09-07-2005, 04:16 AM
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#73 (permalink)
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Insane
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Forced evacuations ordered...YaY!
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/07/kat...act/index.html
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans' mayor has ordered law enforcement agencies to remove everyone from the city who is not involved in cleaning up after Hurricane Katrina, whether they want to go or not. Mayor Ray Nagin instructed all public safety officers "to compel the evacuation of all persons ... regardless of whether such persons are on private property or do not desire to leave," according to a written statement from his office. The order did not apply to people in Algiers on the West Bank side of Orleans Parish. Many residents have refused to leave New Orleans despite a mandatory evacuation and warnings from government officials that staying in the flooded city represents a health risk. Meanwhile, a majority of Americans believe the city of New Orleans will never completely recover from the disaster, according to results of a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Tuesday. Fifty-six percent of 609 adults polled by telephone Sept. 5-6 said they believe the hurricane devastated the city beyond repair. (Full story) In Washington, White House and congressional sources said Tuesday that the Bush administration plans to ask Congress for $30 billion to $50 billion to aid in the next phase of the recovery effort. (Watch a report on the storm's political fallout -- 2:09) The request, which would add to the $10.5 billion already approved, will be made as early as Wednesday, they said. House hearings examining the government's response to Katrina were canceled by Republican leaders who instead want a still unspecified "congressional review" by a joint House and Senate panel, Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican, said late Tuesday. (Full story) That development followed a busy day in the capital, with lawmakers from both parties criticizing the governmental response and vowing to investigate. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, a Maine Republican, told reporters that "governments at all levels failed." President Bush met with his Cabinet to discuss the relief efforts, saying he would be leading an inquiry and would be sending Vice President Dick Cheney to the region. (Full story) Gen. Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters that the military had 58,000 troops in the region by Tuesday, including 41,000 from the National Guard and 17,000 active-duty personnel. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the deployment would not hamper the military's involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. "We have the forces, the capabilities and the intention to fully prosecute the global war on terror while responding to this unprecedented humanitarian crisis here at home," he told reporters. Holding out Rescue workers say many holdouts have insisted on staying in their homes or makeshift residences rather than obey the mandatory evacuation order Nagin first put into effect on August 28, the day before Katrina crashed ashore. (See video on people living in a school and on a city bus -- 2:41) Some said they were concerned about their property being looted, while others were unaware of disaster's full extent, worried about their pets or concerned that conditions would be even worse in shelters. The standing water in New Orleans is contaminated with E. coli bacteria, a highly placed official in the New Orleans mayor's office told CNN on Tuesday. U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona said conditions in the city are "really unsafe at this point." (Full story) The city's deputy police chief, Warren Riley, said Monday the holdouts numbered in the thousands. Nagin told reporters Tuesday he wanted everyone out of the city "because it's a health risk." "These citizens will have to be removed for their own good," Police Superintendent Eddie Compass told CNN. The mayor also fiercely denied rumors that he had ordered relief workers to stop delivering water to those who refused to evacuate. The toxic nature of the water is evident from the smell of garbage, human waste and rotting corpses, and the slick sheen of oil, gasoline and other chemicals on the surface. "I understand wanting to stay in their homes, not wanting to give up on New Orleans," Nagin said. "But we have a very volatile situation. There's lots of oil on the water, gas leaks where it's bubbling up, and there's fire on top." Nagin said he wanted to reassure the holdouts that it was "OK" to evacuate. "Leave for a little while. Let us get you to a better place, and let us clean it up," he said. Nagin said most of the survivors that rescuers are finding now are elderly and in desperate need of emergency medical care.
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Originally Posted by Redlemon
...but if you only add files and you never delete, there's nothing to cause file fragmentation, so pattycakes is correct.
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