Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]New Orleans gangs fire at Police on any given day. They will not care about firing at copters or anything else. they do not care about anyone but themselves. Problem now is they may be running into each other on the streets, and killing anyone in the way. I've read online there are dead people on Jackson/Magazine St. This is my or was my neighborhood. New Orleans is poor, and always has been. You have to see that some of these people are actually proud that the have had generations of family living in projects. Public education is non-exisistent, most mothers are single ith 3-4 kids. The city never even mentioned an escape plan for the poor. Public buses could have gotten people out before Katrina hit. Chris Paul <paul@paulhardycarter.com> wrote:Quite right Tina. I guess the thing is that people's expectations increase in line with their experience. If you're used to all the modern conveniences it comes as hell of a shock when they vanish, and you realise how fragile the world really is. Firing on rescue choppers though! What the hell's that all about? Seems we're witnessing more than just the aftermath of a natural disaster here. Good luck in Guatemala, and I wish you a safe trip. I'm sure we'll see some great pictures when you return. P. ******* Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com ******* On 2 Sep 2005, at 00:15, Tina Manley wrote: > LUG: > > I was in Honduras immediately after Hurricane Mitch. It was much, > much worse than this. The water came up to the sixth floor of the > high-rises downtown Tegucigalpa. The death toll was enormous. All of > the bridges in the entire country were washed away. They still haven't > recovered in many rural areas. But nobody looted. Nobody shot at > people trying to rescue them. All I saw were people desperate to help > each other. All of these people complaining about not being brought > food should be airlifted to the middle of rural Honduras where there > is never electricity, never clean water, no food unless you work for > it, and no medical care. People in the US are totally spoiled > compared to the hard working poor in any developing country. _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com