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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 11:53 AM Original message |
DHS: "7 trailers of food and water at the Superdome on 8/29 and 8/30" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. who are they trying to fool? |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Apparently it was an off-the-record briefing for Congress. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. If Chertoff said it, one would have to take that with a' trailer full' |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Uhh...WWL and WDSU NEVER mentioned that in their feeds |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Granted, this would have been right at the beginning of the storm... |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The storm hit about 7-8am on the 29th. We're to believe trucks |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Most of the people were saying they had |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. Yeah, this really strains credulity. n/t |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
5. And there's this editorial from the Times-Picayune |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Ayuh. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
7. If they were there, why weren't they used? (That's the question) |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. I thought the Superdome was surrounded by water then. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
10. So why didn't anyone actually open them and eat the food? I call BS! |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'm with you. |
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bushisanidiot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. 7 trailers made it to the superdome in the middle of a hurricane |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah, it makes no sense. n/t |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Actually, levees started breaching at 11am Monday morning. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
14. He'd damn well better have some paper to back THAT up!! |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. It really is. They're lucky it was buried in the middle of an article |
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Zodiak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. and repeated in the article |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 02:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Well, that's why I posted it...it looked fishy. |
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me b zola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. With how many pallets were on each truck???? |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. One delivery of MRE's was reported here on DU before the storm |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Do MRE's include water? n/t |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Not usually |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Hmmm. |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
37. Back in my day they were called LRRP rations |
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booley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. Gee, who should I beleive? |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 02:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yeah, they just keep tripping over their stories... |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
27. The guy who said this was Russ Knocke, press secretary to Chertoff. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. does he have email? |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Here's the DHS Press Room... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
32. yesterday out of nowhere I heard they had 36 hrs of food and water |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. They should have told the starving/dehydrating people on TV that. n/t |
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OctOct1 (357 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
33. I remember the news saying |
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mattclearing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 02:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Interesting. Doesn't sound like it was being provided. |
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CdnObserver (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I call BS on this one |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Hi CdnObserver!! |
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