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RW Royal Jr. Incident Commander of the JIC (Joint Information Committee) is a fucktard

Wed, 09/07/2005 - 20:04 — kebernet

Rita Obey is the person that told Austin Airwaves they had to have 10,000 radios before they could broadcast. We purchased a number of radios and while we’ve had some issues with this, it was just a meaningless golden egg. We called her bluff by getting the radios lined up to be purchased and they threw something else out.

At 16:29 (CST) today, RW Royal Jr. Incident Commander of the JIC (Joint Information Committee) has denied Austin Airwaves the ability to run the emergency low power FM radio station inside of the dome. This is contrary to the FCC licenses that have been issued to Austin Airwaves. However RW Royal Jr is a member of the JIC. He has decided to deny the request. When they asked why they were being turned down, they were told that the Astrodome could not provide them with electricity. When the Austin Airwaves team offered to run on battery backup, they were still denied.

This is an OUTRAGE.

The people on the ground I spoke with personally asked me why I was there. I told them that I was with a group helping to bring emergency radio information to them. Broadast from right inside the dome. Those people were overjoyed to hear that they would get a radio station with emergency information, with information on job interviews, food, housing, lost children, found person, clothing and other important information. It breaks my heart.

Why has this man denied this? Why is the government going out of its way to stop us from helping people?

Jacob

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Thu, 09/08/2005 - 10:19 — jheimann (not verified)

RE: RW Royal Jr. Incident Commander of the JIC (Joint Informat

Even more insanity: The Red Cross was kept from delivering water and food to the superdome and convention center!

http://www.redcross.org/faq/0,1096,0_682_4524,00.html

-Acess to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.

-The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.

Please note that is the state (not federal) homeland security folks. Like I said, there is going to be plenty of blame to go around, and I think the lion's share should go to LA and NO gov't.

Thu, 09/08/2005 - 16:30 — Shmooze (not verified)

RE: RW Royal Jr. Incident Commander of the JIC (Joint Informat

OK I'm going to quit arguing this point soon but it all goes to scale. City block burning... city problem. Major tornado wipes out big swath through city... state problem. Major hurricane destroys 1/4 of state... US problem
I'm not really defending the city or state here, I mean when you listen to the interviews of some of these leaders you can't help but think 'There has to be someone more qualified than that' but that is what the federal government is for.
When some small town in Montana is threatened by a huge forest fire no one is saying 'hey deal with it on your own, you chose to build a town in the forest' Instead the National Guard (from multiple states), plus the US Forest service, and a bunch of other people all join together and get the job done.

Fri, 09/09/2005 - 10:53 — atrox (not verified)

RE: RW Royal Jr. Incident Commander of the JIC (Joint Informat

Well see all of Montana is federal land, managed by the US Forest Service so . . .

Kidding, points taken.

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