New Orleans Compulsory Evacuation Order
Discussion
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4228400.stm
I fail to understand this; how can they justify evicting people from their homes at this point (might have done some good before the hurricane hit :rolleyes:). I appreciate there is still some danger of disease etc, but if people have enough supplies and are happy to stay, what right has anyone to tell them they have to leave now?
I fail to understand this; how can they justify evicting people from their homes at this point (might have done some good before the hurricane hit :rolleyes:). I appreciate there is still some danger of disease etc, but if people have enough supplies and are happy to stay, what right has anyone to tell them they have to leave now?
Saw the prog on BBC 1 last night, when they grabbed that 75 year old and dragged her out of her house - totally sickening. She was warm, dry, safe and stocked up... Her house was still completely intact, and nowhere near the flooding.
Now she has no clothes, no house, nothing and is being dragged out of state, but first to the Orange Bowl - a much safer polace by all accounts
. And when she comes back her house will either have been burnt down, demolished or ransacked.
Nice one USA.
I think they are seriously trying to get martial law in place.. Not a good thing imho
Now she has no clothes, no house, nothing and is being dragged out of state, but first to the Orange Bowl - a much safer polace by all accounts
. And when she comes back her house will either have been burnt down, demolished or ransacked. Nice one USA.
I think they are seriously trying to get martial law in place.. Not a good thing imho
JagLover said:
The US agencies seem to be in total chaos and suffering from a lack of leadership.
Well they were in the immediate aftermath of the storm, but they seem to have the situation under control now.
and next week there going to show us how to nail jelly to the celling.. yeah right
I'm just guessing. I imagine that now everybody is talking about the water as a Toxic soup, which I don't doubt, the service personnel themselves are reluctant to go near it.
I guess it's easier for them to evacuate people that are away from the soup, than in the thick of it.
It's a bit like the situation with MRSA now, in our hospitals. They're saying that a considerable number in hospital arrived with MRSA. In small print they are also saying that most of those that arrived with MRSA originally got it from their previous visit to hospital.
I guess my take on this, and the thing in common with the "Toxic Soup", is that it's like a "Somebody elses problem field" in a Hitchhickers guide sense.
You know they send people home with MRSA, because they don't want to accept that these people have the dreaded disease, because the penalty of reality is too great.
The penalty of the "Toxic Soup" for the services in New Orleans is hepatitis or an e-coli infection, so the ultimate result is that people that wouldn't have been disadvantaged become so.
The common point is the inability to take precautions, and effect positive action. It's all just post haste.
I guess it's easier for them to evacuate people that are away from the soup, than in the thick of it.
It's a bit like the situation with MRSA now, in our hospitals. They're saying that a considerable number in hospital arrived with MRSA. In small print they are also saying that most of those that arrived with MRSA originally got it from their previous visit to hospital.
I guess my take on this, and the thing in common with the "Toxic Soup", is that it's like a "Somebody elses problem field" in a Hitchhickers guide sense.
You know they send people home with MRSA, because they don't want to accept that these people have the dreaded disease, because the penalty of reality is too great.
The penalty of the "Toxic Soup" for the services in New Orleans is hepatitis or an e-coli infection, so the ultimate result is that people that wouldn't have been disadvantaged become so.
The common point is the inability to take precautions, and effect positive action. It's all just post haste.
AlexH said:
They are evacuating people for their own safety, because there is a major health hazard.
People have died from having open wounds exposed to the water, and things will only get worse.
But some of the areas I've seen them forcibly evacuating appear completely dry...
That may be the case but they are unable to provide them with basic utilities and public services.
They are basically quarantining the area, they would do the same for a chemical spillage, and by all accounts the flood waters have got very noxious.
BliarOut said:
Seems very wrong to me. They're forcing people out of their homes when they have all they need to ensure their own safety.
Bush has got this so wrong it's unbelievable.
I very much doubt anyone (other than a complete lunatic) is going to have enough supplies to hold out until the basic utilities are back in place. Do you keep two or three months of drinking water stashed in the garage?
andy mac said:
I find it a little odd that the military are approaching houses as though they are in Fallujah. I know if that was my soldier pointing a gun at me I'd be a bit put out!
Are you serious? pot shots taken already include rescue choppers and paramedics, hell one kid even shot his sister for food, it's a bit feral over there you know
apache said:
I find it a little odd that the military are approaching houses as though they are in Fallujah. I know if that was my soldier pointing a gun at me I'd be a bit put out!
Are you serious? pot shots taken already include rescue choppers and paramedics, hell one kid even shot his sister for food, it's a bit feral over there you know
I believe she tasted a bit like chicken..............
Cheers,
Tony
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