[extropy-chat] Getting AId to people in need

[Dirk Bruere]

On 9/2/05, kevinfreels.com <http://kevinfreels.com> <kevin at kevinfreels.com> 
wrote:
> 
>  Is it my imagination or is someone bumbling this entire rescue effort in 
> New Orleans? I cannot believe for a second that FEMA just found out this 
> morning that thousands of people were at the convention center and 8 hours 
> later the best they could do was a single Blackhawk helicopter with bottled 
> water. This is 4 days after this event. I am certain there are supplies all 
> around that area just waiting to get to people. Why aren't there C130s 
> flying out of Baton Rouge dropping water and MREs? Where is the command and 
> control center? 
> 
> You missed the best bit - where Bush has asked for aid from the EU and 
NATO.
A truly Third World response.

Dirk
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