Subj : Re: Nick
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Thu Sep 01 2005 15:43:30

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Nick wrote:

> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>> Nick wrote:
>>> John I wrote:
>>>> John I wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> has anyone tried to call Nick?  I have his number, but I can't
>>>>> use my cell phone due to it's needing a recharge.  I am suddenly
>>>>> very concerned. 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> OK.  I called.  He is fine, but the Red Stick is up to its ass in
>>>> refugees.  He has broadcast TV but (obviously) no internet.  
>>> 
>>> Yeah, I am fine.  Thanks for the concern.  Power is back on for me,
>>> but a lot of people in BR are still without.  
>>> 
>>>> The situation seems very chaotic down there right now.
>>> 
>>> The current chaos is only the beginning.  The Baton Rouge area
>>> contains about 400k people.  New Orleans is about 60 miles from
>>> here.  I think we have over 100k refugees from New Orleans here
>>> right now with more likely on the way.  Every school, church,
>>> community civic center or any place like that is being used to give
>>> people a place to sleep.  This won't be over soon either.  It will
>>> be months before these people can go back.  People are doing great
>>> things right now helping out, providing food, clothes and other
>>> things that they need.  But I don't know what will happen in 6, 8,
>>> 10 weeks, maybe more when it isn't on the news any longer and people
>>> aren't sending necessary things to help take care of these people. 
>>> Not to mention what to do with all the bodies that are going to come
>>> out of N.O.  I would bet that over 10k people are dead now or will
>>> be before it is all over. I hear a helicopter flying over going from
>>> the BR airport to NO as I type this.  It is all very surreal.  Can
>>> people live on a mattress in a gymnasium for 2 months?  I just don't
>>> even know what to think right now or what to plan to do.  Sorry, I
>>> am kind of disjointed right now. 
>>> 
>> 
>> Take care, Nick.  Your first priority is the safety and welfare of
>> your family.
> 
> It appears that people in Baton Rouge are already being mugged by refugees 
> with nothing to lose.

Have the National Guard started helping out the police there? I'm sure (well, 
I'm not; let's just say I'm hoping) the initial violence and confusion will 
die down once people settle into a routine and slowly start putting their 
lives back together. In the mean time, stay safe, and my best to you and your 
family.

-- 
Jim

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