Gretna Hospital must evacuate -- "Looters"

[Sgent]

1:08 A.M. - AP: Late Wednesday, Tenet Healthcare Corp. asked Louisiana State Police and the U.S. Coast Guard to help evacuate one of its hospitals in Gretna after a supply truck carrying food, water, medical supplies and pharmaceuticals was held up by gunmen.

"We have to close it down because we can no longer ensure the safety of our patients or our staff in that hospital," Tenet spokesman Steven Campanini said of the 203-bed Meadowcrest Hospital.

He said there were about 350 employees and between 125 to 150 patients inside the hospital, which is not flooded and is functioning.

http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/WWLBLOG.ac3fcea.html

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I'm sorry, but these looters are no better than the warlords of Somolia that let their populations starve.

[applegrove]

1. Where is the Federal Emergency Act sending the Army in?

[madeline_con]

3. Maybe it takes time to get them here from Iraq...

otherwise, what's the friggin' hold up??!!

They have amphibious f-ing assault vehicles. They could get in...

[rodeodance]

4. the WH decided not to put it into effect.

[applegrove]

Sorry - Double Post

[applegrove]

6. For a group of people who have used "the power of myth" to bring

voluntary offers of OBN from the Taliban ... the "Myth" that accompanies the federal book being thrown.. would go a long way towards establishing law & order as they take a day to

GET THE HELL DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS!

[madeline_con]

2. "... was held up by gunmen .."

Yes, we have to come up with new words to describe people who take food and those do crap like this.

[applegrove]

5. Crime mob vs. desperate non-rescued?

[madeline_con]

7. That'll work. :)

[applegrove]

8. Or "gun toting long term criminal elements". Don't know. It is

hard to make itclear enough.

[cornermouse]

9. We used to have a National Guard.............

[LeftyMom]

10. We still do

but for some strange reason they're guarding the wrong nation. Guess they caught the wrong flight. :shrug:

:sarcasm: