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Second-hand Convention Center story

September 15th, 2005
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From this comes this completely unconfirmed, short, second-hand story:
Last night I met up with a friend from New Orleans that had stayed behind because he had been told that the I-10E was closed. He met with a couple of friends and hoped for the best while hiding out in a local hospital. Boats came and […]

A tale from the Convention Center

September 13th, 2005
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This is a bit disturbing. The site and the tale are dodgy, so caveat lector.

Did Howard Dean lie about FEMA and the Convention Center?

September 11th, 2005
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Drudge played an excerpt from a Howard Dean appearance on Wolf Blitzer's show, during which Dean blamed FEMA for not knowing that the Convention Center was used as a shelter.
However, Drudge then played a tape of Ray Nagin in which he said that only the Superdome was being used as a shelter, and he had […]

Louisiana blocked food, water to Superdome

September 7th, 2005
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From Hugh Hewitt:
The Fox News Channel's Major Garrett was just on my show extending the story he had just reported on Brit Hume's show: The Red Cross is confirming to Garrett that it had prepositioned water, food, blankets and hygiene products for delivery to the Superdome and the Convention Center in the immediate aftermath of […]