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To: Rande Is who wrote (57143)	8/31/2005 6:41:12 PM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 57584

How about this?>Government asks cruise lines to house Katrina victims The federal government today contacted cruise lines, including Miami's Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean International, about using cruise ships to house Gulf Coast residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina. No cruise lines reached by The Herald had yet made any decisions whether they would reroute ships to the ravaged areas, however. ''Discussions are going on as we speak between various cruise lines and our [industry] association to determine the best way to respond,'' said Michael Sheehan, a Royal Caribbean spokesman in Miami. The requests from the government came via e-mail, he added. Cruise lines and their association, the International Council of Cruise Lines, noted there would be logistical hurdles related to moving ships to the storm-damaged areas of the Gulf. ''Although to undertake such an endeavor would involve many complicated issues, we are actively looking into it,'' Carnival said in an e-mailed statement. ``It is our intention to work with federal officials to determine the feasibility of moving a ship into the area if that is their desire.'' While cruise ships vary in size, an average vessel can accommodate about 2,500 passengers, Sheehan said. Earlier this year, five cruise ships were used to house about 6,400 people attending the Super Bowl in Jacksonville because of a shortage of hotel rooms in the city. Miami's NCL Corp., which operates Norwegian Cruise Lines, said in a statement it would consider moving ships to accommodate refugees and relief workers if it's deemed feasible. miami.com ____ You can't make this stuff up, no one would believe it... Although, they did just this for the Super Bowl...

To: Rande Is who wrote (57143)	8/31/2005 7:11:30 PM
From: Mongo2116	Respond to of 57584

Our money, our resources, and our national guard are too busy taking care of Bushs adopted family "the iraqi people" to worry about Americans. They should have dumped him out of airforce 1 when he flew over New Orleans, so he could "evaluate" the situation more closely.

To: Rande Is who wrote (57143)	8/31/2005 7:25:18 PM
From: Joe Smith	Respond to of 57584

Rande-- Do you think that this is a setup for the traditional end of Summer pump and dump that you always used to look for?

To: Rande Is who wrote (57143)	8/31/2005 8:40:30 PM
From: xcr600	Respond to of 57584

let's face it Rande, being black, poor or a combination of both in this country, expecially the south, makes you a second class citizen, at best. It's just the f-ugly reality of it.

To: Rande Is who wrote (57143)	9/3/2005 10:17:52 PM
From: Jack Russell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 57584

Maybe they should use some of the military bases they are closing in the area seems to me they would already have the infrastructure Barracks mess etc to handle a lot of these people...

To: Rande Is who wrote (57143)	9/4/2005 11:07:29 AM
From: Bucky Katt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57584

Carnival Sending Three Ships for Refugees ORLANDO, Fla. -- Three Carnival Cruise Lines ships have been pressed into service by the government to provide shelter for as many as 7,000 hurricane victims. The Ecstasy, the Sensation and the Holiday will be pulled from regular use starting Monday at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The cost of the charters was not disclosed. Carnival spokesman Vance Gulliksen said Saturday from Miami, where the company is based, that pleasure cruises were canceled to make the ships available for the next six months. "I can't put a number on it, but we are displacing people to accommodate the FEMA charter," he said. "You're looking at tens of thousands." Ecstasy, normally ported at Galveston for four-and five-day cruises, and Sensation, normally in New Orleans for similar trips, will both be pulled Monday and are scheduled to dock and house Katrina refugees in Galveston, Texas. The Holiday, which normally sails four and five-day Mexico cruises out of Mobile, Ala., will be pulled Thursday and likely docked in Mobile. About 920 crew members will staff the Ecstasy and Sensation, with about 660 running the Holiday. The Ecstasy and Sensation can each take 2,606 total passengers, while the Holiday can hold 1,800. "We sincerely apologize to those guests whose vacations have been impacted by these voyage cancellations," Carnival's chief executive, Bob Dickinson, said in a statement. "This inconvenience... will provide desperately needed housing for thousands of individuals affected by this tragedy."