On BBC: Northern Command was in position, waiting for Presidential orders
11 September 2005, 06:36
Oh by the way the Bataan was still sitting there six days later waiting for orders. So to person who said the president gave orders pretty quick, "Please take off your blinders and come out into the light. We would love to help you see the light. Don’t be such a sheeple, blindly following your leader." Here is a link to a story about it in the Chicago tribune. FEMA would not accept help from the ship the USS Bataan stationed in the gulf. Navy ship nearby not utilized.
This ship had a hospital on board it for God’s sake. It also had the ability to make 100,000 gallons of water a day.
Confirmation of BBC report:
Navy Ship still unused 6 Days after Katrina! Crew of Navy ship ready to play larger role in relief effort Sat, Sep. 03, 2005 BY STEPHEN J. HEDGES Chicago Tribune
ON BOARD THE USS BATAAN - (KRT) - While federal and state emergency planners scramble to get more military relief to Gulf Coast communities stricken by Hurricane Katrina, a massive naval goodwill station has been cruising offshore, underutilized and waiting for a larger role in the effort.
The USS Bataan, a 844-foot ship designed to dispatch U.S. Marines in amphibious assaults, has helicopters, doctors, hospital beds, food and water. It can also make its own water - up to 100,000 gallons a day. And it just happened to be in the Gulf of Mexico when Katrina came roaring ashore.
The Bataan rode out the storm and then followed it toward shore, awaiting relief orders. Helicopter pilots flying from its deck were some of the first to begin plucking stranded New Orleans residents.
But today the Bataan’s hospital facilities, including six operating rooms and beds for 600 patients, are empty. A good share of its 1,200 sailors could also go ashore to help with the relief effort, but they haven’t been asked. The Bataan has been in the stricken region the longest of any military unit, but federal authorities have yet to fully utilize the ship.
Bush the next casualty of Katrina? I pray to God he is ... "impeached". You will too after you hear Lieutenant Commander Sean Kelly of U.S. Northern Command tell the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that George Bush would not order the ship the U.S.S Bataan in to help while it sat idly by in the Gulf waiting to help. Download the movie now. It is twenty eight megs though so kind of a big download. Here is the link to the BBC video Lieutenant Commander Sean Kelly of U.S. Northern Command talks to the BBC. Right click to download. This is a long download 28 megs so be patient.
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Oh by the way the Bataan was still sitting there six days later waiting for orders. So to person who said the president gave orders pretty quick, "Please take off your blinders and come out into the light. We would love to help you see the light. Don’t be such a sheeple, blindly following your leader." Here is a link to a story about it in the Chicago tribune. FEMA would not accept help from the ship the USS Bataan stationed in the gulf. Navy ship nearby not utilized.
This ship had a hospital on board it for God’s sake. It also had the ability to make 100,000 gallons of water a day.
Confirmation of BBC report:
Navy Ship still unused 6 Days after Katrina! Crew of Navy ship ready to play larger role in relief effort Sat, Sep. 03, 2005 BY STEPHEN J. HEDGES Chicago Tribune
ON BOARD THE USS BATAAN - (KRT) - While federal and state emergency planners scramble to get more military relief to Gulf Coast communities stricken by Hurricane Katrina, a massive naval goodwill station has been cruising offshore, underutilized and waiting for a larger role in the effort.
The USS Bataan, a 844-foot ship designed to dispatch U.S. Marines in amphibious assaults, has helicopters, doctors, hospital beds, food and water. It can also make its own water - up to 100,000 gallons a day. And it just happened to be in the Gulf of Mexico when Katrina came roaring ashore.
The Bataan rode out the storm and then followed it toward shore, awaiting relief orders. Helicopter pilots flying from its deck were some of the first to begin plucking stranded New Orleans residents.
But today the Bataan’s hospital facilities, including six operating rooms and beds for 600 patients, are empty. A good share of its 1,200 sailors could also go ashore to help with the relief effort, but they haven’t been asked. The Bataan has been in the stricken region the longest of any military unit, but federal authorities have yet to fully utilize the ship.
Bush the next casualty of Katrina? I pray to God he is ... "impeached". You will too after you hear Lieutenant Commander Sean Kelly of U.S. Northern Command tell the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that George Bush would not order the ship the U.S.S Bataan in to help while it sat idly by in the Gulf waiting to help. Download the movie now. It is twenty eight megs though so kind of a big download. Here is the link to the BBC video Lieutenant Commander Sean Kelly of U.S. Northern Command talks to the BBC. Right click to download. This is a long download 28 megs so be patient.
If you would like to visit my site it is located at Static Brain