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To: tejek who wrote (248507)	9/1/2005 3:21:21 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577102

If anything, this one is being handled worse than Andrew. Andrew was the reason why FEMA was overhauled and made actually useful. But that isn't true any more. Obviously. Well, it just went from bad to worse. The mayor of NO has issued an SOS to the news channels........they have run out of supplies and food at the Convention Center for the 20K+ who continue to remain there. People are literally dying in the center as well as on the streets of NO. There are not enough buses getting people out. As a consequence, the mayor has told the people to march to an I-10 on ramp and wait there for buses. He is demanding that these people be taken to buses, trains and planes and shipped out of the area immediately. I didn't realize when I made this post that the convention center is something very different than the superdome. The convention center also has been housing thousands in addition to the superdome. Its there where they have run out of supplies. Some people haven't eaten since Monday. A reporter was stating that a food drop from a helicopter had just been done when he was shoved into his car and cut off. They haven't heard from him since.