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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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October 30, 2005

Many Floridians at risk since Wilma cut power

Knight Ridder Newspapers MIAMI -- Still largely power-less Saturday, South
Florida confronted new issues: storm-related injuries, jammed emergency
rooms and deteriorating conditions for the ill, the frail and the elderly.

"If the power isn't restored to the high-rises soon, we're going to be
seeing some real medical problems in the elderly, and quite possibly some
dead," said Michael Weston, Broward County fire rescue medical chief.
Scores of frail people have been unable to leave their upper-level
apartments since the storm struck Monday because elevators are out of
service.

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What Katrina and Wilma have shown is that the federal government, four
years after 9-11, is NOT prepared to act properly after a major disaster,
natural or manmade.

Pssst. Hey, Harry. The electric companies are privately owned.