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To: Cisco who wrote (3155)	9/2/2005 1:55:59 PM
From: Chas.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 26022

Bush touring the area and giving sound bites for the news... he is doing all right with that format...... just a few minutes ago he launched into some Q&A and tried expounding on his thoughts........... omigod he is so out of touch with the reality of the situation it is incredible..... he is hopless.......

To: Cisco who wrote (3155)	9/2/2005 2:15:19 PM
From: redfish	Respond to of 26022

It is a very different situation. I spent a day in a shelter in Largo, FL last year. They were equipped to provide two hot meals a day free of charge. It was very orderly and there was plenty of security. Can't say it was roomy ... basically unless you had young kids your personal space was limited to a chair. And bathrooms were very inadequate. But you have to keep in mind that the shelters in Florida tend to be places that will not be flooded, regardless of circumstances. When NOLA is gradually rebuilt, they need to put the schools on high ground ... schools tend to be good evacuation sites as they are accustomed to providing food and water to hundreds, even thousands, of people every day.

To: Cisco who wrote (3155)	9/2/2005 3:53:28 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 26022

Nothing that has ever happened in MS or FLA has even come close to the level of the NO situation. Actually, I hear from panhandle residents that things are in a mess there still.......high attempted suicide rate and people are in despair a year after Ivan. It took months for people in southern Fla to get their roofs on. I have a friend in Jupiter that had a blue tarp on her roof until Easter! She had to pay out of pocket to get it fixed............insurance co still hasn't paid. Insurance companies are paying pennies on a dollar and getting away with fraud in the state of FLA.