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PearliePoo2

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Sun Sep 16, 2018, 10:18 AM Sep 2018

Watching CNN and they had several segments about the great, tireless work the Cajun Navy is doing [View all]

They were called in for help by a local fire department that is overwhelmed with rescue calls from the catastrophic flooding.

The head of the Cajun Navy said they have rescued hundreds of people and their pets with hundreds more to go.
They are staging everyone at a church and then the people and animals are taken somewhere else. He said it is chaotic, but it's working so far.

The Cajun Navy has been going at this non-stop for three days straight. They haven't slept or had a break for three days.

These people are unbelievable HEROES!

My questions are: Has anyone seen FEMA on these rescues? Is the National Guard now involved? How about the Navy?

I remember before the hurricane struck there was an interview with Navy officials and they showed all the helicopters they had ready for rescue work. Are they doing it?

This is a catastrophic emergency.

My questions are honest ones.

I just want to know if our military, government and FEMA are effectively doing all they should be doing and I may have missed the TV footage and coverage.









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