My Old Blog (John's Crazy World) got hijacked so I had to create a new one..moving all of my previous posts to this blog....Arrg!
Friday, September 2, 2005
Is New Orleans Worse than we are being Told???
The news, esp. tv news such as CNN and the Network affiliates like CBS, NBC and ABC as well as the major newspapers, seem to be "softening" what is going on down south. Look at the following article (which I have posted in it's entirety below) and another long but insightful story via this web link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1764186,00.html
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(From Unknown Country.com)
There are increasing indications that the situation in New Orleans may be worse than Americans are being told. TV outlets abroad are reportedly showing video of large numbers of floating bodies, and just as the US media did not show people jumping from windows in the World Trade Center on 911, it may be that we're being spared the worst.
Russian intelligence analysts are calling New Orleans a "dead city." Some foreign reports estimate that as many as 50,000 people may be dead. It may be impossible to get an accurate count of the dead because alligators are devouring the corpses.
One problem is that looters have broken into gun shops, so now criminals are roaming the streets armed with guns. A Wal-Mart was completely cleaned out of all the guns in the store. One policeman was shot in the head in a confrontation with looters. Rescuers have been withdrawn from areas of the city where chaos and danger are simply too extreme.
Most tourists in New Orleans visit for the French Quarter, which, since it was built on higher ground than the rest of the city, has been spared the worst flooding. However, its stores and boutiques have seen the worst looting.
Some of the goods being stolen in the city are necessities, like food, water and diapers. However, many looters are taking this opportunity to steal luxury goods, such as antiques, electronics and jewellery.
There is concern that armed gangs of criminals may soon move into highly populated areas and start breaking into homes and holding up citizens. An ambulance carrying a police officer was shot at. One man was sitting on his porch when a gang armed with a knife insisted he hand over his electric generator, a prized possession in a city without power. The homeowner took out his own gun and fired over their heads, causing them to run away.
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For more info on all of this, and a lot of other interesting news stories that deal with Katrina and other things, click on over to the website below....
www.unknowncountry.com
and browse the headlines.
Once at this website, click on the "Dreamland" tab and in the upper left corner, click on the "listen" tab and there is also a radio show you can listen to online. The radio show will start in its own window.....
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