A Real Investigation Into FEMA Camps,...Oh, Uncle Sam Is Soliciting Contractors

[mauler]

That power does not exist, and if they think it does they are in for a rude awakening 

The people in New Orleans who were disarmed at gunpoint by the military "for their own safety" would probably disagree with you.  I particularly recall a 70 year old lady thrown to the ground and robbed of her snub nose .38 while in her own home harming no one.  Katrina was a great test run for the feds.

[Tyler Durden]

I wish I had paid more attention when that whole Katrina thing went down.   I remember the NRA did an article or two in their American Rifleman magazine about a gun toting civilian or two who used their guns lawfully to chase off ne'er-do-wells so they could get out of NOLA.  I wish I had kept those magazines are clipped out the articles.  Well, I probably still have the magazines but wouldn't even know where to start looking.

anywhooo...considering how heavily subsidized Amtrak is, I have to wonder why the NOLA residents weren't just put on trains and take out of NOLA.

[JLawson]

This video provides just a glimpse of the abuse of authority that occurred during Katrina... I followed this story and the NRA's involvement very closely.  Watching this still makes me angry enough to spit.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-taU9d26wT4

[Solus]

I wish I had paid more attention when that whole Katrina thing went down.   I remember the NRA did an article or two in their American Rifleman magazine about a gun toting civilian or two who used their guns lawfully to chase off ne'er-do-wells so they could get out of NOLA.  I wish I had kept those magazines are clipped out the articles.  Well, I probably still have the magazines but wouldn't even know where to start looking.

anywhooo...considering how heavily subsidized Amtrak is, I have to wonder why the NOLA residents weren't just put on trains and take out of NOLA.

Might have been a several reasons.

1.  Were the rail lines intact/

2.  Was there enough capacity to handle the evacuation in the time frame as it developed?

3.  Who orders the engineers to man trains going into a major disaster area?  The folks who were at the stadium refused to evacuate till it was too late.

4.  Even if they did manage to find engineers and had the capacity, they would need to find communities willing/able to absorb the influx when they might have been stretched already.

I did read unfavorable stories about those who were eventually moved to Houston, but I do not know if the incidents related were true....but if they were, it would be a deterrent to any community to try to assist them.
 

[tombogan03884]

anywhooo...considering how heavily subsidized Amtrak is, I have to wonder why the NOLA residents weren't just put on trains and take out of NOLA.

Mayor Ray "Chocolate city" "Nogun" Nagan told the empty trains and buses that were sent that they would not be needed and sent them away empty.

(Before the A holes strike I will clarify. He  said it to represetitives of Amtrak and Greyhound. I realize vehicles don't listen well.    )

[Sponsor]