--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- 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. > > i.e. Bush's fault.
Block that jerking knee! Not in this case. It hasn't been that long since it happened; it takes a day or two to discover the scope of a disaster and gear up to deal with it. And in New Orleans, there was a one-two punch, the second a day after the first. ------------------------ 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/
