The following quotes are from CNN (via Gabe).
On uncollected corpses:
[FEMA chief Michael] Brown: That’s not been reported to me, so I’m not going to comment. Until I actually get a report from my teams that say, “We have bodies located here or there,” I’m just not going to speculate.
Evacuee [Raymond] Cooper: They had a couple of policemen out here, sir, about six or seven policemen told me directly, when I went to tell them, hey, man, you got bodies in there. You got two old ladies that just passed, just had died, people dragging the bodies into little corners. One guy — that’s how I found out. The guy had actually, hey, man, anybody sleeping over here? I’m like, no. He dragged two bodies in there. Now you just — I just found out there was a lady and an old man, the lady went to nudge him. He’s dead.
On hospital evacuations:
Brown: I’ve just learned today that we … are in the process of completing the evacuations of the hospitals, that those are going very well.
Dr. Matthew Bellew, Charity Hospital: We still have 200 patients in this hospital, many of them needing care that they just can’t get. The conditions are such that it’s very dangerous for the patients. Just about all the patients in our services had fevers. Our toilets are overflowing. They are filled with stool and urine. And the smell, if you can imagine, is so bad, you know, many of us had gagging and some people even threw up. It’s pretty rough.
On civil unrest:
Brown: I’ve had no reports of unrest, if the connotation of the word unrest means that people are beginning to riot, or you know, they’re banging on walls and screaming and hollering or burning tires or whatever. I’ve had no reports of that.
CNN’s Chris Lawrence: From here and from talking to the police officers, they’re losing control of the city. We’re now standing on the roof of one of the police stations. The police officers came by and told us in very, very strong terms it wasn’t safe to be out on the street.
President Bush on FEMA chief Michael Brown (via Noded):
Again, I want to thank you all for — and, Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job. The FEMA Director is working 24 — (applause) — they’re working 24 hours a day.
Yes. A heck of a job (via Scripting News).
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Kudos to CNN for doing some decent reporting in the last few days.
Yeah, most definitely.
I also want to say that I’m voting for Foamy the Squirrel in the next election ;)
Yes, its very silly.
It’s really pretty sad.
Full story here (via Boing Boing).
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