[Rhodes22-list] Reply to Mr. Rummy on Sept 20, 2005.

[Rik Sandberg]

Wally,

There you go, I think you hit it right on the head.

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You said: "I have heard from the media that the people were told to 
bring food and basic supplies to the Superdome. I don't know about you 
but i can't even go to the lake for a day without bring a sandwich and 
some water or a cold beer or two."
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I think many of the people who ended up in the superdome or the 
convention center are the very same people that we have trained to not 
be able to take care of themselves. The Gov't pretty much provides 
everything they need during normal times. I suppose it follows that they 
would all expect the same during a hurricane. I don't suppose it even 
occurred to many of them that some of the services they have all the 
time might be interrupted.

Like you, for me it would just seem like good common sense to have the 
makings for enough peanut butter sandwiches (or something) and water to 
last a week or so while I was trying to get out of town. Really, if one 
is paying attention at all, how many times does a hurricane hit an area 
(any area) where the power and other services aren't down for at least a 
week??

I think one of the best things we could do for most of these folks in 
the future would be to wean them from their dependence on the gov't and 
teach them how to think for themselves. Some of the things I saw on the 
news were just pathetic. Perfectly able bodied people who hadn't been in 
their situation for 2 days yet, bawling about how they were starving and 
had no water.

And, shame on the media for picking these people out of the crowd to 
sensationalize their situation. A situation that ANYBODY with half a 
lick of sense would have handled by simply going to the grocery store on 
Thursday, Friday, Saturday or, if you were dragging your feet, even 
Sunday. It's not like there were no warnings that this storm was coming!!

Rik


Wally Buck wrote:

> Ed,
>
> I think Rummy is saying FOX news leans right That being said all the 
> media seemed to be on the same page.
>
> I have heard from the media that the people were told to bring food 
> and basic supplies to the Superdome. I don't know about you but i 
> can't even go to the lake for a day without bring a sandwich and some 
> water or a cold beer or two.
>
> Wally
>
>
>> From: "ed kroposki" <ekroposki at charter.net>
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>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Reply to Mr. Rummy on Sept 20, 2005.
>> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:46:27 -0400
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>> Mr. Rummy,
>>
>>       Ah, we agree on a few points.  You said, "These people were 
>> told to go
>> to a safe haven and then left without the means to be taken care 
>> of."  Then
>> we all would like the truth to the answer to the question, 'who told 
>> them to
>> go there'.  In addition, 'who was responsible for safety and 
>> sustenance?'
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>> I question all media, some more than others.  You stated, "but even 
>> Fox news
>> was showing the same things".  Are you telling us that Fox is the 
>> criterion
>> for truth?  Are you saying that Fox is the most truthful of the lot?
>>
>> Lost in the rubric was a previous event that used the Superdome and 
>> found
>> that it was completely lacking and destined for disaster.  However, 
>> FEMA and
>> the Federal government are not the responsible governmental 
>> entities.  Our
>> Federal system places the responsibility first on the States in this 
>> type
>> situation.
>>
>> Understand that I am not saying that the Fed's and FEMA did a good job.
>> This whole episode was aggravated by the levees breaking.  As you 
>> said and I
>> agree with you, "somebody's really screwed up and they should pay the 
>> price
>> for such incompetence. These people were told to go to a safe haven 
>> and then
>> left without the means to be taken care of."
>>
>> Ed K
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