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<b>http://leftindependent.blogspot.com/2005/09/red-cross-wa
s-kept-out-of-new-orleans.htmlRed Cross was kept out of New Orleans from the start</b>
For 18 years I was a photojournalist in America. In that time I covered fires, floods, natural and man made disasters. In cities and in the rural areas of America. In both northern and southern states.
One thing differed in the New Orleans disaster that has NEVER happened before. EVER!
The Red Cross was kept out of New Orleans from the start.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania director of the Red Cross, Tom Foley, told a story on KYW newsradio on Friday about how there are massive Red Cross emergency relief resources had been sitting for days literally on the border of New Orleans....
http://leftindependent.blogspot.com/2005/09/official-why-is-red-c ross-not-in-new.htmlOfficial: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?
<B>Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?
Access to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.
The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--</B>
Disaster FAQs at the Red Cross:http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html#4524"& gt;Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?
<LI>Access to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.
<LI>The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--Posted at September 4, 2005 6:51 PM in response to CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE AND KATRINA?
