Well I can say after Fay, it's someone elses turn for awhile. And it's
raining again today. Oi!!
Beth t.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Kendall D. Corbett
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 7:01 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New Orleans and Gustav
>
> Kyle, et al,
>
> I filled up today; the unused school busses point out the
> need for coordination between all local entities. School
> districts also have one of the larger pools of accessible
> busses in many communities, and that could save the lives of
> a lot of people with disabilities. We've pushed for enhanced
> coordination between our schools, paratransit providers and
> individuals with accessible vehicles in case of the need to
> evacuate a large number of people with disabilities. We've
> even discussed using horse trailers for short distance
> evacuations (many are ramped, or could be easily in an
> emergency). I'd a lot rather share a ride with horse manure
> than drown or die from fire or whatever.
>
> On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Cleveland, Kyle E. <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Ken, that's absolutely true. I have first-hand knowledge and
> > experience with recovery operations post-Katrina and the blame lies
> > completely at the mayor's feet. It's how our National
> Response Plan
> > (NRP) works. State resources don't get deployed until
> local resources
> > are exhausted. Federal resources don't get deployed until
> the State's resources are used up.
> > That's just the way it is. All of the buzz about the lack
> of rapid
> > Federal response is a bunch of hooey. Resources were
> staged and ready
> > to go, but local and state officials refused to "trip the switch"
> > until it was too late.
> >
> > ...and they re-elected him!
> >
> > It will be interesting to see how Gustav is dealt with
> pre-emptively
> > by local officials this time around. We've already received a
> > "Warning Order", just in case.
> >
> > A bit of advice to those of us on the list who drive: Fill
> your tanks
> > on Friday because there's sure to be a spike in prices come
> the weekend.
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List on behalf of ken barber
> > Sent: Wed 8/27/2008 3:30 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: New Orleans and Gustav
> >
> >
> >
> > i remember seeing pictures of thousands of school busses sitting in
> > flooded water down there. they really could have used those. can we
> > say "thank you mayor?"
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 8/27/08, Anthony Arnold
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Anthony Arnold <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Subject: Re: New Orleans and Gustav
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 3:26 PM That's easy for
> those of
> > > us with cars to say, I did that when we had the flood in
> 1997 but I
> > > have a van with a lift. However I remember my brother saying why
> > > couldn't they have had buses go down in ' 05 to help
> people get out,
> > > that's what we did in 1997 and we didn't even have 1
> death, but we
> > > only had about 5,000 at max without vehicles.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Anthony Arnold
> > > Remote Troubleshooter for PRC
> > > 1-800-262-1984 ext. 494
> > > www.anthonyarnold.net
> > > Proud Member of Speak Share
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Cerebral Palsy List
> > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ken barber
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:49 PM
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: New Orleans and Gustav
> > >
> > > i just read an article that new orleans was "considering"
> > > evactuation ahead of Gustav.
> > >
> > > after Katrina they are only considering? if it got close,
> i'd be out
> > > of there.
> > >
> > >
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> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to
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