Subj : Re: Larry King
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Steve Brooks
Date : Wed Aug 31 2005 21:04:13

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

RR wrote:
> John I wrote:
>
>>>  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.

>> The strongest theme for the failure to evacuate story is simple
>> poverty:
>>
>> http://www.prospect.org/weblog/archives/2005/08/index.html#007548
>
> Precisely. A hurricane hitting an affluent area is a bad thing, no
> doubt. But when it hits a place where people have no money - hell,
> most of these people didn't even have cars,

I didn't realise there was anyone in the US over the age of 16 who doesn't 
have a car. ( That's only a slight exageration. )

>  so vacating the city was
> a difficult if not impossible prospect - it's a whole 'nother
> ballgame. To say this is "America's Tsunami" is hardly an
> exaggeration.

Especially now it's 80% flooded, in some areas the water is 30' deep and 
it's still rising. It's a terrible thing.

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SB

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