No Fly Zone Over Southwest Texas. Crystal Beach, washed away
Posted on | September 18, 2008 |
No Fly Zone over southwest Texas. Crystal Beach, washed away,
What happened at the Bolivar Peninsula? I have heard reports about thousands being trapped after the bridges where ordered closed, during hurricane Ike. What happened to the 20,000 people who lived in Crystal Beach, Texas? Who stayed and who got out?
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Excerpt –media blackout
GALVESTON — Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas on Monday ordered all city employees not to talk to news reporters. She did not say when that order would be lifted.
Thomas and City Manager Steve LeBlanc will be the only officials allowed to talk to reporters. City spokeswoman Mary Jo Naschke vehemently denied the city was trying to clamp down on coverage.
She said emergency personnel and city employees were too busy to talk to reporters. Naschke also said the city had been accommodating news reporters by allowing them access to the island when others weren’t allowed, giving them escorted rides to damaged areas and allowing them to move about outside during a curfew.
But at a noon press conference Monday, Thomas and LeBlanc talked for less than 30 minutes and refused to answer more than five questions. Thomas said she would try to hold another conference today.
Daily News reporters who tried to speak to city employees were denied and told no one could talk except for the mayor and city manager.
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September 19th, 2008 @ 9:47 pm
Nobody wants to take the Katrina fall. Easy (short-term) way out…media blackout. As a writer, I’m royally pissed about this blatant First Amendment violation. As a native Texan, it breaks my heart. So, as a journalist, I’m calling ‘em as I see ‘em. I have an extensive post that is continuing to be updated, with videos, pictures, links, articles, resources and more…
http://snarkfood.com/coast-guard-fly-over-of-galveston-island-texas/
as well as other ike related posts, including my latest on the missing:
http://snarkfood.com/hurricane-ike-if-you-are-missing-please-raise-your-hand/
September 20th, 2008 @ 2:18 pm
Okay look, what is the problem with this? I think that the no fly zone is the perfect thing to keep the media’s sense of morbid curiosity out of it. And I thank the FAA and the local officials for placing that in effect.
Oh please, be pissed off, all you want to do is start pointing the finger and start blaming. What could you possibly write about? I have property in that area and I know my house is gone. I don’t need to see video or pictures of possible fatalities and the utter destruction of a Hurricane, we already know!! People stayed on their own behalf not heeding warnings to leave! Give the rescuers a chance to do their jobs and get somewhat of a cleanup going.
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September 20th, 2008 @ 6:46 pm
This country is based on having a free and open press. If someone screws up we have a right to know, it’s called accountability. Those who call it anything are hiding something.
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