Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My wife's cousin and her family finally gave up today and are coming to Natchitoches to stay with us, because the situation is so hopeless for short term. There was no flooding in their home, but also no running water, no electricity, no hope of even buying groceries, much less getting rations. If you have been watching the extensive reports on TV, it is far worse than you can imagine. Willy Wilson, the photographer who took over my position when I left news at WWL in 1973 was interviewed, and said "I've been shooting news for a long time, and this was the first time I ever had to wipe tears away to keep shooting." Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish In a message dated 9/1/2005 10:02:34 A.M. Central Daylight Time, tim@kairosphoto.com writes: > "The cuts mean major hurricane and flood protection projects will not be > awarded to local engineering firms. Also, a study to determine > ways to protect > the region from a Category 5 hurricane has been shelved for now." > > http://tinyurl.com/bhkrf > > > Regards, > Sonny It does seem that for a country as developed as the US it's taking an inordinate amount of time to move the required number of national guardsmen to the area as well as for FEMA to organise medical teams etc (I hear on CNN this am that medical teams area just now being assembled outside the disaster area). Even aside from the massive loss of infrastructure, it seems things just aren't in place to deal with such disasters. It must seem like an eternity for those still stuck in the immediate area as law and order breaks down and there is a lack of medical, food and water resources etc. tim a Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane ?galit?, libert?, crawfish