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![]() "John Plimmer" wrote in message ... 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 So I take it that your country has totally recovered from that grand disaster called aparthied? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. 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. |
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You used that "focused" cuss word,jd.
cuhulin |
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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 |
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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 |
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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???????? |
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