--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 9/1/05 1:11:46 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The time to organize a total evacuation is > *before it's needed*. No plans were made to > evacuate those who couldn't get out on their > own. > > > The majority of the people there now are people that chose > > to "ride out" the hurricane for whatever reason they had. > > Not true. Most of them were too poor to get out. > No car, no money to hire one, no place to go, no > money for a hotel if they could get out. The bus > station shut down Saturday night. Some of them > were sick or elderly. > > > > > I sure can agree with you on the fact that the time to organize for > evacuation is before! All states are supposed to have evacuation plans and if they > don't, they , the state elected officials, need to be held accountable. I'll > disagree with you on those not getting out not being able to. I'll agree there > would have to be a certain percentage who absolutely had no way out. But > Judy, I don't know if you have ever lived in a hurricane prone region. It is > very common for people to reject all warnings to leave and ride out the storm > thinking they will be safe. As a matter of fact people get together and have > hurricane parties. There have been numerous interviews so far in which people > regretted not getting out when they had the chance and people here in Houston > saying that their husband stayed behind to watch out for the business or the > house. A friend of mine in Houma La..would not leave because his mother > refused to leave her house so he stayed with her and brought his aunts to the > same house so they would be together. I haven't been able to get in touch with > him to find out if he and his mom and aunts are ok. The only excuse for not > leaving was if you absolutely had no transportation out. Refugee centers were > being set up all over and they don't cost a penny to stay in. Then you have > to ask yourself if there are thousands that have no transportation to get out, > how on earth do you have a plan ready to be able to pick everyone of them up > over a large city within a few hours to get them to safety? Katrina chose > her target and struck too fast to prevent a major catastrophy.
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