Miss. Motels Under Miserable Conditions

[gatorboy]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050904/ap_on_re_us/katrina_motel_misery_hk2

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. - For thousands stranded along the Mississippi coast since Hurricane Katrina, the damaged hotels where they took refuge have become almost uninhabitable.


From one motel to the next, the conditions are the same — hot, smelly, soggy and dark. Toilets won't flush. Water won't run. Boredom won't end. Carpets are caked in mud and the concrete outside is often more inviting than the beds in the fetid rooms.

Just off Interstate 10 near Bay St. Louis, at what used to be a Waffles Plus restaurant and motel, Joanna Dubreuil and her two sons are luckier than most. Within the wreckage that surrounds them is an artesian well. The pump was carried away, so water now gurgles nonstop from a white plastic pipe jutting from the ground.



It is unclear when emergency officials will be able to help stuck guests leave, by providing gas or a ride. Until then, they rely on each other.
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Wasn't Bush just in MS to save the day?

I guess the Mayor of N.O. is also to blame for the problems in Miss., eh? :eyes:

[kerryin2004]

1. You're on to something here..

If the state and local govt's are to blame in LA than they must be to blame in Miss as well right?

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Surely you don't mean Haley Barbour's Mississippi?

I mean ... hasn't that fat fucking gasbag been saying how fabulous King Georgie is?

[annabanana]

4. I guess Barbour and Bush are standing naked together now...

I hope people (with power, for now) are paying attention...

[meg]

3. It's all Nagin and Blanco's fault

I am pretty sure that neither declared an emergency in MS.