re: What's the truth on Katrina/Blackwater, etc.

the evacuations were quite by accident organized by an observant Acadian ambulance employee. He helped organize the evacuation of Baptist by casually dropping down to check on us.

the next 24 hours were a flurry of volunteers such as myself trying to get as many non-ambulatory patients on those birds as possible.

the first being the neonatal babies. that was crazy. there first experience out of the unit was in the back of pick-up, driving to the top of the garage then being carried to a helicopter for a flight.

then it was driving up patients and carrying them up.

first national guard showed up without guns just to be a presence. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH

then the hospital armed some of us and had us bar the doors.

the helicopters did stop for a while because of gunfire.

the convention center was filled with thousands who had no clue on how to help themselves. the waited for someone to help them. fostering an entitlement society led to this I believe

we got out by asking for a ride on a box truck that was dropping off. people were actually angry and threatening us because we were leaving.

there were vehicles roaming with armed thugs. most troubling was seeing a kid who had to be under twelve with a shotgun driving around with other armed guys.