"John Plimmer" wrote in message
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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
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So I take it that your country has totally recovered from that grand
disaster called aparthied?

Dear Mr Plimmer,

I hope that you have paid attention to the words of messers dxAce,
Steffes, Telamon and others. You need to turn your TV set off and give
yourself a break. The media will never tell you the whole story. They
only like to tell the bad.

America will rise up and do everything it needs to in order to ease the
suffering of those unlucky souls who found themselves in the path of
Katrina. Whether the disaster is the handiwork of a group of totally
misguided subhumans from the middle east, or a very unfortunate
collection of weather events which happen from time to time, we will
prevail. The people of America are a kind and benevolant bunch. When
the need arises we dig deep into our pockets and give with a warm
heart. Our motives for giving are true. We realize how fortunate we
are and we give to ease the pain of those who are less fortunate than
ourselves. Our generosity is worldwide and does not stop at our
borders.

Our leaders are Human. They are not wizards who will wave a magic wand
and the problem is gone. As the others on this board has told you,
this is a disaster of the largest proportions. Give those in charge a
chance to show what they are made of. Perhaps as the days go by you
will see that they have done a good job. This my surprise you, but it
will not surprise me.

There is no shame here in America my friend.

Regards,
Bob
N9NEO

Americans did without a lot of things during World War Two so that y'all
can sit over there and pick on America.You just go look in your mirror
and smile and you be happy.
cuhulin

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.

Hello, John --

I always enjoy your radio-related posts. I'm a little surprised to see
this post from you.

Of course, everyone in America is asking the question, "How could this
possibly have happened?" This precise eventuality has been discussed
widely in the last few years. When a more-active-than-usual hurricane
season was forecast for this year, there was lots of discussion of New
Orleans' exposed southeast flank -- there's levee protection from the
lake and the river, but no levees to stop a tidal surge from the ocean.
The proposed solution was to build an immense network of levees to the
southeast of the city, to complete the ring all the way around.

In the end, that wouldn't have helped, because it was the failure of an
existing levee that caused the problem. It wasn't the direct effect of
the hurricane -- the city actually did pretty well with that. But when
the levees broke, all bets were off.

There should have been a better contingency plan for the levees
breaking, sure -- but, let me ask you -- do levees ever break
unexpectedly in South Africa? Are all of your public works projects
flawless after being in existence for well over a hundred years? Can SA
spend billions to build levees which have a one-in-a-thousand chance of
ever being needed?

Also, John, when floods hit small towns in America, the rescue and aid
efforts are well-oiled and take place easily. It happens yearly, and
we're very proud of the efforts of all of our rescuers, both government
and private. I'm happy that it's the same for you in South Africa. How
about you report back to us after a South African city with a population
of 1.3 million, located in a basin 6 feet below sea level, and with few
ingress or egress routes, is suddenly submerged under 10-20 feet of
water, with no immediate way to pump it out? Oh, and it has to happen
immediately after a hurricane which knocks out all power and destroys
many of the already-limited ingress and egress routes. Let's compare
notes then.

I wouldn't want to live downstream from a dam,that is Sure.
cuhulin

www.devilfinder.com Johnstown Pennsylvania Dam Burst.
cuhulin

You used that "focused" cuss word,jd.
cuhulin

www.sundayherald.com/51631 I guess I was mistaken about no
looting,(and killing) if any,going on in Mississippi Gulf Coast
areas,sad to say.Article says news about that is not being reported to
avoid panic.Well,I am reporting it right now.
cuhulin

Lights (electric power) are begining to flick back on in New
Orleans,according to top of the hour news on WWL 870.Bozo,(Dale Sommers)
www.tuckinbozo.com You are mistaken,New Orleans is coming back!
cuhulin

Looks like John Plimmer resident of what was longest running Plantation
Slave State must be nothing more than a troll. Tell me John, how many
slaves did you employ in the good old days.

I would be willing to bet that your country would be hard pressed to
respond to a disaster of the magnitude that hit New Orleans. And I'll
bet wou would not have near the resources to plow into it that the U.S.
has sent south. Gosh John, tell me would the larger richer cities of
South Africa open their doors and pocketbooks to a million largely poor
under-educated people?

Would they John????????