Re: Katrina

On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 08:37:22 -0500, Doug Wickstrom
<nimshubur@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 13:28:17 GMT, in message
><ecuih1h3nngtr8ta13f2bnvk3lvtr3lnbn@xxxxxxx>
> Pete McCutchen <p.mccutchen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> caused electrons
>to dance and photons to travel coherently in saying:
>
>>On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 03:18:18 -0500, Doug Wickstrom
>><nimshubur@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 04:13:15 GMT, in message
>>><138fh11vavhbavbdd77qst2qk2ps77f6ps@xxxxxxx>
>>> Pete McCutchen <p.mccutchen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> caused electrons
>>>to dance and photons to travel coherently in saying:
>>>
>>>>That said, while the federal response is now getting going, I have to
>>>>wonder why there weren't, for example, air drops of food and water.
>>>>For that matter, I wonder why they can't bring in from the West some
>>>>of those helicopters and airplanes they use for fighting forest fires.
>>>
>>>First answer: it's too fucking dangerous.
>>>
>>
>>Can you expound on that a bit? If you say it's not practical, I'm
>>willing to believe you, since you probably know more about it than I
>>do. But a few details might be informative.
>
>I've already posted on the subject at least twice, one of which
>was in great detail.
>
>Short explanation: people will try to catch the supplies, and
>end up getting killed. It happens every time.

I'm sorry; I had a total mental spaceout. Perhaps I'm losing my
faculties in my old age.

My first post referred, somewhat sloppily, to two possible solutions
to two different problems. One was airdrops of food and water to help
the victims. The other was the use of firefighting planes to drop
water, not for drinking but to put out fires.

I've read your prior posts on drinking water/food drops, and they make
perfect sense. I now officially agree with you on that point.

My spaceout came when I read your post, and for some inexplicable
reason thought you were referring to my second suggestion, the one
regarding firefighting planes. I suspect it was because I had
mentally conceded your point regarding food/drinking water drops, so I
considered that thread closed and moved on to my firefighting
suggestion. Unfortunately, I didn't get around to actually
articulating that concession, and I misread your post.

I apologize for any confusion, and I hope that this explanation
straightens it out, though I suspect it may not.

In any case, do you know anything about putting out fires from the
air? Is that practical in an urban environment, when fire service is
out?

I've read and
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Pete McCutchen
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