Re: katrina aftermath

I heard that on the radio coming home - thank goodness. And interesting site
Libby - welcome back and thanks. I leave for PA next Friday - can't wait to
see what gas is up there next weekend. Yes, I know it's 9/11 weekend but my
folks got married on September 10th. 50 years ago.


 On 9/2/05, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center <
4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
>
> Antoine Fats Domino is fine. He was rescued with others; his picture was
> in
> the paper.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Libby Valentine" <grdner03@yahoo.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 4:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] katrina aftermath
>
>
> > I saw an interview with one of the writers of the 2002 article series
> > (which won awards but got no serious attention), and he noted that one
> > of the Homeland security drills last summer - last summer - was a
> > natural disaster of this magnitude in NO, almost the exact scenario that
> > has occurred. So they had a (literally) dry run 12 months ago. Today one
> > of the army guys said they were slowed by the fact that the city is
> > surrounded by water. Umm, yes... Also noted in hindsight was that when
> > the mandatory evacuation was ordered (when was that, Saturday?), the
> > feds needed to have provided the bus convoys at that time to get the
> > city cleared. Not that everyone would have gone. I note that Fats Domino
> > stayed in his home, and is now missing. I do think about all the people
> > who are not in one of the 3 media-covered cities - how are they faring?
> >
> >
> > I checked out the BBC this morning, curious as to what some of the rest
> > of the world is hearing, and this is an interesting page of newspaper
> > quotes from around the world.
> >
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4207542.stm
> >
> > Things look better this afternoon with the arrival of significant armd
> > forces along with supplies. One hopes the water gets to people in time.
> > Jesse, your son is providing hope to those who are losing it, and I hope
> > the thanks of the people he can rescue will somehow offset the ones he
> > has to recover who are past help.
> >
> >
> > I was up in Reading PA for work this week and the gas station across
> > from the building where we were had regular at 2.47 Tuesday morning,
> > 2.59 Tuesday evening, and 2.80 Wednesday morning. When I got home
> > Wednesday evening my town is uniformly up to 3.19 for regular, 3.50 for
> > super, same as today.
> >
> >
> > I am 5000 CHAT messages behind so forgive me if I have missed
> significant
> personal events - someday I may catch up.
> >
> > Libby
> > Maryland zone 6
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >
> > As far as the response to this disaster, you are right Cathy this is an
> > unbelievable logistic nightmare. However, there were many things that
> could
> > have and should have been done immediately. Things like airlifting in
> > supplies, including water, food, troops etc. That's what the National
> Guard
> > is for. Why did it take five days for those things to begin on a federal
> > level? We should have had helicopters going over with loudspeakers
> > reassuring people that help was on the way. Instead we got the same deer
> in
> > the headlights look that we saw in 2001. Now today, we see the President
> > going around at the same time as we see troops going to the rescue. This
> > action should have begun days ago. The task is daunting but with the
> proper
> > response initially those in power could have alleviated much of the
> > uncertainty, fear and hopelessness. Lets pray that they now grasp the
> > magnitude of the disaster.
> >
> > David.
> > http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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