Right now there are over 18,000 national guard and military on hand. USMS services have been there since before the storm, last Thursday, with several thousand men, and they have worked around the clock.. and I mean, around the clock.
We can talk ill of political ends, but let's not say that none of the people who are there now are actually doing anything. Right now, relief in the form of a congressional relief act is on stall (Congress may come back from vacation for an emergency session) which is just. As of this morning, another 10,000 National Guard, and the movement of GVS Navy services came into play, which marks more then 36,000 people involved.. over 18,000 who are there -now-. This is the single largest domestic troop movement since the US Civil war (period). The removal has been hindered a great deal; since the beginning, the focus has been on immediate removal of the sick & infirmed to help lower disease spread and give them a chance at survival, followed by everyone else. People rushed busses and military convoy equipment to demand their entrance in.. which is just not safe.. not for them, the healthy to be mixed with the sick, and not for the vehicle to get a chance to get out. Right now, even with 18,000 on the ground, and another 18,000 heading there, you'd almost need a hundred thousand because there is a growing influx of outsiders.. people who are going -there- instead of out who are looting, etc. which creates other issues. So, in other words, I'm just saying we can make cracks about the politics of it, but let's not make cracks about all the rescue workers who are there.. because right now, they've been on the ground for days now, working their asses off. CW -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Analyst Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 3:28 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] It's bad, really bad - Katrina On 1 Sep 2005 at 15:15, j m g wrote: > You know what, we can go back and forth about why and who should have > paid for what, state, local or federal funding. But this is a big, > big, disaster, where is the federal response? On vacation. Vince
