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i have been watching the news coverage all day. this is so heartbreaking.
strand your brother is in my thoughts. |
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He is back safe - he was also able to determine that his house is still standing and with little damage. |
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I'll be praying for your brother in all of this. I'm sure he'll be physically fine, however, he may be a different man when he gets home.
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His main comment was the horrific, putrid smell - and I'll leave it at that. |
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LOOORD CHILD - Did anyone see Nancy Grace this evening - she was like "Anderson - do you see what the Fed's take out of your paycheck every month - WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY IN ALL THIS - THEY SHOULD BE THERE" or something like that
To be fair - the supplies are on the way and many have been distributed. Apparantly, not enough. Also, I believe Nancy was choking up while commenting off camera and Anderson looked as if he had been crying as well. Can't say I blame them. |
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But back to Nawlins. Another factor the politicos & the scientists are going to consider (if they haven't already done so) is the continuing compaction of the delta sediments on which the city is built. So the city (which is already 6 feet below sea level) will continue to go down in elevation while the sea level stays where it is or rises. Those levees they want to rebuild are going to have to be pretty damn tall. One scientist, Roy Dokka, got some funding from NOAA for a study. He says, "Subsidence in the Gulf Coast region is largely due to the natural earth process of tectonic subsidence, which cannot be controlled by mankind, but if we know about it, we can plan around its effects." The Houston Geological Society is hosting a conference: "Coastal Subsidence, Sea Level & the Future of the Gulf Coast" Nov. 3, 4 & 5, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. somewhere in Houston. Perfect timing! Any of you guys in the Houston area should go -- at least to some of the talks or panels. (Three full days of geologists gabbing is way too much for anyone.) Of course, Stevie was wrong. Things DO change, especially geologically. At one point, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, WAS the "Gulf Coast."
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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1001052870 Biloxi Newspaper Slams Relief Effort, Begs for Help By Greg Mitchell Published: August 31, 2005 10:15 PM ET NEW YORK The Sun Herald of Biloxi, Miss., in an editorial today, criticized the relief effort in its ravaged area so far, and told officials and the nation-at-large: "South Mississippi needs your help." It angrily revealed: "While the flow of information is frustratingly difficult, our reporters have yet to find evidence of a coordinated approach to relieve pain and hunger or to secure property and maintain order. People are hurting and people are being vandalized. "Yet where is the National Guard, why hasn't every able-bodied member of the armed forces in South Mississippi been pressed into service?" Pointedly, it declared that earlier today, "reporters listening to horrific stories of death and survival at the Biloxi Junior High School shelter looked north across Irish Hill Road and saw Air Force personnel playing basketball and performing calisthenics." It added: "We need the president to back up his declaration of a disaster with a declaration of every man and woman under his command will do whatever is necessary to deal with that disaster." The newspaper has managed to publish two print editions this week as well as keep its Web site updated. Here is the text of the editorial. * The coastal communities of South Mississippi are desperately in need of an unprecedented relief effort. We understand that New Orleans also was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, but surely this nation has the resources to rescue both that metropolitan and ours. Whatever plans that were in place to deal with such a natural disaster have proven inadequate. Perhaps destruction on this scale could not have been adequately prepared for. But now that it has taken place, no effort should be spared to mitigate the hurricane's impact. The essentials -- ice, gasoline, medicine -- simply are not getting here fast enough. We are not calling on the nation and the state to make life more comfortable in South Mississippi, we are calling on the nation and the state to make life here possible. We would bolster our argument with the number of Katrina casualties confirmed thus far, but if there is such a confirmed number, no one is releasing it to the public. This lack of faith in the publics' ability to handle the truth is not sparing anyone's feelings, it is instead fueling terrifying rumors. While the flow of information is frustratingly difficult, our reporters have yet to find evidence of a coordinated approach to relieve pain and hunger or to secure property and maintain order. People are hurting and people are being vandalized. Yet where is the National Guard, why hasn't every able-bodied member of the armed forces in South Mississippi been pressed into service? On Wednesday reporters listening to horrific stories of death and survival at the Biloxi Junior High School shelter looked north across Irish Hill Road and saw Air Force personnel playing basketball and performing calisthenics. Playing basketball and performing calisthenics! When asked why these young men were not being used to help in the recovery effort, our reporters were told that it would be pointless to send military personnel down to the beach to pick up debris. Litter is the least of our problems. We need the president to back up his declaration of a disaster with a declaration of every man and woman under his command will do whatever is necessary to deal with that disaster. We need the governor to provide whatever assistance is at his command. We certainly need our own county and city officials to come together and identify the most pressing needs of their constituents and then allocate resources to meet those needs. We appreciate the stress that theses elected and appointed officials have been under since the weekend but they must do a better job restoring public confidence in their ability to meet this challenge. |
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But, that is not W - W has ordered all available means to be used In essence, this is FEMA not utilizing all sources despite what W ordered.
Also - what does that have to do with the order to evacuate and the people ignoring it or it not be given - which is what I thought we were talking about? |
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