Re: [DMCForum] Katrina Response

[DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxxxxxxx>]

You just cant please everybody.

Mark V



On Aug 31, 2005, at 9:26 PM, timnagin wrote:

> Bob,
>
> Without getting political, if you would have listened to -any- news 
> program,
> watched the evening news, or taken five seconds to search on the web 
> you
> would have learned...
>
> "The Transportation Department dispatched more than 400 trucks to move 
> 5.4
> million MREs, or ready-to-eat meals; 13.4 million liters of water; 
> 10,400
> tarps; 4,900 rolls of plastic sheeting; 3.4 million pounds of ice; 10 
> mobile
> homes; 144 generators; 20 containers of disaster supplies; 135,000 
> blankets;
> 11,000 cots; 200 tables; 450 chairs; 1 all-terrain vehicle; 19 
> forklifts and
> three 100-person and nine 50-person field office kits to flood damaged 
> areas
> for FEMA."
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9132021/page/2/
>
> In fact, the list I saw on TV was longer than that.  If you were in 
> this
> area, you would see miles of tree trimming, construction, and 
> electrical
> company trucks running down the road on the way to south Louisiana.
>
> What is your definition of "terribly slow"?  The last I heard, just 
> today
> actually, was the water rising because of the levy break.  I don't 
> know how
> you can get much faster than that.
>
> If everything going in the world was all about some oil conspiracy, 
> and if
> that oil conspiracy were true, then wouldn't we see some massive air 
> lift
> operation to get people in there to restore the refineries so the 
> elite can
> keep their pockets lined with money?  Of course it's always much more
> interesting to believe in conspiracy and plotting than what may 
> actually be
> going on.
>
> If what's going on now is not good enough for you, do something about 
> it
> other than complaining.
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf
> Of Bob Brandys
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 9:35 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Katrina Response
>
> I think the emergency response to Katrina is deplorable.   The news
> people can find thousands of people with no food or water and the
> government has done nothing.
>
> The US government can drop free food and water in foreign countries but
> they can't do it here.
>
> I wonder why?   Oh yes, the army is off fighting an illegal war and too
> busy to help the US citizens.
>
> Even the national guard is understaffed because they are in Iraq.
>
> How come nobodies asking questions about the terribly slow response to
> help these US citizens?
>
>
> 10% of all our gasoline is refined in one place.   That's stupid.
> Years ago, the Defense department never allowed US manufacturing and
> refining to be so centralized,, because it was a defense risk.   What
> happened to that policy. ?
>
> I know it existed because at Johnson & Johnson we met with DOD every
> year to guarantee that all our manufacturing was scattered around the
> country.
>
>
> BOB
>
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