Local officials forbade Red Cross to deliver food and water to Superdome and Convention Center refugees

By Aussiegirl

OK - your guess is as good as mine as to why this seemed like a good idea at the time. The Mayor is screaming and having a meltdown on the radio, screaming -- where is the food? -- where is the water? -- while it was the local officials who were forbidding that very help from getting through. Talking about a disaster in the making -- and it's not Bush's fault either. Here's a clip from Hugh Hewitt's site:

Radio Blogger: "HH: You just broke a pretty big story. I was watching up on the corner television in my studio, and it's headlined that the Red Cross was blocked from delivering supplies to the Superdome, Major Garrett. Tell us what you found out.
MG: Well, the Red Cross, Hugh, had pre-positioned a literal vanguard of trucks with water, food, blankets and hygiene items. They're not really big into medical response items, but those are the three biggies that we saw people at the New Orleans Superdome, and the convention center, needing most accutely. And all of us in America, I think, reasonably asked ourselves, geez. You know, I watch hurricanes all the time. And I see correspondents standing among rubble and refugees and evacuaees. But I always either see that Red Cross or Salvation Army truck nearby. Why don't I see that?
HH: And the answer is?
MG: The answer is the Louisiana Department of Homeland Security, that is the state agency responsible for that state's homeland security, told the Red Cross explicitly, you cannot come.
HH: Now Major Garrett, on what day did they block the delivery? Do you know specifically?
MG: I am told by the Red Cross, immediately after the storm passed.