Will Collier at Vodkapundit provide a link to a blog called Survival of New Orleans being written by a former soldier who is in an office tower in the New Orleans business district. The entry from 10:12am this morning N.O. time has these highlights:
Can confirm: The National Guard, FEMA, the NOPD, and City authorities DO NOT have the city under control
I doubt the government’s ability to reestablish order without a full active duty military presence to crush the mob mentality. This of course will mean no civil rights and everyone being treated equally — as a criminal.
That means the American military in an American city establishing order. Something we’ve never seen before.
The rest of the post consists of messages from a former resident of New Orleans which paint a bleak picture:
Imagine trying to resolve the 9-11 mess if NYC was under six feet of water, all comms were out, the interstates were flooded and the majority of the infrastructure more or less completely out of commission.
