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On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:05:00 -0400, John H
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:00:40 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:46:58 -0400, Wayne.B
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:24:32 -0400, John H
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I am just saying it is beyond the capability of any government to show
up in 4 hours (or even 40 hours) with a million bottles of water. That
seemed to be what everyone expected

That would take only about seven or eight C-17s.

It would take one C-17 just to hold all of the governmental paperwork
and administrative ops.

After watching the recovery from Wilma and Charley first hand I can
say private industry was far more effective than the government.
Publix supermarket was here with water, ice and food within hours.
They are the ones with the warehouses full of FRESH supplies and a
distribution network to get them into the area, even if they can't get
right to your house. I had plenty on hand but my nervous neighbors
made a "publix run" up to US41 in a big boat and came back with
hundreds of pounds of Ice and water. The road out of here was blocked
by several trees and 2 feet of water but that really only lasted an
hour or so because some rednecks with big tire gas guzzlers and chain
saws cut up the downed trees and dragged them out of the road. By the
time the water was off the road, it was cleared.
Cell phones were a sometime thing. A few carriers were somewhat up,
NexTel was down. That kept Judy from getting a crane down here for
about 14 hours. First thing the next morning we had an 83 ton truck
crane idling in front of my house. He plucked the mango tree off of my
screen cage and we went over and got the big tree off my neighbor's
house.
A gang of Latino gentlemen were here that afternoon cutting up the
mango tree and getting the big fichus off my shed.
That was when they got the name "Union Mexicans" because I gave them
$100 each.

Most rednecks believe strongly in personal responsibility, as you just
showed. A
true liberal would have called Geraldo Rivera and whined about the lack of
government help.

FEMA didn't even show up in Punta Gorda (that took the direct hit from
Charley) for over a week. We have a friend there who saw blue sky over
her house as the eye passed over. They went out, just for that look.
They were on a generator for 2 months. They called it "feeding the
monster"

I didn't realize you can afford a generator on a minimum wage income.

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