On 9/2/05 2:22 PM, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip>
>> Actually just heard again from my friend in the FQ. Here's what I
>> have:
>>
>> People are going around offering water & food they loot to other
>> survivors with mantras of "may you never thirst" & "fear is the
>> mind killer".
>>
>> They've looted a little water & food.
>
> "Looted" water and food...interesting use
> of terms.
Just honest.
>
>> Violence is minimal-- most people are pulling together & helping
>> each other
>
> Yes, that's what the media have been reporting.
> It's quite amazing given their desperate situation.
I'm sure it's different depending on where you are in the city.
>
>> He's had a water & one MRE.
>>
>> People recognize him (he's a popular cult figure and author) he
>> reports how friendly and supportive most everyone is... trying to
>> keep morale high.
>>
>> Buses did turn up at the convention center yesterday but they were
>> without guards/support and had to turn back.
>
> Why, if everything was so peaceful?
You thought it was peaceful?
>
>> The police are preventing people from moving around once they are
>> in an area, so it is effectively like a concentration camp.
>
> Ah. Maybe that's why they didn't all just take
> a little stroll and help themselves to food and
> water. You think?
For some it did, for others not.
>
>> Apparently military convoys are just arriving with food and water.
>
> That's what I've been reading. Some of the news
> stories are saying trucks with food and water have
> actually reached the Convention Center, but I haven't
> seen any film of it yet, so that may just be wishful
> thinking on the basis that they *intend* to go to
> the Convention Center.
>
> It looks like things are *finally* starting to look
> up for the Convention Center folks. But it took too
> f*cking long.
Yeah, maybe they'll do better next time? It's an unusual situation as
typically when you have flooding, it subsides. Of course in this case it did
not.
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