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To: MrLucky who wrote (136513)	9/2/2005 1:49:20 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793772

Just heard on FOX News a bit ago....while everyone is trying to get their mind wrapped around the immensity of the affected areas, they were reminded that President Bush said the damaged area was over 90,000 square miles.....And the Fox reporter said that was a larger area than the entire state of Idaho, which is 85,000 square miles.... By comparison, I looked up the square miles of 9-11 in NYC... New York City is 378 square miles in all - Manhattan Island is just 26 square miles of these. _http://www.greenmap.com/lomap/intro.html_ The problem is very difficult to get ones mind around, that's for sure. I'm sure that most of us will be giving money to the Red Cross or Salvation Army, until we can do something more constructive. And with problems this big, I'm sure there will be ample opportunities to do just that. The hurricane hit NO on Monday, we went to bed Monday night late, thinking that perhaps the Media had overhyped the situation. We woke up Tuesday morning to find another separate problem, in addition to Mondays damage. Two levees had broken, and immediately flooded the area, trapping many many people who for whatever reason, had decided to stay. Since Tuesday morning, as of this minute, it's about 76 hours since the levees broke. Three full days, plus a few hours. Relief and rescue may seem slow, BUT look at the lighter side for a minute, and look back at how long it takes each of us to pack and get ready for a trip where we will be gone longer than a week or two.