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I'll ask again, since I never got an answer:
Do we have any pre-hurricane estimates of the number of homeless who were living in New Orleans?
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chegitz guevara
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL Communist Party of Apolyton
Jun 2000
time: 00:33
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According to what I can find, about 12,000 to 13,000.
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Project Description
The New Orleans Health Care for the Homeless Program (HCHP) operates a primary health care clinic in the
central business district and an adolescent drop-in clinic in the French Quarter area.
Services
Services include medications, x-rays, lab tests, TB tests, STD diagnosis/treatment, immunizations, dental,
podiatry, HIV testing/counseling, health and nutritional counseling, mental illness and substance abuse
diagnosis/treatment, case management, outreach, clinic for homeless/at-risk youth, and pro bono legal work.
Contracted services include lab tests and x-rays, substance abuse services, outpatient counseling, case management,
housing referrals, job search, education, and basic needs. Pharmacy, EPSDT, ophthalmology, well child care,
emergency medical, WIC, perinatal/pediatric, and TB prophylactic treatment are also provided.
Linkages
HCHP has linkages with various programs, including Unity for the Homeless, N.O. Mission, Volunteers of
America, Covenant House, LSU Healthcare Systems, LA Office of Public Health, and Integrated Mobile
Assessment Team.
Statistics
Estimated homeless population: 12,000-13,000 Project users: 6,940 |
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DanS
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Kickball Capital of the World
Jan 1970
time: 00:33
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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I'm more than a little surprised the disaster relief isn't better organised - the US used to be the best at it.
Is this what comes of political apathy and tax cuts which lead to essential services being under resourced? |
One thing that might be helpful in making sense of this is that New Orleans was full of fatalists and corrupt to the core. That was part of its charm, because it was different than the rest of antiseptic America. But this system is weak under stress.
In the US, the people in charge during crises are the locals. For instance, the person in charge on 9/11 in New York was the mayor of New York. Not the Feds. The measure of a local society is taken during these times. When a mayor orders his subordinates to do something, will it get done? In a corrupt system, it will not.
From what I can tell, the mayor of New Orleans was an earnest outsider from the black management class who was brought in by the locals to clean up the system. But he's only been in office for a short time. It breaks my heart to see the picture on Drudge of the New Orleans city school buses lying under water, unused. Did he order somebody to arrange the evacuation of the poor and it didn't get done? Did he not order it because he wasn't getting good information about his assets? Were they abandoned because the mayor thought nobody would take New Orleans' poor, once he got them all on buses?
As somebody from a city that was in the same situation 15 years ago, I don't feel that it's fair to blame the mayor wholly. It took our mayor, who was a black management class outsider brought in with the same thought (a real incorruptible beancounter, god bless him), years to make his impact felt.
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Originally posted by DanS
I am surprised and saddened at the amount of opinion and rumors that were reported as fact by the media. CNN was especially bad, with its hysterical reporters. |
I think the media, though certainly far from perfect, was one of the few shining things in this entire **** up. The fact that the media had to tell FEMA about 25,000 people that they had missed is very telling. As well as the ability of the media to get into New Orleans when the government did such a shitty job if getting in.
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04-09-2005 21:40
) because you will have noticed that much of my criticism has rounded on people other than Bush or the Republicans - but no, you're so wrapped up in sacrificing your credibility in these outrageous attempts to protect your beloved leader...
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