[Rhodes22-list] Thena and Ben

[ed kroposki]

	Do not be hesitant, reticent or slow in posting any needs which this
list may be able to assist.  At the very least we can communicate needs to
appropriate agencies or groups.
	Momentarily, two big problems are communications on the ground in
your area and gas.  Both these issues are being addressed nationally.  The
military is bringing in battlefield communications with them as they arrive.
Satellite phones are being sent in by the Satellite phone company based in
Arizona.  They are particularly supplying regular cell phone companies with
satellite phones so that they can get cell tower back in operation.
	Colonial Pipeline Company, the major carrier of gas and diesel is
operating about 1/3 capacity due to lack of electric for their pumps.
Portable generators are being located and placed to provide the pipeline
with power to get fuel going at more normal capacity. 
	Relief agencies and organizations are gathering supplies and sending
them toward the needed areas.  Distribution will get better as access is
obtained.
	The scope of the problem is huge.  Over 50 miles of Mississippi
coastline was destroyed, according to reports.  However, it is about 200
miles from Mobile to Baton Rouge.  And that is just horizontal or
longitudinal measurement.  The Storm surge pushed water more than half a
mile inland from any coastline.  Wind damage goes in how many miles?  
	Again, keep us informed.  Keep your chin up and God bless.

Ed K
Greenville, SC, USA

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Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 12:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control funding

Saroj,
It is late and I am incredibly tired....I can't tell you how it makes me
feel to have someone use this situation in the way you have just
done....just for the record, there are many complex issues involved and you
obviously don't understand them....PLEASE don't use the suffering and loss
down here and tie it in with your personal agenda....it is inappropriate at
this time. 
Thena
> 
> From: "Saroj Gilbert" <saroj at pathfind.net>
> Date: 2005/09/01 Thu AM 06:55:20 CDT
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] New Orleans Flood control funding
> 
> Interesting piece tying in the impact of the Iraq war with the current 
> disaster in New Orleans:
> =======================
> 
> "No One Can Say they Didn't See it Coming"
> 
> By Sidney Blumenthal
> 
> In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the 
> three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut
New 
> Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war.
> http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,372455,00.html
> 
> ========================
> 
> This is sickening... I just can't figure out why the streets (or should I 
> say  "streams") of New Orleans and other gulf coastal areas are not
swamped 
> (sorry) with U.S. Military handing out food, water, diapers, and other 
> essentials... oh... they're all in Iraq... well I guess the Navy got soft 
> and decided to deploy a ship out of Norfolk yesterday.... hmmm... should 
> arrive in a week?  The way the government has responded to this disaster
so 
> far is shameful.  We treat citizens in other countries better than we
treat 
> our own.
> 
> Saroj 
> 
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