Those of us who have been in Florida awhile know that it takes at least 2
days for help to come to populated areas.  We're told to have 2 weeks of
supplies in the house.  Trust me though, you go through a lot of Oreo
cookies when you get hit with 3 hurricanes in a row <grin>

Beth T.

-----Original Message-----
From: St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of ken barber
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 10:24 AM
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Subject: Re: Fw: Here's an article on the preparedness of FEMA.

amber is right. it would happern in any city. one lesson here is that you
can't depend on government to protect you. the lawlessness will break out
when government no longer works.

you said it better than i did.

--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Dearest Ken,
>
>   Your frustration is understood here, as well as your anger and I am
> sure a measure of helpness in the face of total desvastation. From
> where I stand - it was both a forseeable and a preventable scenario.
> I was stunned to find out the poor hadn't been put on buses and
> evacuted - what kind of an evacution leaves people behind? Amber
> wasn't surprised - but thinks I am rather naive. We have become a very
> fat, complacent, lazy, greedy and thoughtless society. I doubt there
> is city or town in the country with an adequate evacution plan in
> place. People ability to put there heads in the sand or think it won't
> happen here. I know The DC area doesn't. Natural forces can strike
> anywhere anytime. I am still waiting to here from friends with family
> in both Mississippi and Lousiana. I have hoping no one on our list was
> anywhere near there. Playing the blame game doesn't fix what wrong. No
> we need to mop up the mess, help people get their lives together and
> for Pete's sake make sure this doesn't happen again.
>