This is how you do it.

[sharrukin]

The state of Louisiana is in a state of devastation as is mississippi. They are facing damaged bridges, power outages, and motorists stranded along highways due to gas shortages. Without power the gas stations are useless, hospitals are seriously hampered, and transport without fuel is a joke.

They have 750,000+ state residents who are spread over 10 or more other states and pouring into distant refugee centers. This doesn't include the city of New Orleans itself. The governor wouldn't have the resources or the authority, to deal with this if everything was working perfectly fine, much less in the current situation. She would be irresponsible in trying to retain command of the guard under such conditions. There needs to be an overall command and no state governor can provide that.

[Red Harvest]

The state of Louisiana is in a state of devastation as is mississippi. They are facing damaged bridges, power outages, and motorists stranded along highways due to gas shortages. Without power the gas stations are useless, hospitals are seriously hampered, and transport without fuel is a joke.

They have 750,000+ state residents who are spread over 10 or more other states and pouring into distant refugee centers. This doesn't include the city of New Orleans itself. The governor wouldn't have the resources or the authority, to deal with this if everything was working perfectly fine, much less in the current situation. She would be irresponsible in trying to retain command of the guard under such conditions. There needs to be an overall command and no state governor can provide that.

Yep, that's what I've been saying from the start. Texas is struggling just with the people that have come here already. Texans want to help, everyone I know is trying to do something. Most of us are stuck waiting for when we can be put to use.

I still don't believe much of the nation has any idea of the scale of this.