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To: Metacomet who wrote (572)	9/3/2005 2:40:51 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Respond to of 50729

The guy running FEMA is a former republican operative, who was fired from his last private sector job, because he made a mess of running horse shows. business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=100857 He kept the Red Cross out of New Orleans, when they wanted to come in an deliver food, because he said that would encourage them to stay. He was trying to make them walk out, by starving them while the National Guard had orders to prevent them from leaving. That seems to have been contradicted by the President and CEO of the American Red Cross, who claims that the City of New Orleans asked them not to come in. rawstory.com Red Cross says they were asked not to provide aid to New Orleans From CNN's Larry King. KING: Joining us now in Washington is Marty Evans, the President and CEO of the American Red Cross. She traveled with the president today. The Red Cross is not in New Orleans, why? MARTY EVANS, RED CROSS PRESIDENT AND CEO: Well, Larry, when the storm came our goal was prior to landfall to support the evacuation. It was unsafe to be in the city. We were asked by the city not to be there and the Superdome was made a shelter of last resorts and, quite frankly in retrospect, it was a good idea because otherwise those people would have had no shelter at all. We have our shelters north of the city. We're prepared as soon as they can be evacuated, we're prepared to receive them in Texas, in other states, but it was not safe to be in the city and it's not been safe to go back into the city. They were also concerned that if we located, relocated back into the city people wouldn't leave and they've got to leave.

To: Metacomet who wrote (572)	9/3/2005 2:54:27 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 50729

The red cross is still operating in the evacuation shelter phase, so the donations will still make a difference. I donated to them also, they certainly should be allowed in NO and I suspect they will be in the next day or two, tops.

To: Metacomet who wrote (572)	9/3/2005 3:36:58 PM
From: Cactus Jack	Respond to of 50729

The first response is always local. kyw1060.com La. Officials Bar Red Cross From New Orleans by KYW's David Madden The local head of the American Red Cross has responded to complaints that the agency has not provided help within the hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans. He says they weren't allowed. More than 50,000 people are being housed in 90 Red Cross shelters throughout Louisiana. Many of those shelters are in areas surrounding the Crescent City, but there are none inside. How come? Local CEO Tom Foley offers this explanation: "The state Department of Homeland Security in Louisiana asked the Red Cross not to go into the city because they want that message to be, 'You need to leave the city. This isn't going to be a sheltering spot.' " Foley says it's frustrating for volunteers not to be able to help. But the way the Red Cross operates, he says, is that evacuees are brought to them by local officials -- much like victims of a fire are taken to the Red Cross by a fire department.