--- In [email protected], Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't heard this discussed on the news, but it seems to me that > a lot of people must have retreated to attics without an axe, and > may be trapped in them now, suffocating or dying of the heat. Are > rescuers routinely chopping through all the roofs to see if anyone > is in there?
I saw some film of one rescue worker doing exactly that, chopping through a roof, but for the most part they apparently have their hands full just rescuing the people they can see, the ones who have made it onto the roof to call for help. They're pretty sure there are many more they can't see still trapped in their attics, with no food or water and, as you say, in awful heat. There just aren't enough rescue workers to do the whole job. They can't work at night, at least the ones in boats can't, because they have to be able to clearly see obstacles in order to navigate around them. It does seem as though a massive rescue and aid effort is finally getting under way, but everything up to this point was pretty much haphazard. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
