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Nikki Stone 1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 04:53 PM
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A weird decision by FEMA (from WWLTV.COM)
12:38 P.M. - (AP): Two French Quarter hotels says federal officials have foiled their plans to hire buses to ferry guests to higher ground.

The general manager of the Astor Hotel at Astor Crowne Plaza says the hotels teamed to hire ten buses to carry some 500 guests.

But Peter Ambros says federal officials commandeered the buses, and told the guests to join thousands of other evacuees at the New Orleans convention center.

One man says he and others had paid $45 a seat for the buses, and that they were "totally stunned" when the buses never arrived. Another woman said the crowd had waited 14 hours for the buses. She says the idea of walking to the convention center scared her because of reports of looting.

The woman says it appears Louisiana officials have forgotten about tourists, and are just intent on getting their own residents out

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html
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tedzbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 04:57 PM
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1. Sorry. Take a number and get in line, babe.
I hear they have plenty of room for you inside the convention center, next to the rotting corpses.
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SlipperySlope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-01-05 05:15 PM
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2. Piss on the government
God forbid people should show some initiative and try to help themselves out of this horrible situation, instead of waiting for assistance from pathetic FEMA.

Instead, the government comes along and f*cks this up too.

Bloody wonderful!
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