Re: I'm back!

That is really so very sad. I can relate to natural
disasters causing loss of life, but my god, not an
evacuation!

Have they learned from this and designing a better way
for the next time?

Donna

---  Scottie Baugh <robbinsbaugh@earthlink.net> wrote:

> On tonight's 10 pm news, the Harris County coroner
> announced 31 deaths in 
> Harris County:  19 during the evacuation, 10 of
> those from heat related 
> problems; and 12 after the storm, also from heat,
> all in addition to the 
> people who died on the bus that exploded.  The bus,
> incidentally, had an 
> expired registration (meaning safety issues), which
> was waived last week by 
> Gov. Perry in an effort to get as many vehicles as
> possible involved in the 
> hurricane evacuation, according to TDOT.
> 
> So that's 55 dead from Harris County, 43 because of
> the evacuation. 
> Excluding any who may have died because of the storm
> to the east of Harris 
> County or in Galveston County to the south.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 6:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] I'm back!
> 
> 
> > Glad to hear everything was OK once you got home.
> Said a prayer for your
> > fishies. Unfortunately, your evacuation experience
> was typical. Been 
> > hearing
> > many other horror stories this week. There had
> never been such a massive
> > evacuation in Texas. What they should have done
> was stagger the exodus in
> > stages instead of telling everyone to go at once.
> I'm w/ you - I think I'd
> > stay put if there is a next time. Did you hear
> about the bus of evacuees
> > from a Houston nursing home that caught fire? That
> was hideous.
> >
> >
> > On 9/27/05, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> OMG that is awful Scottie. Glad you survived the
> >> evacuation. Geesh.... Wonderful that you don't
> have a
> >> lot of damage at your home or boat!
> >>
> >> I think it is pretty scary how these storms have
> shown
> >> us just how inefficient the escape plans are.
> Time for
> >> us all to figure out what is best for us so if
> there
> >> is a next time (hopefully not), at least we would
> know
> >> what to do!
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
> >>
>
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> > --
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp TX
> > zone 8A
> >
> >
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