[MR] OT: (6) More Tidbits From The Zone

[Jeanne]

More Katrina info!

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From: Mike 
Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 11:38 PM
To: you at humankind.com
Subject: (6) More Tidbits From The Zone



Interesting things overheard...

This came from WWL 870am Radio: Apparently Wal-Mart wants to open their 
stores in areas where they can, including Kenner and Metairie.  FEMA has 
forbid them to do so.  Sheriff Harry Lee, in typical "Lee-style" announced 
that he was "commandeering" the Wal-Marts in the area and allowing them to 
open, and if FEMA tries to stop them, Lee will have the feds arrested 
arrested.  He said if they don't like it they can try to arrest him.  You 
gotta love Harry Lee.  He doesn't take any crap.

I talked to a National Guard reservist today who's been doing patrols in 
Orleans Parish.  He said last night an NOPD cop shot eight looters 
dead.  At this time, if they catch you looting, they just take you out.  Do 
not pass go. Do not collect $200.  Zero tolerance.  Soldiers are now going 
out on extra patrols just looking for anyone stupid enough to loot.  The 
guy I talked to said, "It's one thing if you see someone looting some 
food.  But if someone walks out of a store with a VCR, we're going to put a 
bullet in his head."  They're kind of pissed off that NOPD initially turned 
the other cheek when people were looting, and feel that there should have 
been an unconditional intolerance towards looting.

Animal rescue folks have been grabbing supplies wherever they can.  They 
raided the Petsmart and other stores to get animal carriers and are 
desperate for cages for rescued pets.

I also heard a that FEMA was shutting down the aid station on Airline Hwy 
at Sam's and would cease giving out food and water.  The national guard 
folks thought this was to stop yesterday, but I made a run today and picked 
up ice and water.

More pictures from the area:
   http://mikeperrymedia.com/xib/20050909-kat/index.html
Some interesting pictures that might need further explanation.  Areas 
include Bucktown, Upper Metairie Road, my place and in an ironic twist, my 
little dinky lemon tree has all the lemons still on it, while entire brick 
office buildings a few blocks down the street came tumbling down, Dragos 
feeding people, various businesses in Fat City, places along Vets Blvd., 
pipes on Airline hwy being assembled to pump the water out of Orleans 
Parish, soldiers loading supplies into peoples' vehicles, some damaged 
places on Ridgelake, more places along Vets, the Galleria, and what used to 
be "Major Video" had the front of its building ripped off, vacant I-10 at 
Causeway with busses facing the wrong way, and the last picture is us going 
the wrong way down Severn after we ran into a guy driving an 18-wheeler 
loaded with generators who (ironically) didn't know where the Landmark 
hotel was (LOL), so we told him to follow us and went the wrong way down 
the street because Entergy was working on the power lines in the right 
lane.  It's kind of fun going the wrong way down the street knowing you 
won't get in trouble.

  - Mike



  


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