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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, there are some other cities that have
problems. This is an opportunity to fix this one. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=janestacarcich@yahoo.com
href="mailto:janestacarcich@yahoo.com">Janesta Carcich</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pkraut@moscow.com
href="mailto:pkraut@moscow.com">Pat Kraut</A> ; <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 06, 2005 1:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] Disaster
Response</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Pat,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Google, "New Orleans levee cutbacks"</DIV>
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<DIV>In this link, you will find some light reading for your afternoon
pleasure... More specifically how The Army Corps of Engineers requested $27
million to pay for hurricane protection projects. Bush wanted to give them a
paltry $3.9 million. Congress eventually gave them $5.7 million.</DIV>
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<DIV><A
href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-050831corps-story,1,2364215.story?coll=chi-news-hed">http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-050831corps-story,1,2364215.story?coll=chi-news-hed</A><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Do you REALLY, in your deepest heart of hearts think that any other large
city in the United States is prepared for a disaster of this magnitude? I
think not! For pity sakes the head of FEMA has NO experience in natural
disaster aid AT ALL prior to taking this job!!!.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Janesta Carcich</DIV>
<DIV><BR><B><I>Pat Kraut <pkraut@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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cannot understand me at all! I am heartbroken by all the death
and<BR>destruction. I HAVE been poor and really in trouble, yes that means
lost<BR>house, unable to take care of my kids and part of my heartbreak for
others<BR>is the choices that the powerful people make. Those choices of
allowing<BR>people to keep living in an area so dangerous. Storms come every
year. That<BR>part of the city was under sea level and the levees have
broken before SO,<BR>why were they still there. Why is there still talk
about letting them go<BR>back. It was truly worse for them in Louisiana and
if it is better in Texas<BR>YES they should stay. And I cannot understand
why you think that means that<BR>Mrs Bush wouldn't be aware of that
difference for them. So many people are<BR>stepping up to help and doing all
they can. Yes, I am a stubborn strong<BR>willed person and I would have done
anyth! ing to take care of my kids<BR>including leaving by what ever means
possible, filling a water jug and<BR>breaking into a store for food. And I
would be willing to hit the mayor<BR>first for there being no place for me
to go to and no food or water there<BR>for me/us when we got there!
Especially since it is his city and he knew it<BR>would happen. Whatever
responsibility the Feds bare for this will be<BR>discussed and addressed you
can be sure. But for me the city was totally<BR>unprepared and that should
have been the first line of defense. You cannot<BR>understand someone from
what you think you know from a few posts on this<BR>site or any
other.<BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Tom Hansen"
<THANSEN@MOSCOW.COM><BR>To: "'Melynda Huskey'"
<MELYNDAHUSKEY@EARTHLINK.NET>;<BR><VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM><BR>Sent: Tuesday,
September 06, 2005 12:20 PM<BR>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Disaster
Response<BR><BR><BR>Thank you, Melynda.<BR><BR>It is painfully clear, the
difference in attitu! de between Ms Kraut's posting<BR>and Melynda's
reminder, the mindset of "me" versus "we".<BR><BR>Thanks again,
Melynda.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>"If not us, who?<BR>If
not now, when?"<BR><BR>- Unknown<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>On
Behalf Of Melynda Huskey<BR>Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:11
AM<BR>To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: [Vision2020] Disaster
Response<BR><BR>I'm often floored by what I read on Vision 2020--I think we
all must be,<BR>from time to time, regardless of our
political/religious/philosophical<BR>positions.<BR><BR>Today, though, I just
have to say, and I'm choosing these words carefully:<BR><BR>What the fuck is
the matter with people?<BR><BR>Pat, do you really, really think that the
people of New Orleans are dying of<BR>thirst because they were too lazy or
too stupid (or maybe too black, which<BR>is what your admittedly obscure
reference to the ! Civil War seems to imply)<BR>to fill milk jugs with
water?<BR><BR>And although it's not fair to hold Jeff Harkins accountable
for words he<BR>didn't intend me to see, is it a failure of "self-reliance"
on the part of<BR>Gulf Coast residents which is killing them now?<BR><BR>Can
anyone seriously be saying to him- or herself, "Well, the official
death<BR>toll is 58, and we'll just hope it doesn't rise"?<BR><BR>Or, "Well,
they chose to live in a coastal city, so of course they deserve<BR>to drown,
die of thirst, or watch their children perish in agony."<BR><BR>Please think
about what you're saying. Please.<BR><BR>These are real people, and they are
suffering and dying. They have lost<BR>everything they had in the world.
Please take two minutes to imagine<BR>yourself in the situation of any of
these wretched people: imagine just for<BR>a moment that your own house is
filling with filthy, contaminated water,<BR>that you have no way to contact
anyone for help, nowhere to go. No food, no<BR!>water, no medicine, no
shelter. Dead bodies floating past you.<BR><BR>The only personal
responsibility which ought to concern us fortunate ones in<BR>this situation
is our personal responsibility to help those who are
in<BR>trouble.<BR><BR>Melynda
Huskey<BR><BR><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>List
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<BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Janesta
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