On Friday 09 September 2005 12:44 am, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Jerry McBride wrote:
> > On Friday 09 September 2005 12:01 am, Robert Hemus wrote:
> > > For a macho, cowboy, grab 'em by the horns, (or balls if he knew where
> > > to look?) why when this was brewing into a #5 hurricane headed for a
> > > city that is below sea-level and he wasn't being asked for help he
> > > didn't get on the phone and start telling the Mayor of NO and the
> > > Governors of Louisianza, Mississipi, and Alabama "Why the Hell aren't
> > > you fools doing something?" BTW what can a mayor do except tell the
> > > citizens to pick up and evacuate? He sure didn't have the resources
> > > locally to go get every body in harm's way.
> > > Bob
> >
> > The thing that blows me away is... all those that decided to "weather it
> > out". I watched in shock at the numbers of people tha lived next door to
> > the levies(sp) that had to be lifted out by helicopter.
> >
> > Wow! No one down there had a bit of common sense!? Below sea level? yup
> > and below lake level too...
>
> Alot of them had no transportation. Some were just stupid.
We talked about this at work, alot. They had a total of eight days warning
that a class 5 hurricane could hit them, right in the nose. Even with my bad
bad back and knees, I could have walked out of there in time. Maybe not eight
days before, but 3 maybe 4 days... yup.
What a strange group of events...
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