5,000 Wait On Overpbutt 2413

On Sunday, 24 hours before the storm hit: As many as 100,000 inner-city residents didn't have the means to leave, and an untold number of tourists were stranded by the closing of the airport. The city arranged buses to take people to 10 last-resort shelters, including the Superdome. By 5 p.m. EDT, Katrina's eye was about 150 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. The storm was moving toward the northwest at nearly 13 mph and was expected to turn toward the north. A hurricane warning was in effect for the north-central Gulf Coast from Morgan City, La., to the Alabama-Florida line. Despite the dire predictions, a group of residents in a poor neighborhood of central New Orleans sat on a porch with no car, no way out and, surprisingly, no fear. "We're not evacuating," said Julie Paul, 57. "None of us have any place to go. We're counting on the Superdome. That's our lifesaver." There is NO excuse to leave those people there to die. None. The buses could have just as easily taken them to Beaumont, TX as to the Superdome. It is a 4 hour drive. The majority of them could have been gotten out of the area long before the storm hit. The lack of effort on the part of our government to save lives is reminiscent of third world corruption.

The governor of LA did not care out her National Guard before the storm while the governor of Miss did. Made a big difference.

Government is not some god. Stop worshiping it.

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