Subj : Re: Larry King To : alt.tv.farscape From : Rick Savoia Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 11:54:12 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote in news:Xns96C399A2B378Dr73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: > John Iwaniszek wrote in > news:Xns96C36334BEEB8joiwhnanri@66.26.32.8: > >> weirdwolf wrote in >> news:Xns96C32B9A985F9r73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: >> >>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>> news:Xns96C2E940491E7joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: >>> >>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>> >>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>>> news:Xns96C2DACBD390Ejoiwhnanri@ 66.26.32.8: >>>>> >>>>>> It's time he was plastinated and put on a shelf. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Why? >>>>> I mean give us a clue, I don't even get Brit tv let alone >>>>> whatever passes >>>>> for entertainment over there. >>>>> Ted >>>>> >>>> >>>> Have you ever seen the Martin Short parody of a talk-show host? LK >>>> is indistinguishable from the parody. >>> >>> Oh dear, I've not seen the sketch,(never ben to impressed with >>> short,) >>> but I think I can have a guess at the contents. >>> >>>> It would be funny if he wasn't >>>> asking shell shocked Katrina survivors what they plan to do with >>>> the rest of their lives. It's only been 1 day. These people fled >>>> with the clothes on their back. They can barely conprehend how to >>>> find their next meal, much less what they are going to do 6 months >>>> from now. >>> >>> I see somebody stated that it was America's tsunami. I know people >>> have >>> been killed and homes lost but blimey over react much? I know >>> hundred odd dead but there was warning and the U.S. has a hell of a >>> lot better response and rebuilding facilities. >>> Ted >>> >>> >>> >> >> The people I've heard quoted saying that are people who were directly >> affected, so I hesitate to judge. >> > > They are still alive. When they are going up and down the beaches for > days afterwards picking up the corpses of their family and neighbours > like a chap I talk to perhaps I might see their point. > I think it's a scale thing. The Tsunami was, without a doubt, one of the worst natural disasters on a global scale. Katrina is one of the worst natural disasters on an American scale. Looking at it completely, there are hundreds dead, maybe thousands but I agree, not on the scale of the tsumani. However, tragic nonetheless. In addition, there's pretty much 80% of a city that is now underwater. If they can't fix the levies then the entire city will be underwater. That city also rests below sea level so getting the water out will be difficult if not impossible. 30% of the US oil production comes from that area and there is no way to access that for the time being. It will be years before there is complete recovery from this. So, on a country scale, it's pretty big. New Orleans may be lost completely. It's not often that you face the possibility of a whole city going away. In the meantime, you have hundreds of thousands of people displaced. Their homes are wrecked or gone, their jobs are gone and there's questions if they will ever be able to return to those jobs or homes. > >> There well probably be thousands, if not tens of thousands, dead from >> this. It's not on the scale of the tsunami, but there's no arguing >> that it's bad. > > Ah forgive me for being a heartless bastard but I gave little > sympathy > for the terminally stupid. They had warnings in advance and shelters > and the opportunity to fuck off. Just what is it that makes people > think it's a good idea to stay and look after your widescreen tv in > the face of a category 5 storm? > It won't be thousands, a few hundred maybe. Still a shitty thing to > happen but people will rebuild and get over it. I'm not sure how much rebuilding will be accomplished. If you aren't local to the disaster, you tend to forget pretty quickly how much devastation there actually was. Ask someone on the street how the recovery from the Tsunami is going and I'm sure they won't be able to tell you. That's what'll happen here. A few weeks will go by and everyone will forget. In the meantime, many of these people will still be wondering where they will get money, housing, etc. Hurricane season is also not over. Another hurricane could sweep through in a couple of weeks wrecking everything again. Were there stupid people who stayed? Sure. They've faced enough storms to be jaded about the warnings. That's just plain stupid. It doesn't put them in another category other than 'tragic' though. -- "I'm just very selective about the reality I accept." - Calvin .