Re: Katrina

Hey, they just said on Dateline that a dozen nations have come to our aid
and are gathering to send relief and aid as they did during the tsunami!
How about that!

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Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
(to reply send to medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx)
"Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:-OidnfCGHsPn4oveRVn-1w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Have to admit to stopping a few seconds there myself until my remote
started
> to burn in my hand. It knows better then to let me stop on that channel!
:)
>
> --
> Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
> (to reply send to medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> "Maureen Galvin" <maureen.galvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:FcOdnSX4fLti5oveRVn-uQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Well I guess that explains it LOL!! I dont really watch those channels
> but
> > was flipping around and stopped cause they didnt have a commercial at
the
> > time and I just got caught up in it all. not to mention that the remote
> > control function of my TV in the office stopped working and I just didnt
> > want to stand around all day. Lordy am I lazy.
> >
> > Maureen
> >
> > "Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:bMWdnUYXB_zY6oveRVn-1w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Why would Faux news try to help -- Sorry, just couldn't resist.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
> > > (to reply send to medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> > > "Maureen Galvin" <maureen.galvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:--udndbYW6oe-YveRVn-hw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> what go me was watching the Fox New channel this afternoon. That
Shep
> > > Smith
> > >> or whatever his name is kept commentiing about all those people on
I-10
> > > who
> > >> had no idea where to go and what to do and yet when they talked to a
> > > police
> > >> spokesperson about it. Why didn't he just ask them where should
these
> > >> people go and then start informing these poor people that they needed
> to
> > > be
> > >> elsewhere for the buses? They made such a big deal out of making a
> point
> > >> that the police weren't offering any information when they drove onto
> the
> > >> interstate, but yet other than panning over the masses, they were not
> > >> obviously doing anything to help matters either.
> > >>
> > >> Maureen
> > >>
> > >> "Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >> news:m_ednan8Wv8RwoveRVn-sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> >I think they are so in shock they aren't thinking straight and some
> just
> > >> > don't have the savvy to do that. They are sure getting restless in
> the
> > >> > Super Dome, I'm not so sure that they will go quietly to another
one
> in
> > >> > Houston, which apparently is the plan to bus them to the Astrodome
in
> > >> > Houston. At least that has power and air and working toilets and
> > >> > food.
> > >> > DH
> > >> > said why don't they just leave the SuperDome and I said, because
they
> > >> > aren't
> > >> > letting them, but some are starting to "get out" any way they can.
> > >> > It's
> > >> > starting to get pretty ugly in there.
> > >> >
> > >> > --
> > >> > Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
> > >> > (to reply send to medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> > >> > "Neal" <nbrown12@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >> > news:VIednU2mQdfsxYveRVn-1Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> >> The thing that bothers me a great deal is that with all the
trashed
> > >> >> out
> > >> >> lumber around, why people don't build fires on the asphalt and use
> any
> > >> >> kind of container to boil water. The water probably wouldn't
taste
> > > very
> > >> >> good, but if it were boiled, it probably would be safe to drink.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Neal
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Judy wrote:
> > >> >> > I cannot believe the things that I am seeing on the news. It is
> > > almost
> > >> >> > surreal. Those poor people. In a moment of time they are
without
> > >> >> > everything.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > I know people who have lost everything in a fire before, but it
> was
> > >> > nothing
> > >> >> > like this devastation. They got put up in a hotel or apartment
> > >> >> > almost
> > >> >> > immediately. Not that I am minimizing what one would go through
> in
> > >> > losing
> > >> >> > their home and possessions in a fire, but these people down
south
> > > have
> > >> > no
> > >> >> > where to go. And not only are they on the streets but the
streets
> > > are
> > >> > full
> > >> >> > of water. No food, no water to drink, no way of taking a bath
or
> > >> > shower.
> > >> >> > Everyone just walking around with no where to go, a lot of them
> not
> > >> > knowing
> > >> >> > where loved ones are. It is heart wrenching to see what these
> > >> >> > people
> > >> > are
> > >> >> > going through.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > One news show I was watching, a man came up to a spot that had
> water
> > > in
> > >> > it
> > >> >> > and filled a plastic jug with that water and was about to drink
it
> > > when
> > >> > the
> > >> >> > reporter stopped him and gave him a bottle of clean water.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > I can only watch a few minutes at a time because it is much too
> > >> > upsetting.
> > >> >> > God be with everyone of these people.
> > >> >> > Judy
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > "Donna" <donna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > >> >> > news:Xns96C39E7DF5CDBdonnazensewingcom@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >>Just got a call from a friend in Northern Alabama. They got hit
> and
> > > are
> > >> >> >>without power, but are fine. Trees are down, but people are
> > > appparently
> > >> >> >>okay there.
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >>--
> > >> >> >>~Donna~
> > >> >> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >> >> >>It is never too late to be what you might have been. - George
> Eliot
> > >> >> >>Hold on tight to your dream. - ELO
> > >> >> >>http://www.zensewing.com
> > >> >> >
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> > >>
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