right. It was the poor, the elderly and the sick who got it. Dana
On 9/1/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sadly, a lot of the people simply could not afford to pay the 20 Bucks to > leave. > The poverty in New Orleans that this reveals is just... > > They couldn't afford to leave. > > On 9/1/05, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > shouldn't the mayor have ordered the entire town evacuated? > > > > It is my understanding the mayor did order the evacuation. But evacuating > > large cities takes a very long time, and lots and lots of people seem to > > believe in the freedom of staying because they won't be affected or > > protecting their property or some similar nonsense so they ignore such > > orders. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171995 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
