[Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control funding [esp to Thena]

[Bill Effros]

Herb,

It will probably come as a great surprise to you to learn that most of 
the people still in New Orleans don't have second homes to go to.  
"Bush's fault" is that neither he, nor his people in charge of Federal 
Emergency Management seem to have known that either. 

We are pushing into 2 weeks past the event, and still there is no plan 
for where people should go, or how they should get there, or what they 
should do next.

Bill Effros

Herb Parsons wrote:

>Yes, the "possibility" of such damage has existed, but in one of the oldest cities in this country, it has never happened before. And, what "powers that be" are you speaking of?? The emergency planning for the city of New Orleans is the responsibility of the city of New Orleans. And, they did indeed have a plan. The plan was for PEOPLE TO LEAVE!!!! I was there, I left, I lived to come back to my second home, and help others. Why is it "Bush's fault" that 20% of the population chose to ignore that plan?
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>Herb Parsons
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>>>>saroj at pathfind.net 9/2/2005 7:10:41 PM >>>
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>Thena,
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>I'm sorry for my delayed response.  Your reply was buried in the many emails 
>that have come through.. I don't read every Rhodes22 email when there are so 
>many of them.
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>I'm baffled at your response.  I don't have a personal agenda on this other 
>than feeling terribly helpless and frustrated at not knowing what to do 
>about this horrible situation.  Before so many started pointing out just 
>what I was observing, I was shocked to realize that it appeared that the 
>Federal government was doing nothing to help in what was a huge disaster.  I 
>was ready to shut down my house here and drive down there to do what I could 
>before I realized that I would be just another mouth to feed with little to 
>offer.
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>I've been in daily communication with a cajun friend of mine who lives there 
>to see what I could do.  It especially frustrates me to hear that the 
>"powers that be" were fairly warned of this possibility and put the need on 
>the back burner which had it been addressed might have prevented it.
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>I can't even imagine what it must be like... I'm catching up on emails now 
>and see that you have made some suggestions... Of course my LA friend is 
>giving me some hints as well.
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>My heart goes out to you and all there...
>
>Saroj
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: <thenacarville at bellsouth.net>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 12:20 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control funding
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>>Saroj,
>>It is late and I am incredibly tired....I can't tell you how it makes me 
>>feel to have someone use this situation in the way you have just 
>>done....just for the record, there are many complex issues involved and 
>>you obviously don't understand them....PLEASE don't use the suffering and 
>>loss down here and tie it in with your personal agenda....it is 
>>inappropriate at this time.
>>Thena
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