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To: SmoothSail who wrote (189888)	1/15/2010 5:29:14 PM
From: Mac Con Ulaidh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

indeed. they showed a bit back on tv a small truck with supplies with hardly any extra workers on board pulling up to a huge # of people... you need people with you to help keep things orderly, and assure those at the back of the line that another truck will be there soon, and have it arranged so that, yes, that next truck is coming. otherwise, to me, there is almost a cruelty to it. but with the number of people there to help, surely we can manage to get things ordered in such a fashion, and realize the need for it. i think the main thing is walking down the line of people and them knowing the next truck is coming. I recall what it was like to be in the big quake in SF... world series year. '89? anyways... it felt like 'the day after' but it was such a small thing, a tiny thing, next to what is there. but it was that feeling, that it could like Haiti is now... I recall the sigh of relief when we realized it was bad, but it was okay. of course there was that '06 occurance to get us to rebuild stronger.

To: SmoothSail who wrote (189888)	1/15/2010 11:30:47 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

So maybe that means we don't have enough Military down there with ...gasp....guns to protect the people from the other people...right? Today is the end of the 4th day. What good does it do to get some supplies down there if there is no way to get them to the people who need them....??? ESPECIALLY water. During Katrina, the Feds had the supplies and troops etc at the border of LA in two days, but the Gov didn't and wouldn't sign the paper that said the Feds had the right to come into the state for another 24 hours. And humans, being humans, still need time to get the items in, get the machinery in, and sort what goes where and to whom...The media blasted the President during Katrina, but somehow, I haven't seen that this time. People are dying every minute that help can't get to them. Sad isn't just the word. After the BILLIONS and BILLIONS we've given to Haiti over the decades, the least one would expect would be a decent port, and some sort of infrastructure that would be prepared for emergencies.