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To: Tradelite who wrote (40042)	9/1/2005 8:23:41 PM
From: Amy J	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

RE: "The sending of Army combat troops to NO is a "proposal", not a done deal without Congressional approval" If they keep "thinking" about sending troops, they won't have to bother sending anyone because it usually only takes 4 to 7 days for people to die from dehydration. In the private sector, if we responded as slow as the govt did, every single person would be fired for it. The guy at FEMA should have been vocal in stating he needed military helicopters to drop food supplies into their area. Check this out: The troops were struggling to get to people in need, and to clear roads to facilitate rescues and levee repairs needed to stem the flood waters. "It's hard to imagine, but our people had to literally chain saw their route to the base," said Air Force Col. Jim Lyon, commander the 823rd Red Horse Squadron. "They found roads impassible and had to hunt for alternate routes. " news.yahoo.com Haven't these people heard of planes and helicopters? This next part is for Lizzie - here's a little history in the south Bay Area we have this really old, awfully slow, loud sounding military plane that's on its last gasp of breath as it flies overhead once in awhile - it circles the south Bay Area slowly over and over again, puttering as it makes its rounds. It comes out anytime there's some type of yellow alert or threat. But because this plane is so old and looks like it can barely make its rounds, the joke in hightech is, it's more of a danger to the community when it flies the skies in its effort to protect us. It's nickname is "elephant." Anyway, an hour ago, for the first time I've seen, they instead had a military helicopter flying this same circle the elephant plane usually flies when it makes its rounds. I'm thinking, what a waste - why isn't this military helicopter in New Orleans dropping food supplies into the region? Agreed they need to keep 50% of State guards in their respective states, but why can't they find more than one military helicopter to drop food supplies into the New Orleans area. Not dropping food/water supplies into New Orleans is the biggest mistake in this relief effort. Regards, Amy J