Re: FEMA Suspending Rescue in N.O.

In article <qIidnW-7l_v944reRVn-sA@xxxxxxxxxxx>, b.fernley@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Yes, that is what I said. They need food, water, medicine. People are
> out looting what? TVs, jewelry, Nikes. Why aren't they organizing and
> looting things that will actually help?

How do you know they aren't? Written reports are coming out about the
loads of co-operation that is happening in that city - but they are
reaching the end of their physical endurance.

Some guy (yes black, with gold teeth and lots of ear rings and I'm sure
he loves rap) saved the lives of some tourists by stealing an SUV and
picking them up out of a dangerous situation. He drove them out of the
city with his family and where they found some sort of station with
food.

Now, if cameras had caught him stealing the SUV, what would YOU have
assumed?


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> How about banding together to get the trash out of the superdome to make
> things more livable? How about organizing the dead bodies in one area?
> How about triaging the survivors for evacuation? Why are they depending
> on big gov'ment to come solve all their problems? They need to help
> themselves first.

Um, Betsy, this is happening as much as possible. But imagine trying to
clean feces without water, or triaging 10,000 people who haven't eaten
or drunken anything in 4-5 days - with NO medical experience. No
doctors or nurses in the superdome.

The people who went to the superdome were following orders. They were
told not to worry, they would be taken care of, their sick relatives
would be taken care of. Yeah, they could have stayed in their
neighborhoods and tried to get something together, but they were told
not to. So, do you think they are hungry, sick, thirsty, tired and
pissed off?



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> And like I said, I don't blame the people who absolutely could not
> leave. But I bet there are plenty there who *could* have left, but
> *chose* not to for various reasons. They are taking up space and
> resources that could be used for those who *couldn't* leave.

Well then, happy you feel entirely comfortable judging people in crisis.


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> I love this blame the government for all our problems shit. NOT.

When our government is spending our taxes fighting a pointless war
rather than helping citizens through a catastrophe I hope they choke on
blame.

bel



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