Fwd: [CHEF MENTEUR] Death of an American City?
grady
grady at ibiblio.org
Tue Dec 13 11:34:02 EST 2005
Senator Dole's office # is 202.224.6342
Please call her, y'all. She used to run the freaking Red Cross, for
chrissake, so regardless of how deluded she might be on other issues, we
might could expect [demand] her to have some sympathy on this one.
There seems to be some widespread delusion among the federales that
everybody in America is gonna rise up & volunteer 2 weeks of their time
to go down & rebuild the entire region without the government actually
having to do anything.
Only, gee, you know, if that actually happened, it would be a logistical
nightmare, and we'd need to put some people in charge of that, and there
would need to be a massive coordination effort to get the help where it
needed to go, rather than having 3 million volunteers sitting on the
beach in Biloxi, and before you know it, hey, we'd have reinvented
GOVERNMENT, which is what we used to call it when all the people in the
country agreed to chip in together & solve big problems like this one.
Ross
Chris Calloway wrote:
> --- -tg <tcgibson at mindspring.com> wrote:
>> If someone you know needs a reminder of what
>> Katrina was/is and what "her" devastation continues
>> to look like, there's an impressive documentary
>> (The Storm) available via PBS's Frontline.
>
> a coworker recently back from helping family in
> southern mississippi reported:
>
> * there's not much left
>
> * for miles in any direction
>
> * months later, still no utilities of any kind
>
> * for those left, the place is a ghost town
>
> * no evidence of any gummint relief to be seen
>
> * insurance companies claiming flood insurance no good
>
> * insurance companies claiming non-flood damage not
> covered
>
> * single church in town was sole contact with any help
>
> * help consisted of:
>
> o one hot meal a day from local church
>
> o one bag of ice every other day from local
> church
>
> * then the church ran out
>
> * getting colder while living in tents
>
> * fema won't release trailers unless:
>
> o all utilities turned back on
>
> o ground is uncontaminated
>
> * cleanup slow due to lack of people to help
>
> * can't even pay anyone to help
>
> * biggest need is people
>
> * if gas or grocery store were to reopen, no one to
> work in them
>
> * nearest open grocery store over an hour away
>
> * that store has line out the door and not much in it
>
> * difficult to get clean after being covered in black
> mold and mud from cleaning up all day
>
> * many roads still impassable; have to take circuitous
> routes
>
> * no where and no way to haul off debris if could get
> it cleared
>
> * still missing friends and relatives
>
> * many former pets wandering around looking crazed
>
> * nearest home supply store out of everything needed
>
> * rumors of walmart supply lots over-rated; out of
> most necessities
>
> * still finding dead people in houses
>
> * curfews mean too few hours of daylight to dig out
> and drive hours for necessities
>
> * running out of money anyway
>
> * feeling that unless from nola or have relatives
> elsewhere, nowhere to escape to, no way to get new
> jobs
>
> * unemployment office gone; no one around
>
> * desperation; rage; incomprehension
>
> * people are all alone in their misery
>
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