That's -- they're thinking small, man. And this is a major, major, major deal. And I can't emphasize it enough, man. This is crazy.
I've got 15,000 to 20,000 people over at the convention center. It's bursting at the seams. The poor people in Plaquemines Parish. ... We don't have anything, and we're sharing with our brothers in Plaquemines Parish.
I just can't believe what I've witnessed today. I can't believe I'm living in the United States of America.
Earlier today, I saw a video on MSNBC of thousands of very angry people outside of the New Orleans Convention Center.
These people have been stranded with little if any food or water since Monday. One young woman was sweating profusely, obviously very ill. An elderly woman, supported by the arms of bystanders, was on the verge of fainting. I saw a baby drifting in and out of consciousness in the arms of his furious and frightened mother. People in this crowd have died. The bodies have not been removed.
Harry Connick Jr. was there with them and was calling the different cable channels on a cell phone pleading for help.
I do not understand why a country of our resources, THREE DAYS OUT, cannot manage to have at least food and water outside of the superdome and convention center, not to mention the other areas accessable to stranded refugees.
On the day of the Oklahoma City bombing, I was down there, and the red cross had food and water available for ANYONE who needed it by early afternoon.
No, the OKC bombing doesn't begin to compare to this disaster. But if we could respond to a completely unexpected disaster in such an organized fashion, you'd think SOMEONE could get a chopper loaded up with some gatorade and drop it off at the superdome by the third day of the disaster.
This is just unbelievable.
Bush said this morning: "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees."