[_Quote:] You know, it's not like people are just there because they want to be there. They're there because they're trapped in the city. ... Good Morning America |
[11:40 p.m.: Louisiana's governor declared war on looters who have made the city a menacing landscape of disorder and fear.] They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded, ... These troops know how to shoot and kill, and they are more than willing to do so, and I expect they will. |
[But since then the city has dodged serious damage.] We've been blessed so far, ... Now it looks like we're going to have bear some of the brunt of this storm. |
[Former FEMA director James Lee Witt, hired by Blanco to oversee the state's recovery efforts, will work with federal and state officials to draft new building codes and see that] every nickel is spent in the proper way, ... We're not going to waste a nickel. |
[GREEN LIGHT -] They have M-16s and they're locked and loaded, ... These TROOPS KNOW HOW TO SHOOT AND KILL, and they are MORE THAN WILLING TO DO SO, and I expect they will. |
[Louisiana state and local authorities reacted with dismay.] The storm surge will be high, ... We've already seen what the edges of this storm are doing to New Orleans. |
[Much of the storm-ravaged area] will never be the same, but that does not mean our people and institutions can't emerge stronger and better, ... We cannot simply re-create what the storms destroyed. We must make the new Louisiana smarter, safer and stronger. |
[Part of Blanco's job these days is person-to-person. She spent hours with evacuees at shelters in Houston and Dallas on Sunday night. One woman had just located her mother, her father and her two children after a two-week separation.] We believe we have a flight, ... We'll be able to connect that whole family. |
[People trapped in the city are] in desperate need of water and supplies, ... We are ferrying them in as much as we can, but it's unfathomable. |
[She described it as] totally overwhelming. ... many lives have been lost. |
A lot of people lost their lives, and we still don't have any idea [how many], because the focus continues to be on rescuing those who have survived. |
A lot of the details are not yet identified, but we want it as liberal as possible, ... We want it to work for re-employing our people. |
Accept our thanks and hear our resolve: we will bring our people home as soon as we can. We need and we want our people back, |
All of it is negotiable and everything is up for discussion, |
allow bureaucracy get in the way of saving lives. |