And the last one to hit that area was over 35 years ago. Wonder how
far the civilized world has crept since then. Bet there were way fewer
homes with indoor plumbing, running water, phone and electricity back
in 1966 that had to survive the aftermath. Those conditions were close
to normal.
Now we can not live without the Diesel list for 19 hours. Makes you
wonder if the emergency service providers would be better served being
trained to function under third world conditions so that they can
actually do the jobs without all the wonderful toys.
"sorry lady, can't do any fixing of the place because we have nowhere
to plug in the compressor for the nail gun". Maybe training the Amish
to respond would be a smarter plan.
On Sunday, September 4, 2005, at 11:53 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Quite a concept isn't it. One is actually responsible for oneself. I'm
sure it will never catch on because people would actually fail under
that system. Imagine that we would acknowledge that not everyone
should have a college education. Only those with talent and aptitude
would get to go to college. Others would just learn a trade and go to
work without that 4 year party at the public expense.
I've now read the National Geographic article which stated how ripe NO
was for disaster. Oh why didn't the government go in and demand that
the people change where they live and how they did things? Could it be
because we don't want big brother telling us what to do? Yet, when
disaster strikes, we blame them for not making us take action. It is a
no win situation.
Ken
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Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz
