Re: OT: Katrina quote of the day


"BigPiper" <jb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Kickstart wrote:
>> The mayor of New Orleans on CNN this morning
>> ............ who could have predicted a cat 4 hurricane could hit this
>> close
>> to New Orleans ..............
>>
>> duh
>
> How about FEMA in early 2001? They predicted that the top three
> greatest disaster exposures America had were a major earthquake in San
> Francisco, a major hurricane in New Orleans, and a terrorist attack on
> New York city. This report came out well before 9/11. Randi Rhodes on
> Air America is doing a segment on this as I write.
>
> BigPIper
> '05 FLHRCI
>

We have rarely prepared for the inevitable. I know now that at some time in
my lifetime, I may be holding a large sum of money, and it be worthless.
How much does $100 dollars get you in downtown New Orleans today? Fire
kindling?

After every other natural disaster, people used ready cash to acquire the
goods and services needed to survive. Not so true in New Orleans. Money is
worthless there...maybe for months.

doorman



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