Someone needs to load trucks with water and take them there

[2Design]

all these Ass* officials are doing is saying the public has to understand

someone close enough to drive there needs to load trucks with water and just drive in there

these buses should have been full of water

these officials are stupid

[TerdlowSmedley]

1. And someone needs to load a tanker truck with toxic sludge

suctioned off of Canal Street, drive it up and pump it out into the Oval Office.

[MazeRat7]

2. Why not just fill one of the forrest fire helo buckets with water and fly

[expatriate]

3. there have to be planes not in use

Why can't they be flown into New Orleans with food and water, and flown out with people? If there ever was a time when commandeering aircraft would make sense - that is, if all the airplanes of the Air Force, Army and Navy aren't in Iraq.

This is a nightmare.

[pop goes the weasel]

4. many someones are already doing this

Unfortunately, the scale of the disaster and the lack of a strong federal presence is making distribution difficult.

[FloridaPat]

5. Everyone & their cousins brought water, ice and food to Florida

for every hurricane. I sorta expected them to be in Mississippi and Alabama. But we're really not hearing much about those places.

[Hamlette]

6. sort of like what Bush did after Frances in Florida?

remember, Frances hit on Sunday, this is what he said THE NEXT DAY:

As of noon Monday, in response to Hurricane Frances, FEMA and other Federal response agencies have taken the following actions:

* About one hundred trucks of water and 280 trucks of ice are present or will arrive in the Jacksonville staging area today. 900,000 Meals-Ready-to-Eat are on site in Jacksonville, ready to be distributed.
* Over 7,000 cases of food (e.g., vegetables, fruits, cheese, ham, and turkey) are scheduled to arrive in Winter Haven today. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) are on the ground and setting up comfort stations. FEMA community relations personnel will coordinate with DMATs to assist victims.
* Urban Search and Rescue Teams are completing reconnaissance missions in coordination with state officials.
* FEMA is coordinating with the Department of Energy and the state to ensure that necessary fuel supplies can be distributed throughout the state, with a special focus on hospitals and other emergency facilities that are running on generators.
* The Army Corps of Engineers will soon begin its efforts to provide tarps to tens of thousands of owners of homes and buildings that have seen damage to their roofs.
* The National Guard has called up 4,100 troops in Florida, as well as thousands in other nearby states to assist in the distribution of supplies and in preparation for any flooding.
* The Departments of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, and Defense together have organized 300 medical personnel to be on standby. Medical personnel will begin deployment to Florida tomorrow.
* FEMA is coordinating public information messages with Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, and North Carolina so that evacuees from Florida can be informed when it is safe to return.
* In addition to federal personnel already in place to respond to Hurricane Charley, 1,000 additional community relations personnel are being deployed to Atlanta for training and further assignment in Florida.

from the white house web site