UPDATE: I'm told ABC showed the MP being rescued this evening.
Bet the MP's glad our Secretary of State is on vacation today in NYC buying $3000 shoes and attending Monty Python musicals on Broadway because, after all, there's nothing for Condi Rice to do today.
The article below is from the Spanish paper El Pais, thanks to reader George for the heads up and the translation (I've checked the translation, it's good :-) And while I haven't found this specific article on El Pais, I have found articles noting this MP is in fact trapped in NOLA. There's actually a second article here, and the MP is pissed.
El País
La diputada del PSC Lourdes Muñoz Santamaría, que se encuentra atrapada en el Centro de Convenciones de Nueva Orleans junto con su familia, ha calificado la situación en ese centro de evacuación, en el que hay unas 10.000 personas, de "dramática y sin organización alguna", enaraciones a CNN +. En una conversación con la agencia EFE, Muñoz ha asegurado que "o nos vienen a buscar o no sé si saldremos de aquí". ...
La parlamentaria ha denunciado la falta de atención de las autoridades estadounidenses: "No hay agua ni alimentos desde hace 24 horas". Lourdes Muñoz ha informado de que en este Centro de Convenciones hay personas heridas en las avalanchas que se produjeron anoche. "La Policía pasa por delante y el Ejército de vez en cuando con algún camión, pero aquí no hay organización, no hay agua corriente, no podemos beber ni comer y la gente se está empezando a deshidratar", aseguró.
The decl MP from the PSC, Lourdes Muñoz Santamaría, who, along with her family, is trapped in the Convention Center of New Orleans, has described the situation in the evacuation center, in which there are some 10,000 people, as “dramatic and without any organization whatsoever,” in a statement to CNN+. In a conversation with the press organization EFE, Muñoz insisted that “either they come and get us or I don’t know if we're going to get out of here.”
The deputy has denounced the lack of attention from American authorities: “There has been no water nor food for 24 hours.” Lourdes Muñoz reported that in the Convention Center there are people who were wounded in the avalanches (?) that took place last night. “The police passes by and the Army every once in awhile with a truck, but there is no organization here, there is no running water, we cannot drink or eat, and people are beginning to become dehydrated,” she indicated.
