All food and water is cut off and they are forcibly evacuating people (with an emphasis on the word force) as we speak. The one fun thing? The armed forces are involved in the evacuation now and with the powers they've been given to deal with it, they requisitioned CNN's boat to help with the evacuation effort :)
This entire sitch is so disgusting to me because nothing was done ASAP. The people were left to fend for themselves for days at a time, the town was blockaded by the National Guard and no one was being allowed out. Yes, that's right, no one was being allowed out. There were women and babies locked into the Convention Centre (locked in) with the dead and dying. Some kids were dying in fact. The reason? No one in there got food or drink for several days. But the guards outside were fine.
And thirty miles down the street from where another few thousand people were lying for days without information or food or water and dying by the dozen every hour, the food and supplies to help were being kept safe.
Do you know why? Because supposedly, Homeland Security didn't want to encourage people to stay in the city which they felt was bound to happen if they gave out any help. Oh, and yes, again, the city was blockaded to prevent people from getting OUT.
So basically, it was a death-trap. No help going in and most people unable to leave. That's starting to get better now. But honestly? The world is mad.
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This entire sitch is so disgusting to me because nothing was done ASAP. The people were left to fend for themselves for days at a time, the town was blockaded by the National Guard and no one was being allowed out. Yes, that's right, no one was being allowed out. There were women and babies locked into the Convention Centre (locked in) with the dead and dying. Some kids were dying in fact. The reason? No one in there got food or drink for several days. But the guards outside were fine.
And thirty miles down the street from where another few thousand people were lying for days without information or food or water and dying by the dozen every hour, the food and supplies to help were being kept safe.
Do you know why? Because supposedly, Homeland Security didn't want to encourage people to stay in the city which they felt was bound to happen if they gave out any help. Oh, and yes, again, the city was blockaded to prevent people from getting OUT.
So basically, it was a death-trap. No help going in and most people unable to leave. That's starting to get better now. But honestly? The world is mad.