New Orleans, Louisiana....the week that was.....

[jus_the_facts]

Bush urged Americans to curb gasoline consumption to ease the impact of refineries crippled by the storm. He also warned Gulf Coast residents, including those searching for water and food, not to break into businesses or commit other crimes during the crisis.

"There ought to be zero tolerance of people breaking the law during an emergency such as this," Bush said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America."



The deepening crisis prompted urgent pleas for help from local officials and residents, many of whom pointedly criticized the federal government for what they said was a meager and slow response.





Parents carried small children, and grown children carried their elderly parents through the flotsam. Corpses floated in fetid waters and lay amid the crowds of refugees





"This is a horrible tragedy and an unconscionable way to treat human beings,"



If people need water and food, we're going to do everything we can to get them water and food," Bush added. "It's very important for the citizens in all affected areas to take personal responsibility and assume a kind of a civic sense of responsibility so that the situation doesn't get out of hand, so people don't exploit the vulnerable."

The calls for calm came amid increasing signs of unrest among those who remain stranded in New Orleans. Continued engineering difficulties have kept 80 percent of the city flooded for more than three days.






"They said they're doing it by quadrant and we'll just have to take a number and get in line," Cunningham said. "They are there without food. Some were on dialysis and needed medical attention. . . . Their lives are threatened. I'm not even sure they'll be alive when we get there."

[jus_the_facts]

1. are we payin' attention people....or does the truth hurt too bad?

:wtf:

[Beam Me Up]

2. I'm paying attention. I'm overwhelmed.

CRIMINAL GOVERNMENT.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

3. "For God's sake shut up and send us somebody!"

More haunting and painful words have never been spoken.

SHUT THE FUCK UP AND HELP THOSE PEOPLE!

[NYC]

4. Gut wrenching truth from the locals.

Lies from Bush, FEMA, and Homeland Security.

[auntAgonist]

6. Cindy Lou;

that piece you're quoting ..will forever haunt me. I cried so hard when he started to choke up ..

we can't EVER forget our criminal government. They have to be held accountable.

MR. BROUSSARD: ...And I want to give you one last story and I'll shut up and let you tell me whatever you want to tell me. The guy who runs this building I'm in, emergency management, he's responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Bernard nursing home and every day she called him and said, "Are you coming, son? Is somebody coming?" And he said, "Yeah, Mama, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday." And she drowned Friday night. She drowned Friday night.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

7. Haunts me, too... I must have posted it in 3 threads right after hearing.

I don't know how the fucks in charge can sleep at night.

[u4ic]

5. I still can't wrap my head around it

words cannot express how angry I am at the government, and how incredibly sad I feel for ALL those affected, especially the elderly, sick and the children. I've felt physically ill all week over this.

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