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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (546)	9/7/2005 5:44:40 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1460

That is amazing. No wonder he needs his rest.

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (546)	9/7/2005 12:53:28 PM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1460

amazing story ...what were they thinking with so much unpreparedness in a town that has faced this challenge so many times and exists by the grace of levies ? Of course the same could happen easily if Cal was hit by a massive earthquake . No generators, emergency stores , or coherent contingency plans ...are we learning yet ?<G> But glad he's made his way there back to you ....and you to him . (Good daughters , a father has to love them! ) ;)

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (546)	9/7/2005 2:46:00 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1460

Thanks, Rainy Day Woman. Please update us if he has anything further to say.

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (546)	9/9/2005 1:10:18 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1460

Sherry. It's beyond belief.Lady Lurksalot PM'd a reference to your father yesterday, but we were just leaving the house to drive a recently-bereaved friend from NYC to upstate, and I've only just figured out what happened. I can't imagine those days you spent, not knowing. And your father's days? ... I saw his estimate that 20 to 25% of the people were violent. This is a terrible thing for black people -- for the other 75 t0 80%, for all American black people. The worst thing since the OJ trial and verdict, I suppose. I'm telling myself that in such hideous, life-threatening circumstances, the worst is brought out, and when violence reigns, some will pretend to be among the vicious so as not to have them or their families become among the victims, so... so... maybe the percentage isn't deep down as horrifying as that. I don't know though. I was more than disappointed at not hearing a single story of black people defending whites from the menacing mobs. Maybe they were afraid of being shot or stabbed. Armed gangs and escaped criminals, imagine being trapped in that hellhole with them in charge. Well, you don't have to imagine it, you know. I don't know. The whole thing leaves one stunned. We're leaving on a cruise (a "reading cruise," a wonderful thing) to the Bahamas on Sunday. Worrying about hurricanes en route, but despite that concern, the timing couldn't be better. All I've packed so far is the books and back issues of the NYer. My husband has distant cousins, black, in NO, found by his sister in law a few years ago when she got interested in genealogy. This tells part of their story. I see that they went to the bridge because they'd heard "too many horror stories about what was happening in the shelters." You might find it interesting. Message 21682236