Re: Katrina Damage Report

In article <0rkah11mjsu5pukco050vg58du7fgsevt4@xxxxxxx>,
mrfuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

> >I have little sympathy if those on housetops were in the NOLA area and
> >decided to weather out the storm instead of evacuating. Were I governor,
> >they could sit on those roofs until all the others who had no choice in
> >the matter were taken care of.
> >
> >jim
>
> Good idea. Each helicopter should have an auditor on board to see if
> the victim had the funds to evacuate and a worker's comp examiner to
> see if they were well enough to leave under their own power.
>
> Marshall
>

My take on this is that many people just didn't have the resources to
evacuate... sick, no vehicle, too many dependents for the available
vehicle(s), no money for gas, no gas, no money for housing at terminus
etc etc. I'm with Marshall; why don't we stop badmouthing these folks
and save them, then later we can be unfeeling and rude at them. Same
goes with 'looters'. Time we started describing the majority of this
behavior as 'scavenging'. Hungry, hot, filthy people who are living in a
flooded hell hole and for whom nothing substantial is being done (yet)
so far as material sustinence is concerned, will find food and water for
their families somehow. I would. Worry about the TV stealers later, too.
1st things 1st, and that area is a war zone full of noncombatants with
zero resources for survival. There are so many 1st things to do the
prioritized list looks freaking flat. 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1 oh, then 2.

Ted
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