I agree with Andrew & his allusion, Fred.
And, yeah, how it continues to happen....
Doug
On 29-Sep-05, at 7:10 PM, Frederick Pollack wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Burke" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 10:01 PM
> Subject: Re: "New Orleans"
>
>
>> Ah, Fred, it hit me. The strange fruit of today.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
> One month today. Fear eats the soul. They found a pocket of people
> in northern Louisiana who fled Katrina and were trapped by Rita. Sick
> people without oxygen or insulin, running out of food and water.
> Supplies were dropped, once, a mile away. A local retired Marine, who
> had taken charge, climbed a tree to make a cellphone call to a cop
> friend in New York, who contacted CNN, who sent someone down. All of
> a sudden the Red Cross and feds showed up. Funny thing.
>
Douglas Barbour
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There was the usual amount of corruption,
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