We're in the process of supporting the mayor's plan for re-entry.
"Thad William Allen" is a former United States Coast Guard Admiral (United States)/admiral who served as the 23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard. Allen is best known for his widely praised performance directing the federal response to Hurricanes Hurricane Katrina/Katrina and Hurricane Rita/Rita in the Gulf Coast of the United States/Gulf Coast region from September 2005 to January 2006, and for his 2010 work as Incident Command System/National Incident Commander of the Unified Command (Deepwater Horizon oil spill)/Unified Command for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Robert J. Papp, Jr. succeeded him as Commandant on May 25, 2010, in a change of command ceremony.
More Thad Allen on Wikipedia.I think we need to be very careful how we talk about how we re-enter these neighborhoods. There may be hazardous chemicals that have entered the water.
I urge all residents returning to use extreme caution if they return and to consider delaying their return until safer and more livable conditions are established.
Our No. 1 priority right now is the safety of those individuals and getting medical help to them as soon as we can.
Quite clearly, the No. 1 challenge right now is more pumping capacity.
Right now, being in a shelter, or being in a hotel, is somewhat a bridge to nowhere.
As the city of New Orleans begins its re-entry program this morning, there are continued concerns that the damaged electricity, water, sewage and safety systems are not restored to a level that can meet the basic needs of the businesses and residents who return.
It's probably going to be years before they get it cleaned up and restore any type of a structure to the place.
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