[Milsurplus] More on D-Day Museum
Todd, KA1KAQ
ka1kaq at gmail.com
Thu Sep 8 11:05:25 EDT 2005
Dave -
Further down the page is a new post this morning, which reads as follows:
Re: D-Day Museum update...from museum staff member
Posted: 8 Sep 2005 09:15 AM
Reply Advise
From: Elmon Randolph, Living History Director, National D-Day Museum
"Hello all,
My wife, Debra is a Sergeant with the New Orleans Police Department
and has been in the thick of things since Katrina struck. She had to
pursuade me to leave the city before the disaster. I did not want to
go, I guess having recently retired from NOPD was pushing me to stay.
I am now glad that I did leave, but saddened that she is
still there, working for nothing at this point. But to the point.
She has been past the D-Day Museum several times in the last few days.
She tells me that even the large windows of the Louisiana Pavilion are
intact. She has been told by other officers that the Museum proper was
unmolested. Most of the looting was in the Central Business District
and in some the mostly uneffected residential areas. She did say that
the storage area for the Musem Shop located across the street in the
area that will be part of the expansion was damaged in the storm and
had been entered. Deb will soon be rotated out of the area for a 5 day
R&R, then back in. None of the NOPD have been innoculated for any
waterborne diseases and some are becoming ill. Most of this from
working 20 hour days with little food and water. She had been
patrolling with National Guard members until today. This morning she
had 10 NYPD officers assigned to her and continues to perform her
duties as the true professional that she is. I do worry about her
physical and mental state as she sounds more and more hollow each time
I speak to her. Please keep
her and all of the men and women still in New Orleans, and the other
affected areas as well as our troops overseas."
Thanks,
Elmon Randolph
Living History Director
National D-Day Museum
We obviously won't know for sure until some definitive inspections are
done. Let's hope for the best. And no, even if the museum comes out of
it okay, nothing excuses the real looting that took place. Absolutely
no excuse, and anyone caught doing so should be dealt with harshly.
You can't eat Big screen TVs or DVD players.
On 9/8/05, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> From the History Channel's Web site:
>
> "Sam Hood, who is a member of the board of directors of Confederate
> Memorial Hall, sends us the following news: He has spoken to Mrs. Pat
> Ricci, curator of the hall. She reports that as of yesterday (Aug. 31)
> the museum is apparently not flooded.
>
> A major concern remains security. His reports indicate that the National
> D-Day museum directly across the street from the Confederate Museum has
> been "gutted and trashed by looters..."
>
> So much for "desperate people looking for food."
> Bullshit.
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