Re: Group questions

Amy Blankenship wrote:

The attitude to Search and Rescue and to Emergency Medical care
throughout the Katrina episode staggered us here. There are
professionals in both spheres, and we had a lass from Mississippi
working with us at the time. From this side of the pond we were
APPALLED - at everything. The selfishness and inactivity of the
population and the politicians mostly. The lass who came from the
area was not at all surprised and was rather bewildered by our
responses.

The Mississippi politicians and population were not selfish. Our
representatives to Congress lost their houses themselves, while Ray
Nagin ran away while New Orleans disintegrated.

The basic "on the ground" search and rescue was non existant. People were
left to fend for themselves without the resources to do so. It was every
person for themselves and never mind the less fortunate. There was hardly a
drop of humanity or altruism shown. The basic reactions to save life which
would have been the norm anywhere here were simply missing. My mother is a
specialist in Public Health and Emergency Medicine and my husband a SAR
professional. We knew what we were looking at and what was missing.
This is not the place for this but the unnecessary loss of life and
suffering that went on there is still under my skin. We watched in horror
and disbelief but had to curb our reactions as it was clearly not that of
those who lived there once they knew their own were safe.

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regards
Jill Bowis

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