Re: Katrina

Why would Faux news try to help -- Sorry, just couldn't resist.

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Sue -- Firefighter mom -- Still Rabid UW Dawg Fan!
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"Maureen Galvin" <maureen.galvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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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