Our First Katrina Refugees

john smith wrote:

I think the politically correct turn is "survivor"
stay tuned for "Survivor New Orleans" instead of Guatemala


This one I might watch!

Wading through turd-infested waters to scroune a water bottle... then
hijack a generator, siphon the gas from a flooded car while being shot
at by a sniper..

the plot has potential.

On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 14:44:04 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in
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So, the Constellation Suite is their new home until further notice...

Your generosity in providing Katrina victims with a place to live
without cost is truly commendable.

Jay Honeck wrote:

Interestingly, others in New Orleans have decided that Iowa doesn't sound so
good to them:

A bunch of buses went down from DC and came back mostly empty as well.
Washington and Iowa aren't on the top of people's list to relocate to.

Heck, they won't even go aboard cruise ships that are right there.

Bob Gardner

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:

Interestingly, others in New Orleans have decided that Iowa doesn't sound
so good to them:

A bunch of buses went down from DC and came back mostly empty as well.
Washington and Iowa aren't on the top of people's list to relocate to.

Bob Gardner wrote:

Heck, they won't even go aboard cruise ships that are right there.

Would you want to be floating on water after doing so for the previous ten
days?

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Heck, they won't even go aboard cruise ships that are right there.

Would you want to be floating on water after doing so for the previous ten
days?

In the Queen Elizabeth II? Hell, yes!

:-)
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Peter R. wrote:
Bob Gardner wrote:


Heck, they won't even go aboard cruise ships that are right there.


Would you want to be floating on water after doing so for the previous ten
days?

I heard rumor today that a Dr. treating children of NO took about 20
patients before he figured out why they wouldn't drink. Apparently,
they wanted NOTHING to do with water.

"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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Heck, they won't even go aboard cruise ships that are right there.


Having been on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship quite recently, were *I* a
refugee and had a choice, *I* would not want to live on a cruise ship for an
extended time....especially not with kids. The exception would be if that
was the only air-conditioned place available :-)

Not that I would mind the food or even the entertainment, but it is still a
very claustrophobic environment. Better use of donated cruise ships might
be as temporary extra hospital space, housing for out-of-state volunteers,
and that sort of thing.

Cruise ships accommodation is fine for people who have something to do,
somewhere to go. It would probably be a terrible place to sit and wait.

The DOD is saying essentially the same things about their ships. Once
the emergency is past, the Navy ships will be used for rescue workers.
Same thing happened in New York after 9/11.

"Icebound" wrote in message
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"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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Heck, they won't even go aboard cruise ships that are right there.


Having been on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship quite recently, were *I*
a refugee and had a choice, *I* would not want to live on a cruise
ship for an extended time....especially not with kids. The exception
would be if that was the only air-conditioned place available :-)

Not that I would mind the food or even the entertainment, but it is
still a very claustrophobic environment. Better use of donated cruise
ships might be as temporary extra hospital space, housing for
out-of-state volunteers, and that sort of thing.

Cruise ships accommodation is fine for people who have something to
do, somewhere to go. It would probably be a terrible place to sit and
wait.

Whoa!

The cruise ships I have been on, (mostly Carnival) were FAR
from claustrophobic.....

And I paid for the trip (s)...

And to get out of a sewer?

1 st in line.....

Dave


On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 16:19:17 -0400, "Icebound"
wrote:




"Bob Gardner" wrote in message
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Heck, they won't even go aboard cruise ships that are right there.


Having been on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship quite recently, were *I* a
refugee and had a choice, *I* would not want to live on a cruise ship for an
extended time....especially not with kids. The exception would be if that
was the only air-conditioned place available :-)

Not that I would mind the food or even the entertainment, but it is still a
very claustrophobic environment. Better use of donated cruise ships might
be as temporary extra hospital space, housing for out-of-state volunteers,
and that sort of thing.

Cruise ships accommodation is fine for people who have something to do,
somewhere to go. It would probably be a terrible place to sit and wait.