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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (372)	9/5/2005 11:42:41 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1118

Answers to your questions straight from Army Corps of Engineers: wwltv.com (Well, some of your questions. Interesting answers)

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (372)	9/6/2005 12:23:52 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1118

New horrors discovered as search-and-recovery effort goes on Sun Herald ^ \| 9/5/2005 \| TOMMY TOMLINSON, LEE HILL KAVANAUGH AND MARTIN MERZER NEW ORLEANS - (KRT) - Ghastly new evidence of Hurricane Katrina's horror emerged Monday night when a sheriff reported the recovery of 22 bodies lashed together around a pole - a desperate, futile attempt to survive the storm. Sheriff Jack Stephens of St. Bernard Parish, just east of New Orleans, said rescuers found the bodies tied with rope and wrapped around a pole in the tiny village of Violet along the eastern bank of the Mississippi River. The bodies were found soon after the storm in a flooded area of the village but still haven't been identified, he said. He said he believed they had tied themselves together, one by one, so they could escape the rising water.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (372)	9/6/2005 12:50:17 AM
From: paret	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1118

Atheists: No prayer for disaster victims U.S. group says president violating Constitution by urging pleas to God September 5, 2005 WorldNetDaily.com The American Atheists organization says President Bush should stop urging prayer for Hurricane Katrina victims because it violates the Constitution. Ellen Johnson, president of the group said Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco and Bush "should not be violating the Constitution by telling people to pray for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. It's unconstitutional for government officials to be promoting religion; and besides, judging from the speed of some relief efforts, officials should be busy working instead of preaching." In urging her own flock to support disaster relief efforts, Johnson said: "Contrary to some, charity and mutual aid are not the monopoly of religious organizations." While some government officials are calling for prayer and trying to focus public attention on the work done by some religious groups, America's diverse community of nonbelievers – Atheists, Freethinkers, Humanists and others – are joining the effort to support relief operations in New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast. Johnson also expressed alarm about religious activities behind some relief efforts. "We're getting reports of how some religion-based 'aid' groups are trying to fly evangelists into the stricken areas and how U.S. Army Chaplains are carrying Bibles – not food or water – to 'comfort' people at the New Orleans Superdome," she said. "People need material aid, medical care and economic support – not prayers and preaching." Dave Silverman, communications director for American Atheists, went even further – blaming God for taking thousands of lives both in the Asian tsunami lat year and again in the Gulf Coast. "It appears that despite all of the outbursts of public religiosity and prayer, 'God' was once again asleep at the wheel," he said. "Only human beings can deal with the calamities of the natural world. God doesn't seem to be much help when it comes to rushing food, water, or antibiotics when people are suffering." Johnson said her group is trying to encourage atheists to contribute money to relief organizations that do not proselytize as part of their rescue efforts.