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To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (19425)10/5/2004 1:19:05 PM
From: russwinter  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110194
 
<collecting hurricane induced scrap materials (mainly aluminum) and selling them to scrap dealers.>

Sounds quite third world to me.



To: Crimson Ghost who wrote (19425)10/5/2004 1:26:03 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Respond to of 110194
 
RE:"South Florida newspapers have carried a number of stories about some (mainly teenagers and the poor) getting a considerable windfall by collecting hurricane induced scrap materials (mainly aluminum) and selling them to scrap dealers."

Seen this first hand. Even landscapers, hired by the mobile home community, have been using that "in" to get in and collect aluminum.