there is another one brewing in the atlantic i heard.


--- Elizabeth Thiers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>  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
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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.
> >
>





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