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"Ok, Gente, this is not a test. Check. It IS FUCKING real and whack, and I sit here with a double bladed axe and Louisville Slugger. A fellow Mish said I should send this, and I am freaked. I just came out of what I related to him...

It's unreal. Riots HERE in Opelousas ( 30 miles north of Lafayette and 2.5 hours west of N'awlins. Zydeco country.) First in the ghetto here last night and looting. Then this afternoon the New Orleans teen age "krewe" got into with the Opelousas kids and it got bad when they were trying to register them into OHS.

Last night, Lafayette Shooters, a large hunting supply store, read GUN SHOP, was broken into by a gang. They went and held up the WalMart down the street. Big time hold up; shit outta some John Singletary movie. Then came out here to Opelousas and a rerun... Fed the riot, I'm sure. Gang wars. And the Cash Money Krewe are wicked.

Smash and grabs, straight up grab and dashes at Albertsonsb& Broken Social Scene? Canada?! Ha! Fools. Come into my world! Do I need a nine?

Maybe. Social breakdown. We can't have these people here. Where's the National Guard and Red Cross or Salvation? (I know the answer to the first: The 256th are in IRAQ... And most of 'em are from Ward 9. Desperate. They know. That's why they joined.)

And then there's the fucking president... Laughing, "we'll re-build." Fool! This ain't September 11th, 2001, and that was contained. This cancer is hitting us in the pocket coast to coast. Home is where the hate is, Crawford Motherfucker!

Phew. Sorry. I haven't uncorked on no one. Sorry and thanks. Thanks for caring. We needs lots of it all over.

Impeach Bush.
mark"

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"A former Wilmington physician writes from New Orleans Aug. 31, 2005

This
is a dispatch from New Orleans from Dr. Greg Henderson, a pathologist who recently moved from Wilmington:

Thanks to all of you who have sent your notes of concern and your prayers. I am writing this note on Tuesday at 2 p.m.. I wanted to update all of you as to the situation here. I don't know how much information you are getting but I am certain
it is more than we are getting. Be advised that almost everything I am telling you is from direct observation or rumor from reasonable sources.
They are allowing limited internet access, so I hope to send this dispatch today. Personally, my family and I are fine. My family is safe in Jackson, Miss., and I am now a temporary resident of the Ritz Carleton Hotel in New Orleans. I figured if it was my time to go, I wanted to go in a place with a good wine list. In addition, this hotel is in a very old building on Canal Street that could and did sustain little damage. Many of the other hotels sustained significant loss of windows, and we expect that many of the guests may be evacuated here.
Things were obviously bad yesterday, but they are much worse today.
Overnight the water arrived. Now Canal Street (true to its origins) is indeed a canal. The first floor of all downtown buildings is underwater.
I have heard that Charity Hospital and Tulane are limited in their ability to care for patients because of water. Ochsner is the only hospital that remains fully functional. However, I spoke with them today and they too are on generator and losing food and water fast.&nbs p; The city
now has no clean water, no sewerage system, no electricity, and no real
communications. Bodies are still being recovered floating in the floods.
We are worried about a cholera epidemic. Even the police are without
effective communications. We have a group of armed police here with us
at the hotel that is admirably trying to exert some local law
enforcement. This is tough because looting is now rampant. Most of it is
not malicious looting. These are poor and desperate people with no
housing and no medical care and no food or water trying to take care of
themselves and their families. Unfortunately, the people are armed and
dangerous. We hear gunshots frequently. Most of Canal street is occupied
by armed looters who have a low threshold for discharging their weapons.
We hear gunshots frequently. The looters are using makeshift boats made
of pieces of styrofoam to access. We are still waiting for a significant
national guard presence. The health care situation here has dramatically worsened overnight. Many people in the hotel are elderly and small
children. Many other guests have unusual diseases. ... There are (Infectious Disease) physicians in at this hotel attending an HIV confection. We have commandered the world famous French Quarter Bar to
turn into an makeshift clinic. There is a team of about seven doctors and PAs and pharmacists. We anticipate that this will be the major medical facility in the central business district and French Quarter.
Our biggest adventure today was raiding the Walgreens on Canal under police escort. The pharmacy was dark and full of water. We basically
scooped the entire drug sets into garbage bags and removed them. All
under police excort. The looters had to be held back at gunpoint. After
a dose of prophylactic Cipro I hope to be fine. In all we are faring well. We have set up a hospital in the the French Qarter bar in the hotel, and will start admitting patients today. Many will be from the hotel, but many will not. We are anticipating dealing with multiple medical problems, medications and and acute injuries. Infection and
perhaps even cholera are anticipated major problems. Food and water
shortages are imminent. The biggest question to all of us is where is the National Guard. We hear jet fignters and helicopters, but no real
armed presence, and hence the rampant looting. There is no Red Cross and no Salvation Army. In a sort of cliché way, this is an edifying experience. One is rapidly focused away from the transient and material
to the bare necessities of life. It has been challenging to me to learn how to be a primary care phyisican. We are under martial law so return
to our homes is impossible. I don't know how long it will be and this is my greatest fear. Despite it all, this is a soul-edifying experience.
The greatest pain is to t hink about the loss. And how long the rebuild will take. And the horror of so many dead people . PLEASE SEND THIS DISPATCH TO ALL YOU THINK MAY BE INTERSTED IN A DISPATCH from the front.
I will send more according to your interest. Hopefully their collective prayers will be answered. By the way, suture packs, sterile gloves and
stethoscopes will be needed as the Ritz turns into a MASH."