Re: Katrina
- From: "Susan Mitchell" <medlawtrans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 21:29:18 -0700
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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