Katrina fall-out

Jay,
Can't we also say the same is true for the misguided souls who live in
trailer parks in the Midwest? What bright official deemed these things
livable? We don't call them tornado magnets for nothing. Most people in the
country would consider the kid with the big ears playing the banjo on
"Deliverance" to be smarter than people who live in trailers in the Midwest.
Then we have the folks out west that just insist on living where fires
will burn their homes up , or the threat of it , year after year. And there
are the mudslide folks, who just love dropping in on their neighbors..so to
speak. And yep the Let's build my home on the earthquake fault gang!
HMMMMMMM.... think about it, where will we all live ? In pretty much
every part of the country where you build your home, it has it's own little
disaster waiting to happen. You think people in the west and southeast are
strupid for having the threat of hurricanes and earthquakes, and people in
other parts of the country think midwesterners are stupid for living in
Tornado Alley. But we all have to live somewhere. Just have to pick our
"rathers".

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:K7XRe.323186$xm3.141266@attbi_s21...
How many people have to tell these dumb asses to GET THE HELL OUT OF
DODGE
when there is a Level 5 hurricane bearing down on them, before they
actually
listen?

You might better direct your anger towards a federal government that had
all
the same warnings, all the same information (and probably more), and yet
has
STILL not taken control of the situation, FOUR DAYS after disaster
struck.

Shoot, Jay, when even the collective might of the United States military
and
its assorted agencies are running around with their thumbs up their asses
several days after the fact, is it really appropriate to express outrage
at
the victims who are suffering most?

The Feds must be invited by the governor of any state before they can
react -- period. This is NOT a Federal Government thing until it becomes
apparent that the State cannot handle things.

I am not angry about the situation -- I am incredulous. It's an awful,
horrible mess, and the entire country is going to pay a bitter price for
the stupidity and arrogance of a relative few, starting with:

1. People who thought it was okay to live 20 feet below sea level, next to
an ocean.
2. Government officials who allowed stupid people to build 20 feet below
sea level, next to an ocean.
3. Environmental activists who, through their actions, have left our
country economically ravaged by the loss of a few lousy oil refineries.
4. Able bodied "victims" who, on national TV, shout their anger and
contempt because the "Gubmint" hasn't done enough.
5. Armed gangs of "victims" who are shooting at rescue helicopters.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"