500+ now stranded on the freeway. Reporter pleading for help

[dejaboutique]

The number is growing on the freeway, no help, no food, hot concrete. Shepard smith is reporting from it. He just pleaded for help to come to this corner. Underpass on interstate 10. There is a woman holding a 3 year old that doesnt seem conscious because of heat exhaustion. She said there are several babies on this underpass. Shepard keeps saying they see the help but no one will come up there. He said he knows there is help and keeps screaming the address so help will come, at least water. people are sooo hot on that concrete.

[fooj]

1. OMG!

:cry:

[rkc3]

2. How did Smith get there? Can't they fly a few people out at a time using

their helicopter?

[Daphne08]

6. At the very least they could get them some water!

[Tyranny_R_US]

7. He drove there like the red cross can

:shrug:

[wellstone_democrat]

3. first time that shit has done anything useful

hope it works

[noonwitch]

13. Me, too, and I haven't seen the coverage yet

The description here sounds bad enough. I hope his presence there brings relief quickly.

[Bouncy Ball]

4. Fuckity fuck fuck.

Where are you seeing/hearing this? Can no one get to them?

[dejaboutique]

9. Fox news, he is off now though

he reported from that spot from 12-1pm...they might go back to him. But he is pleading on the air and giving the address. He says help can reach them but nothing is coming.

[Bouncy Ball]

14. Well WHAT THE FUCK???

Why is no one sending help?

I completely do NOT understand this. He was on FUX News for an HOUR giving out the address, describing an unconscious three year old and several other people and babies who are dehydrated and no one has come to bring water or something?

Holy shit, what is going on there?

I don't watch FUX so I wouldn't have known about this.

[marew]

37. Maybe Shrub can put on his flight suit and be the big hero again!

[elehhhhna]

5. He's been at it for about 45 minutes--earlier he

was live on the phone with "Control" or some city/state rescue rep --who had no idea what she was talking about--BEGGING and demanding help for those folks.

[johnfunk]

17. Yuppers, Shep -- this is what happens when your Chimpy hero...

... steals money to plan for and cover emergencies to pay for his Iraq lies. And you've been one of his enablers for years.

This is what happens when YOU sell YOUR soul to the highest bidder, Shep -- namely. Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes and the RNC.

[barbaraann]

22. I wish I could scream that at him.

n/t

[rkc3]

23. Why won't someone blow bush so we can impeach him?

He. Needs. To. Go. Now.

[okieinpain]

48. now that's funny.

[tridim]

55. Make that into a bumper sticker, quickly.

[blondeatlast]

63. Hard to laugh right now, but you managed to make me. Thanks. nt

[ronnykmarshall]

64. Shepard can do it !

[Roland99]

60. Wonder if this will change some minds of workers at Fox?

Doesn't matter if they chose to stay or if they couldn't leave. These people need HELP! They are not numbers or statistics.


They are HUMANS that are SUFFERING!

[Teaser]

8. A fuckin' three year old?

Christ, we need a superhero.

[Bouncy Ball]

10. And several babies.

God. This is horrible. And to think it's probably being repeated all over that area.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Oh God!

:cry: Those poor people!

[Francine Frensky]

16. Remember Homeland Security is running this now; don't

you feel safer???

How much money have we wasted on Homeland Security so far that they can't even manage this situation properly.

[Suich]

12. The FOX satellite truck is the only media there.

The trucks driving by with people in red shirts in them are jail inmates being moved somewhere else.

He's been pleading for help for about an hour and a half.

[lebkuchen]

15. Don't our deployed Guard units wish they were where they could

do the most good~

[VolcanoJen]

24. Especially considering that much of the Guard has hurricane experience.

It makes me ill. Absolutely ill.

And President My Pet Goat has taken three days to address the nation.

[CottonBear]

18. Shephard Smith has redeemed himself somewhat in my eyes.

He's usually an ass. Maybe this experience will change his heart.

[1932]

19. OK, can we bring some National Guard back from Iraq to take care of the US

please?

[Erika]

20. Shep appears to be turning more liberal each day

I think he is finding these desperate people, regardless of class or color, are deserving of help.

I have read conservative posts that say the cleaning out of the "black urban garbage" by death, because of Katrina, is a national blessing.
Yet, these Bushbots tout how Christian they and their president are. They totally repulse me.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. all resources are over stretched folks

that is what we are seeing... damn hot damn, this is what we are seeing

[Redstone]

25. And an empty National Guard truck drove by without stopping.

Nice, eh? Why wasn't there some fucking water in that truck?

Why did they just drive by? More important to go shoot some looters than to save some people?

Redstone

[MichaelHarris]

26. Shep

is going for that Emmy.

[Teaser]

28. Fuck that.

Give him an emmy if he gets people help.

Give him a zillion dollars and a stable of high-priced whores. Just so long as these people get help.

[Teaser]

29. C'mon Fox, do what you're good at.

Flog the issue. Flog the issue to death.

This time you're right to do it.

[johnfunk]

34. Give Shep a zaftig 21-year-old Jewish intern!

Preferable one on friendly terms with Linda Tripp. Should make for better party tapes than even Bill "Loofah Boy" O'Reilly.

[bertha katzenengel]

61. Damn right.

[dejaboutique]

30. why such Venom? shame on you

he was doing more than you!

[johnfunk]

35. Shep is a consummate hypocrite who is getting a life lesson...

... in the way REAL Americans live, suffer and die when their Popular Wartime Preznit tacitly declares "Let 'em eat cake..."



"... while I fiddle... er, rock out."

[MichaelHarris]

49. actually

no, I've been through 5 hurricanes in my life and only evacuated for one of them. After the storm my brothers and I took our flat bottom boat and took water and blankets to people, we used my jeep to pull cars to higher ground. The big difference was I didn't have a camera or microphone while doing it. Now good ole Shep is calling for help, that's a good thing, ask yourself how Shep got there? Is there a big ole Fox van nearby? Is Shep payed by a company that has has the resources to move in aid? Is it wrong for a reporter to drop the microphone and become the news?

I myself couldn't be a reporter in times like these, I would be too busy helping people, just as I have in the past.

And yes I have venom for Fox news, they are the ones responsible for selling a false war and spreading our resources so thin we couldn't respond to this Storm in force.

[JimmyJazz]

43. That's just wrong. Just flat out wrong.

[arwalden]

62. His Eyes Are Too Far Apart... I Don't Trust Him. He's Freaky Looking...

... kinda like a fish with eyes almost to the SIDES of his head.

Do you think he uses mascara?

[dejaboutique]

27. they are showing a split screen of it now on Fox

from time to time

[dave29]

31. Those poor people

It's good he is seeing this with his own eyes.

[shance]

32. Where is the Red Cross. Sounds like it's become more policed and

militarized than what is really needed.

[Teaser]

33. OK, people, start raising hell.

Call the other fucking networks about this story. Scream at the motherfuckers.

Call your goddamn senators. Please.
Call your congressmen/woman.

We don't know where a lot of people we can help are. We know where these people are.

[ellie]

36. Where are all the mobilized

volunteers? Where is the Red Cross? Where is all the help? I have read several posts that warn people not to take it upon themselves to drive to NO; to let the professionals do their job. No one is doing anything.

[crispini]

38. What is the address of the underpass?

Who should we call to start this?

[Teaser]

39. Call *Everyone*

I said above. Call the other Cable news outlets. And call your representatives and Senator. Make sure they are on FEMA's ass.

[dejaboutique]

40. does anyone know the address?

I know that it is an underpass and overpass on interstate 10

[crispini]

44. What is the address?

We have to be specific.

[SofaKingLiberal]

41. unfuckingbelievable

I can't imagine what's going through the minds of the guardsmen serving in Iraq who have to watch this while Bush does nothing.

[dejaboutique]

42. The number is now OVER 1000

please help them

did anyone that saw shepard remember the exit number that they are on?

[Francine Frensky]

45. FEMA and Hmlnd Security have BOTCHED this up

big time.....People will die over the next few days, maybe thousands, who could have been saved.

[Dogmudgeon]

46. Disaster relief has been dismantled

FEMA is a shell of what it was under Clinton.

Team Bush gutted it for their recreational war.

And if there's another hurricane this season that destroys another city, they will suffer the same fate.

Tornado supercells. Blizzards. Earthquakes. Epidemics. Terrorist attacks. We saw it four Septembers ago, we're seeing it now, and we will see it again. The response will be the same: if the problem is too big, the victims will be left to dangle for at least five days, and probably longer.

There will then be a major show of concern as Our Courageous and Beloved Leader surveys the damage once it's safe enough to visit. Yellow and Red-White-and-Blue ribbons will sell again like cheap porn. Country musicians will jump on the bandwagon just as soon as they can find one. And Bill Clinton will be denounced from the pulpits of the TV journalism priesthood.

Team Bush will pat itself on the back, and when nobody's watching, they'll pull the rug out from under the victims a second time.

It has finally come to this in America: We're on our own.

--p!

[Panda1]

54. Yes, well said.

We are on our own.

[Beaverhausen]

47. Fox News must own some helicopters - why don't they send them?

[Teaser]

51. No Fly Zone?

I don't know.

[Birthmark]

53. Shep is actually doing a good thing.

We should all email him and reinforce his good behavior. We should also email/call our representatives and ask them why the hell this thing has been so botched.

[Teaser]

50. Called Specter

If you're from PA, or even if you're not, call Specter.

Maybe by focusing on one Senator, we can convince him to raise hell.

202-224-4254

[CottonBear]

56. I called. Talked to a lady. She said she'd tell him

I told her to turn on Fox News and that no one was helping and that babies are sick and passed out. She said that there was most likely no one to help them since they were still there. :(

[Teaser]

59. Just get them some bottled WATER!

You don't have to airlift them right away. Just some bottled water, dammit!

Christ, if these babies die, how can I look my son in the eye without crying?

[TornadoTN]

52. Called Alexander

I called Lamar Alexanders office as well as Harold Fords office (although Ford isn't my rep, I'm on the opposite end of the state) and voiced my concern.

I knew that calling Frist would be a lesson in futility.

[dejaboutique]

57. email Fox now to cover those people on the bridge

they might show it again now that Cavuto is off, email and call.

[leftchick]

58. omg I just turned to fox news

the world has turned upside down. All of those poor people on the highway. OMG the sadness is overwhelming.

[incapsulated]

65. Jesus Christ who cares who is reporting it??

Babies are dying from lack of water and the heat. And that can't be the only place this is happening, there are children and sick people all over that city, stranded without water for days in the sweltering heat. There was a hospital with a hundred babies where the generator was stolen and they are begging for help.

I can't stand this, I can't stand it. I want to kill someone. This is unreal. We are worse than a third-world country, they don't have the means to help themselves in a disaster, we just choose to write off some people.

:cry:

[dejaboutique]

66. absolutely - people are so fixated on principles

who cares who is reporting!!!

[incapsulated]

67. I wouldn't care if it was the devil himself

If it gets these people help.

[incapsulated]

68. 5-day old baby

They got the police and got her out by car. He said she was burning up.

[Ms. Clio]

69. Smith looks completely fed up and disgusted

"this is a refugee and evacuation crisis the likes of which the nation has never seen."

Amazing what happens when one of these blow-dried beauties actually reports a story, not just talks about it.