More than 7,600 prisoners had to be moved from jails in the New Orleans area because of flooding and unsanitary conditions caused by Hurricane Katrina — prompting such widespread rumors of riots and jail breaks that Corrections Secretary Richard Stalder focused Wednesday on setting the story straight during a briefing with reporters.
“We cannot find any credible intelligence that the kinds of things that had been reported have happened,” he said.
Speaking of desparation, Sean Callebs on CNN is reporting that the first yellow Orleans bus that showed up tonight in Houston was driven by a 20-year old and was a “renegade” bus.
In other words, it was a car-jacked bus of refugees from New Orleans who may or may have not been from the Super Dome.
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September 1st, 2005 at 1:15:04 am
Speaking of desparation, Sean Callebs on CNN is reporting that the first yellow Orleans bus that showed up tonight in Houston was driven by a 20-year old and was a “renegade” bus.
In other words, it was a car-jacked bus of refugees from New Orleans who may or may have not been from the Super Dome.