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To: paret who wrote (700708)	9/8/2005 5:35:30 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

That has to be ascribed to the 'urban rumor' category... since communications have yet to be restored, and so no head-count has taken place.

To: paret who wrote (700708)	9/9/2005 2:50:50 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I think 200, out of 1500, which is not 1/3 but closer to 1/7. Not good, but I think without doubt they were a low paid force for a major city. NEW ORLEANS, LA, United States (UPI) -- The stresses and horrors of Hurricane Katrina has led more than 200 New Orleans police officers to quit, and two to commit suicide. Edwin Compass, the superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department, told the New York Times most of his officers were staying at their posts, but said morale was 'not very good.' He said some officers told their superiors they were leaving, others worked for a while and then stopped showing up, while others never made it in after Monday`s storm. Ever since, many of the force`s 1,500 members have had to work around the clock, trying to cope with flooding, a crush of refugees, looters, snipers and corpses littering the streets. 'If I put you out on the street and made you get into gun battles all day with no place to urinate and no place to defecate, I don`t think you would be too happy either,' Compass said. Fire department officials said they weren`t aware of any firefighters who had quit. Copyright 2005 by United Press International

To: paret who wrote (700708)	9/9/2005 2:53:59 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 769670

I find disparaging any individuals who are involved with the Katrina recovery effort as disgusting. I don't know how to compare 911 and Katrina. Is Katrina 10, 100, 1000 times worse in material and human toll? How many first responders lost their home in 911? 0% How many first responders lost their home in Karina 80%??? How man first responder could walk or ride from their home to work even the same day as 911? How man first responder could walk or ride from their home to work even now several days after Katrina? I wonder if the physical and emotional stress on first responders is 10, 100, 1000 times worse in Katrina vs 911. And 911 first responders had anger at an enemy as a emotional safety valve and motivator. Who is the enemy in Katrina? And if 500 or 1500 police showed up, was their transportation for 10, 100 or 1000 available to any job.