Tuesday, August 30, 2005

New Orleans under water. AT FIRST IT LOOKED AS IF NEW ORLEANS DODGED THE BULLET when Katrina weakened and shifted her track. But levee breaks have now put most of the city under water -- in some places as deep as 20 feet. That's as high as a two-story building! Some reports say the city is under martial law. Other reports say those reports are wrong. But it appears that the poor slobs forced to take dubious refuge in the Superdome, are now locked inside, forbidden even to go out on a walkway for fresh air. Note to self: Increase the three-day food supply in the bug-out bag to a full week's worth. Plan ahead for a non-government refuge if you must flee. Stay out of big cities ... Oh, I already know that one. Stay the hell out of big cities ... [Wolfesblog] Or if you live in a big city, come up with a plan ahead of time for remaining in your home as safely as possible. For people who live in flood-prone areas, it would appear that keeping an inflatable boat in the attic is a good idea. 5:50:54 PM    comment () Dome has hole in roof. The roof of the Superdome, where thousands of New Orleans residents have sought refuge from the storm, was damaged and there are reports of water pouring into the building. Two sections of the roof were missing, about 1 foot wide by 6 feet long. Witnesses said rain was coming through; people were moved from a section of the Dome floor from the 30-yard line to the end zone, up into the concourses of the building. [The Times-Picayune] I'd be willing to bet that the Gestapo, having made sure that everyone inside is helpless, is now refusing to let them leave. 5:42:18 PM    comment () Law and Disorder. Mandatory evacuations, such as that ordered in New Orleans on Sunday, are a wonderful invitation to looters, and they came in droves. Where was the law? "Looting on Tuesday took place in full view of police and National Guard troops.... Looters filled industrial-sized garbage cans with clothing and jewelry and floated them down the street on bits of plywood and insulation as National Guard lumbered by." Far from protecting property owners, they protected looters. "At a drug store on Canal Street just outside the French Quarter, two police officers with pump shotguns stood guard as workers from the Ritz-Carlton Hotel across the street loaded large laundry bins full of medications, snack foods and bottled water... ' 'We can commandeer whatever we see fit, whatever is necessary to maintain law.'" [Mises Economics Blog] New Orleans has a reputation for having the most corrupt police in the country, so this isn't surprising. It's something to keep in mind for anyone who ever receives word of a "mandatory" evacuation, though. 2:51:04 PM    comment () # Jack Duggan at LewRockwell.com - Superdome of Shame - on the criminal delay of refugee entrance into the Louisiana Superdome so that they could be searched. [lew] Think about it. They can allow in 30,000 screaming fans with fifty-dollar bills and costly NFL tickets in their hands in a few minutes, but poor black people fleeing for their lives, four hours. Four HOURS! ... This is the real story of the Louisiana Superdome. Hurricane Katrina can certainly destroy the environs of the Louisiana and her neighboring states, but that can all be rebuilt. What will never be rebuilt is the dignity of the poorest citizens of that region, since the government acted with a greater destructive force than a hurricane. The lamp of freedom has been blown out by force-five bureaucrats, their sycophants and their head-embedded media enablers who will insure that it will never get re-ignited. For our own good, of course. [End the War on Freedom] The victims of this outrage should all receive written apologies and payments for having to put up with this. The money can come from the salaries and pension funds of everyone involved in searching them or giving the orders for it to happen--they won't be needing that money in prison, where they belong. 10:16:39 AM    comment ()

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