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(回答先: 被災者を慰めるシーンでも笑いが止められない。ブッシュの写真。【telegraphから】 投稿者 Sちゃん 日時 2005 年 9 月 06 日 20:45:17)
街から強制立ち退きを命ずる事も出来る、と警官は言う。
telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/06/wkat06.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/09/06/ixnewstop.html
We can force people to quit city, say police
By Francis Harris in Washington
(Filed: 06/09/2005)
In pictures: search for the dead
Police warned for the first time yesterday that they had the powers to force an evacuation of New Orleans if residents refused to leave.
Thousands appeared determined to see out the disaster, many living in squalid conditions in attics with flood water lapping against their homes. Police said there was no justification for staying and the threat of disease made their departure imperative.
"There is absolutely no reason to stay. There are no jobs, there are no homes to go to, no hotels. There is nothing here," said Warren Riley, the deputy chief of police.
"We advised people that this city has been destroyed, and it's completely been destroyed," he said. "There is no power, trees are down, power lines are down.
"Our law enforcement people are not involved in taking people off the street and forcing them out of the city at this point. There may come a time where we get into that mode."
Michael Chertoff, the homeland security chief, said he understood why people wanted to stay close to their homes, but that flood-hit areas presented a severe health threat.
"As a matter of public health and matter of public safety, we have to complete this process. We are going to have to get a ring around the area, and send in teams to assess what we need to do to get it running again," he said.
The complete evacuation of New Orleans was necessary, officials said, because of the prospect of diseases caused by rotting bodies and polluted waters and other health risks. Doctors last night reported the first cases of dysentery in Biloxi.
The warnings came as relief workers prepared a massive operation to remove the bodies of victims of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Gulf Coast a week ago. The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, when asked to give an estimate of the number of dead, replied that a figure of 10,000 "wouldn't be unreasonable".
As President George W Bush revisited the region yesterday the acrimony over the relief effort was laid bare. The White House attempted to exclude local relief officials from Mr Bush's visit. The Louisiana governor's office, which controls much of the relief effort, said it only discovered the president's timetable from the press.
Governor Kathleen Blanco then rushed to a vast church hall where the president was meeting refugees. She did not speak to Mr Bush, but was seen on television talking to storm victims.
President Bush kisses Governor Kathleen Blanco
The president praised the efforts of all the agencies involved in helping the one million made homeless. ''All levels of government are doing the best they can. If it's not going right, we'll make it right," he said.
Later he added: ''There's a lot of work to be done, and we're going to continue working with the local and state people to get it done."
But behind the scenes the knives are out. Both sides are blaming the other for the failure that threatens to overshadow Mr Bush's second term.
The Bush administration has pointed out a number of times that many of the failings are a local responsibility. The deployment of the National Guard and the evacuation of New Orleans are carried out by city and state officials.
But those comments have generated a furious response in Louisiana. Governor Blanco's spokesman told the Washington Post: "People are now reducing it to politics and shifting it to the blame game. It's sad that human tragedy is being reduced to politics."
Later, at another stop, the president pecked Mrs Blanco on the cheek.
But it seemed the pair had not made up. The governor handed Mr Bush a microphone, saying tersely: "I know I don't need to make any introduction other than 'Mr President'."
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