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New Orleans crisis shames Americans
This is the headline from this BBC report
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4210674.stm I am proud to say that as a little old South African in a third world country at the Southern tip of darkest Africa we had a devastating flood in my little town in 2002. The skies had not even cleared from the raging storm when the air force choppers arrived in force. They rescued those in need, brought in emergency personnel and special riot police to prevent looting. Although the flood put out water supplies, washed away our connecting roads, power and sewerage systems, mighty teams of specialists arrived within hours and all services were restored within 48 hours except the roads that took a few days longer. The choppers brought in food until the roads were reconstructed. I felt very proud to be a South African at that time and was immensely grateful for the smooth running and super national rescue effort that took place seemingly so easily, like a well oiled machine. What happened to mighty America...??? What did the Federal Emergency Management Agency do...??? Heads should roll for this debacle - it is inexcusable in a superpower with all America's vast resources. -- John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods Drake SW8 & ERGO software Sony 7600D GE SRIII BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A. Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940 GE circa 50's radiogram Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270 Kiwa MW Loop http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx |
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