Yeah... I also worked with boat crews out of Lafayette, and everything got just as messed up. I don’t think we were part of your group, because I don’t recognize this senator’s name that you’re throwing around. Things WERE pretty hectic, though. Just as crazy as it was for you: We were turned around in Chalmette with 90 boats. We spent most of our time sitting on the side of the road, being dragged from one BS staging area to the next, to no avail. I watched FEMA screaming at LWF and the State troopers at a blockade, all arguing over who was in charge, oblivious to the fact that people were dying, we were trying to prevent it, and they were in the way. No communication. No coordination. No command. Everybody wanted to be the big shot and have the authority to say no, but none of those sorry bastids wanted to be burdened with the potential liabilities that come with saying, "yes, get in there, screw the red tape, screw the risks, there are people dying, and we can prevent it." I will forever be scarred by this. I just don’t understand what we did to make them hate us so much. I’m from New Orleans, and I want to know, what did we do to deserve this? To be so abandoned? Why wouldn’t the authorities move the hell out of the way and let us take care of our own people when we came with boats? It was so simple.... water in, people out... water in , people out. Why wouldn’t they let us do it? Is it just cheaper for the government to let everybody die than to help relocate us? Is it simply red tape and ego? Or is it something more sinister? Oil? I know we were being called off of search and rescue at one point and told to go to the refinery in Chalmette. Were there people trapped in there? Or did they just want to use us as a personal ferry service to get everything up and running at full capacity? Anyone out there have an answer for me? I’ve lost everything, and I still came to the table to give my all to my neighbors. I deserve an answer.
Yeah... I also worked with boat crews out of Lafayette, and everything got just as messed up. I don’t think we were part of your group, because I don’t recognize this senator’s name that you’re throwing around. Things WERE pretty hectic, though. Just as crazy as it was for you: We were turned around in Chalmette with 90 boats. We spent most of our time sitting on the side of the road, being dragged from one BS staging area to the next, to no avail. I watched FEMA screaming at LWF and the State troopers at a blockade, all arguing over who was in charge, oblivious to the fact that people were dying, we were trying to prevent it, and they were in the way. No communication. No coordination. No command. Everybody wanted to be the big shot and have the authority to say no, but none of those sorry bastids wanted to be burdened with the potential liabilities that come with saying, "yes, get in there, screw the red tape, screw the risks, there are people dying, and we can prevent it." I will forever be scarred by this. I just don’t understand what we did to make them hate us so much. I’m from New Orleans, and I want to know, what did we do to deserve this? To be so abandoned? Why wouldn’t the authorities move the hell out of the way and let us take care of our own people when we came with boats? It was so simple.... water in, people out... water in , people out. Why wouldn’t they let us do it? Is it just cheaper for the government to let everybody die than to help relocate us? Is it simply red tape and ego? Or is it something more sinister? Oil? I know we were being called off of search and rescue at one point and told to go to the refinery in Chalmette. Were there people trapped in there? Or did they just want to use us as a personal ferry service to get everything up and running at full capacity? Anyone out there have an answer for me? I’ve lost everything, and I still came to the table to give my all to my neighbors. I deserve an answer.