I just heard about that bit of police quiting in droves all over the city...considering I can't really blame them. Life there right now isn't life..Under normal conditions I would imagine things are rough. I hear 30 % unemployement WITHOUT nature's furry. Maybe it will take marshall law to get things to settle out. soooooooooo sad. ML ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keyboard Cowboy" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx> To: "milady" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 10:29 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Katrina OT I think it says that Charity hospital evacuation was halted because some New Orleans residents fired rifles at the evacuation helicopters and people working in the hospital. The NO police department members quit in droves and could not/would not provide protection. There was not enough military at that point to insure the safety of the evacuees. If what you are implying is that people were rescued based on whether they had money or not, I don't think that is true. Remember that New Orleans as a city is predominately Black and poor, with incomes well under the poverty levels. What I'm driving at is that almost all of the people there are in very low income....it would be hard to say that different income levels are treated differently. I personally think it's a bad situation. Mistakes have been made by many parties, including some of the most vocal politicians. The bottom line is that everything that can be done is being done at this point. This may not seem fast enough to some critics.....but they are not on the ground and cannot understand how difficult the task is. I suspect for many armchair critics, it is a case of expectations that are unrealistic....that are too high given the situation. Obviously it will not seem fast enough to the victims, and that is understandable. We all have to remember how unique this disaster is. This wasn't a tsunami where the flood comes in, wrecks havoc, and leaves with the damage in it's wake. It wasn't like a Florida storm that blows in and destroys, but hours later the water leaves and rescue starts. The people of New Orleans survived the storm. In the first 24 hours after the storm, many thought it was all over.....they could withstand the damage. Many didn't pay attention to the first orders to leave the city. 24 - 36 hours after the storm the levee broke. This was NOT anticipated. When the levee broke, it filled the bowl of land that was under sea level and there was NO way to get the water out - no way for people to get in or out. This delayed secondary disaster was not anticipated and was unique in that it surrounded the people left in the city, and made it almost impossible to get in or out for rescue personnel. Since then, large numbers of the police have walked off their jobs. Many more have stopped enforcing law. Bands of New Orleans residents have resorted to violence for their own gain -- looting for personal gain (not food for survival), and some have started fires in buildings and fired on rescue attempts. The military has had to shift personnel requirements from rescue to police action - a fact that delays rescue even more. Now I'm afraid this is becoming a racial issue......and that's a shame in my personal opinion. The focus should be to affect the rescue, stop the damage, rebuild, and then we can do a review and determine how this type of disaster can be averted in the future. All the vitriol being spewed by many is not productive. It's time to come together and "git'er done". Just one mans opinion............I'm sure there are other opinions. Regards from Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", ,,,,,,,, Ô¿Ô¬ Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona ==========<[0]>=========== Saturday 9/3/2005 10:00:20 AM I'm not a complete idiot; some parts are missing. ==========<[O]>========== On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 08:21:31 -0700, milady wrote: | Last night on CNN an interview with the Senior med journalist Dr. | Sanjay Goupta offered the fact that not two blocks from where he | was at Charity hospital downtown N.O. which has been in dire | straights for days, people dying while waiting for evac, the | PRIVATE hospital at a University was evacuated instantly, while | Charity Hospital which is public was even being fired on when | trying to evacute..NO one was helping. What does THAT say..... -- | --- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Scott" <conrod@xxxxxxxxxxx> | To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 | 2:59 AM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Katrina OT | | | Dear All, | My family has been having a difficult time lately but after | watching the results of the hurricane on TV, I thank God for my | home and family. I have no problems. It is heartbreaking to see | what is happening in the country. I am disgusted that more had | not been done earlier for those people. America is a powerful | nation with huge resources but I feel that they have been | terribly let down. 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