dailykos poster transcribes a BBC newscast. (snippets are below).
Announcer: The relief operation is the largest ever conducted in America. It's being coordinated by the US Northern Command in Colorado. Leftenant Commander Sean Kelly explains how the relief effort is being organized.
Kelly: US Northern Command is the command that coordinates the military support for our federal and state agencies. They call up and request a capability and we try and provide that capability, whether it's medical resources, search and rescue helicopters, food, water, transportation, communications; that's what we provide.
A: Now I'm sure you're aware of the criticism that the authorities have been slow to respond to this. When did you get the order to start relied work?
K: NorthCom started planning before the storm even hit. We were ready for the storm when it hit Florida because, as you remember, it crossed the bottom part of Florida, and then we were plaining, you know, once it was pointed towards the Gulf Coast. So what we did was we activated what we call defense coordinating officers to work with the state to say okay, what do you think you'll need, and we set up staging bases that could be started. We had the USS Baton sailing almost behind the hurricane so that after the hurricane made landfall it's search and rescue helicopters would be available almost immediately. So we had things ready. The only caveat is, we have to wait until the President authorizes us to do so. The laws of the United States say that the military can't just act in this fashion, we have to wait for the President to give us permission. [EMPHASIS FROM TRANSCRIBER]
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t never mind--problem solved
How much do I love the Big Dog? Enough to take in the dry cleaning.
So, at this count, LA residents are being sent to:
Houston (and several other cities in TX), now Phoenix, and soon West Virginia.
Is there some reason why Arkansas and Oklahoma are being brushed over if people are going to Arizona and WV?
How much do I love the Big Dog? Enough to take in the dry cleaning.
Oh, so many things I would be willing to do for that man....
Has this been linked yet? Variations on Bush's "fantastic new Gulf coast" comment:
The good news is -- and it's hard for some to see it now -- that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Republic, like it was before. Out of the remains of Anakin Skywalker's humanity -- he's lost his entire humanity -- there's going to be a fantastic new person. And I'm looking forward to ruling the galaxy with him.
The good news---and this may be hard for some to see it now---is that our of the ruins of Mordor there is going to come a whole new Mordor. Out of what's left of Sauron---and he's lost his entire body---there's going to be erected a great whole new tower. And I look forward to sitting on its battlements eye-to-eye with him, and laughing at the small angry men with burning faces and hairy feet with him.
crazy shit:
To the citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I say, look at the good news. Not only have you been liberated from an oppressive empire, but soon you'll have giant radioactive monsters to aid in the reconstruction efforts.
I wonder why I can't get into Nadal's youthful exuberance. I liked it on Becker, I adored it on Safin.
It might be the manpris. I'm not sure. But he bugs the fuck out of me. So far, this timeshifted Blake/Nadal match is
making me only a little tense.
And, dude, last night's Federer/Santoro match was also tense, not least of all because TiVo cut out.
I am going to marry this comment and have its babies:
Reporter: And what do you call this government?
Bush: The Aristocrats!
[edit: Actually, I'm just going to steal it for my tag.]
