I believe that is part of the reason for the impression that the "response" was so slow. Florida has had hurricanes come through a number of times recently. The citizens and the response community have BTDT. How long since the Big Easy did it? Did their citizens know what to do? Even the articles on NO recognized that the people had their heads inthe sand.
KEn In a message dated 9/4/2005 12:11:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] A VERY serious topic To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed I noticed that lack of community cohesion as well. While in FL last summer for Charlie, though there was a huge contingent of tourist, the locals did band together to assist others. NOLA folks just had no idea how to be a society and waited like rabid animals for somebody to save their bacon. Not even bothering to lift a finger to aid others, just sat like steaming piles of s**t and waited for their hand out. Is this the effect of too much welfare given to the poverty stricken? Have we taught them to not do an honest days labor or to assist the rest of society when needed? Upon occasion I entertain thoughts of catastrophic collapse of society, and always had put the scavengers (street people) in the equations as survivors, since they knew how to subsist on so little. I seem to have bypassed the response of the welfare scum, and that they would have so little grasp on civilization that once the veneer were pierced, they would revert to animals without the calming effect of a 40oz, cable TV and Rock cocaine. Just my $0.02
