. TX evacuees brandishing guns on evac highways..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4863462

[preciousdove]

33. We really learned alot from Katrina. Didn't we? Huh,huh? CNN Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4881833#4881946

[preciousdove]

34. About evacuating from the Houston area---please read this: Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4859544#4860160

[preciousdove]

35. CNN just said MANY of the Tankers with Gas sent to fill up Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4858376

[preciousdove]

36. FEMA providing buses and planes to help with evacuation Sep 21

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4835926

[preciousdove]

37. I cannot believe my eyes when I see thousands of cars stuck on... Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4856457

[preciousdove]

38. I think Houston is doing a fine job getting 2.5 million people out Sep22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4851091

[preciousdove]

39. I'm glad I got the hell out of Houston yesterday...TSA didn't show Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4849222

[preciousdove]

40. It's starting already...evac problems in TX county Sep 21

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4842865

[preciousdove]

41. No Way Out: Many Poor Stuck in Houston Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4854603

[preciousdove]

42. RITA: my parents could not (did not) evac.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4856072#4856469

[preciousdove]

44. Texas Mayor: "Staying? Better write your SS# on your body"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4852823

[preciousdove]

45. "The Greyhound terminal in Houston was closed, but people lined up Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4851157

[preciousdove]

47. Well it's Official, the "Blame Game" has begun. Just heard Texas Governor

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2107592

[preciousdove]

48. Why isn't the Governor of Texas using buses to pick up people Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4855862#4855992

[preciousdove]

50. TX Gov (BushCo) Perry defends Waiver in Doomed Hurr Rita Bus Sep 26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1807599&mesg_id=1807599

[preciousdove]

51. Mayor White (Houston) says state wasn't ready for exodus Sep 25

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1804277&mesg_id=1804277

[preciousdove]

71. Center for street teens finds itself homeless (Rita shelter) Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4857459

[preciousdove]

75. Just got a call from a friend who manned a Red Cross phone bank Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4857337#4857430

[preciousdove]

109. Houston officials ask residents to stay Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1802874

[preciousdove]

110. Freeways cleared just in time to hunker down !! Sep 23

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1803044

[preciousdove]

112. Rita Evacuation A Cause For Concern, Officials Say Sep 25

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1805165

[preciousdove]

116. Even with "hind sight" Houston- Gal/ evac is much worse than NO Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4852148

[preciousdove]

130. Texas got $1.4 billion Homeland $$--still messes up evac and recovery

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4947868

[nonconformist]

13. Recommended and bookmarked.

May you find your friend safe!

[kerry-is-my-prez]

17. Pt. Charlotte, FL is po'd and will be testifying about last yrs hurricane

They are supposed to testify at the congressional hearing and apparently - they are not happy that the people are all still housed in trailers in a sort of camp and there's a lot of violence going on. They are concerned that they are being ignored because of Katrina and Rita.

[preciousdove]

52. Beaumont, Tx Official - FEMA Hurr Rita Response "A Bunch of Bull" Sep 27

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4898747#4898856

[preciousdove]

54. Cameron Louisiana Destroyed-My Father's Hometown Sep 26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4896301

[preciousdove]

55. Houston hospitals E/R's starting to be overwhelmed by Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4852734

[preciousdove]

56. Just heard from my wife's family in Nederland, TX - another FEMA Sep 25

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4883611

[preciousdove]

57. LAT: Uncertainty Has Washed Over Towns in Bayou Where is FEMA? Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1808845

[preciousdove]

58. My brother in path of Rita-still helping victims of Katrina speaks Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4844588

[preciousdove]

59. NYT: Waters Recede ( So. La.) Leaving Frustration Sep 26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1806030

[preciousdove]

60. pissed off in and abandoned in Texas Sep 22

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4853104

[preciousdove]

61. WP: FEMA Let Reserves Wither, Hurting Response, Some Say Sep 25

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1805505

[preciousdove]

62. Ensign to assess pet rescues in Louisiana Sep 28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1813130

[preciousdove]

63. FEMA Under Fire Again for Rita Effort Sep 28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1812797

[preciousdove]

64. Senators: Hurricane Aid Is Being Blocked by White House Sep 28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1812022

[preciousdove]

65. Splendora, TX: local news tonight: no, water, food, ice, or FEMA. Sep 27

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4905258

[preciousdove]

66. The Real Looting Has Just Begun - Carl Pope/Huffington Post Sep 28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x160208

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67. WaTimes: Bush seeks to federalize emergencies (end Posse Comitatus Act)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1808662#1810891

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68. What I learned from Michael Brown today Sep 27

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4905033

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69. WHAT THE $#@^#! BLACKWATER AND THE RED CROSS Sep 29

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4924604#4924729

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123. Response from Red Cross re: Blackwater in Algiers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4939271

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70. Why the Ice Trucks Never Made It Sep 29

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2122310

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73. Hurricane "do over" not working for Bush, IS working for Gov. Blanco Sep24

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4874813

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74. FRUSTRATION: Feds dragging their feet ... again, area officials say Sep 25

http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15276109&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6

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77. Lake Livingston Dam to release water Sep 24

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1803740

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78. LAT: This Time (Rita), Federal Response Is Praised Sep 25

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1805543

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79. Little LA Towns underwater, Levee's breaching Sep 26/Animals Dead/Stranded

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4892619

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80. Lousiana Fishing Communities Look Into The Abyss - Dallas MN Sep 28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x31809

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81. Monster Mold Threatens Health in the South Sep 27

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1810485

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82. Rita search, rescue complete in Louisiana Sep 26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1806353

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83. Shrub and the Second Louisiana Purchase Sep 26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4896167

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84. ThanksTo Rita, S. Texas Conditions Optimum For Red Tides - Boston Globe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x31810

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86. UPDATE: East TX Officials Say Federal Storm Aid Still Not Reaching Sep26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1808175

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87. TRUE story . . .FEMA in TX Sep 26

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/9/26/225027/082

Who is the group that goes by the acronym ICE that works with FEMA?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4896954

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88. Yahoo: Houston abandons its neediest ahead of Hurricane Rita

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050924/ts_alt_afp/usweatherstormhoustonhomeless_050924064143;_ylt=Ajrlia4KxVmaZ.1UeHCKOEuCbpwv;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

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89. A message from an Aid Worker in St. Bernard Parish, LA Sep 27

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4907140

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90. (Corporate) Lobbies Line Up For Relief Riches (forget helping the people!)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1811596

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92. Newsweek: The Dispossessed: 'This Is Like a Prison'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x159739

Katrina drove them from New Orleans. Rita made them move again. Life on the road for a frustrated group of evacuees.

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94. NYT/AP: 'Caveman' Conditions in TX Follow Rita Sep 27

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1810061&mesg_id=1810061

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95. O & G Rigs Take Record Hit From Hurr Rita Sep 28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1811173&mesg_id=1811173

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96. Many Rita Victims Still Awaiting Relief Sep 28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1811446

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97. KR: Response to Rita illustrates how government failed after Katrina

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1806216&mesg_id=1806216

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98. They're painting a rosy picture of the Rita response, it's false! Sep 27

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4899211

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99. Rita Damage -- Untold Story in Cameron La Sep 25

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4878186&mesg_id=4885291

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100. Hurricane Rita hit 4 1/2 days ago, & today * said he's got a Plan.Sep 27

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2118294

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101. WP: With Aid Slow to Come, Texas Towns Are on Their Own Sep 28

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4921829

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103. Rita stories...'what do you do if gas station won't take cash?' Sep 27

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4898411

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104. Huge search for hurricane victims. I have seen very few images Sep 26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1805940#1806153

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106. FOX News seems more interested in disaster relief for the Bush Adm Sep 26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4887310

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107. Scotty playing the blame game?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4887598

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108. Beaumont area DUers Sep 26

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x20997

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111. Hundreds Rescued From Flooded Homes in La. Sep 24

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1803625

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124. Hurricane Rita now blamed for 100 deaths (mostly before hurricane)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4936461

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127. All Gulf oil output shut down

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2127395

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128. Texas Mayors say FEMA didn't deliver on promise to do better

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1819768

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129. Are 107 dead Americans just collateral damage?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2127333

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131. Tx, La. officials give FEMA mixed reviews(Still don't know who's at fault)

Frustration, praise voiced over response
By Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff | October 1, 2005
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/10/01/texas_la_officials_give_fema_mixed_reviews/

...First, hospital patients were airlifted out of Beaumont hours later than they expected, and by then some patients were weak and vomiting at the airport, said Judge Carl Griffith of Jefferson County, which encompasses the city....

Several government officials in southeastern Texas said the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other government agencies must work faster during disasters like this one. Many complained that many requests for aid were mired in paperwork, with the sought-after supplies coming in fits and starts or not at all.

Griffith, the chief elected official in Jefferson County, called this week for a presidential commission to investigate the emergency responses of federal, state, and local agencies, and investigate how to improve their performance in the future. He recommended that FEMA be elevated to a Cabinet department whose secretary would have direct access to the president....

''To point the finger at FEMA is not fair," said Mayor Glenn Johnson of Port Neches. ''We don't know where the breakdown is."...

[NoPasaran]

93. Thanks

Bookmarked, kicked and recommended!
:dem:

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121. That's all I have bookmarked. Have a great day! n/t

[skids]

122. Great work! (And backlink to Katrina)

Thanks for the mammoth effort.

Here's a link back to the Katrina research thread just so everything is linked up...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=106x22805

(BTW: After this thread fades away in GD, we should ask an admin if it can be copied over to DU Activist HQ where threads don't get archived/locked so fast.)

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132. Locking.....

The author is no longer with us.