oh hey are we ready for another dose of outrage? I always thought it was third-world countries that did not allow aid to reach their citizens. Among foreign aid that has been pledged and not accepted are a water purification system, helicopters, a search and rescue diving team and generators and portable water tanks. Nothing that anyone in Louisiana and Mississipi would need.... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/06/AR2005090601994.html
On 9/7/05, Howie Hamlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > DURHAM -- A trio of Duke University sophomores say they drove to New > Orleans late last week, posed as journalists to slip inside the > hurricane-soaked city twice, and evacuated seven people who weren't > receiving help from authorities. > > The group, led by South Carolina native Sonny Byrd, say they also managed > to drive all the way to the New Orleans Convention Center, where they > encountered scenes early Saturday evening that they say were disgraceful. > > "We found it absolutely incredible that the authorities had no way to get > there for four or five days, that they didn't go in and help these people, > and we made it in a two-wheel-drive Hyundai," said Hans Buder, who made the > trip with his roommate Byrd and another student, David Hankla. > > > http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-643298.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:173010 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
