Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/01

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Subject: [Leica] Katrina
From: bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)
Date: Thu Sep 1 08:11:16 2005

It's okay, Tim - The Secretary of Homeland Security this a.m. announced
National Preparedness Month, during which citizens will be taught what to do
in the event of a natural disaster. ;-)


On 9/1/05 11:01 AM, "Timothy Atherton" <tim@kairosphoto.com> wrote:

> 
>> "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
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Katrina)
In reply to: Message from tim at KairosPhoto.com (Timothy Atherton) ([Leica] Katrina)