--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 9/2/05 2:22 PM, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <snip> > >> Actually just heard again from my friend in the FQ. Here's what I > >> have: > >> > >> People are going around offering water & food they loot to other > >> survivors with mantras of "may you never thirst" & "fear is the > >> mind killer". > >> > >> They've looted a little water & food. > > > > "Looted" water and food...interesting use > > of terms. > > Just honest.
Since most food in a flood-ravaged city is going to spoil before it can be sold, who cares? Someone I know who thinks that all looters should be shot refers to people who grab food off of shelves of the stores as food scavangers to make the distinction. > > > > >> Violence is minimal-- most people are pulling together & helping > >> each other > > > > Yes, that's what the media have been reporting. > > It's quite amazing given their desperate situation. > > I'm sure it's different depending on where you are in the city. > > > > >> He's had a water & one MRE. > >> > >> People recognize him (he's a popular cult figure and author) he > >> reports how friendly and supportive most everyone is... trying to > >> keep morale high. > >> > >> Buses did turn up at the convention center yesterday but they were > >> without guards/support and had to turn back. > > > > Why, if everything was so peaceful? > > You thought it was peaceful? > > > > >> The police are preventing people from moving around once they are > >> in an area, so it is effectively like a concentration camp. > > > > Ah. Maybe that's why they didn't all just take > > a little stroll and help themselves to food and > > water. You think? > > For some it did, for others not. > > > > >> Apparently military convoys are just arriving with food and water. > > > > That's what I've been reading. Some of the news > > stories are saying trucks with food and water have > > actually reached the Convention Center, but I haven't > > seen any film of it yet, so that may just be wishful > > thinking on the basis that they *intend* to go to > > the Convention Center. > > > > It looks like things are *finally* starting to look > > up for the Convention Center folks. But it took too > > f*cking long. > > Yeah, maybe they'll do better next time? It's an unusual situation as > typically when you have flooding, it subsides. Of course in this case it did > not. ------------------------ 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/
