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To: hoboken109; All
It's unreal how slow any relief is . it's not like this happened in some far off land days away.

I have to agree... Totally incredible.

At the Convention Center, they had video footage tonight of people yelling into the camera. The video footage was silent (the CNN talking heads were chatting), but you could just see the pure rage on these people's faces. And I don't think I blame them. People are dying in their midst and no one seems able to help.

And I'd appreciate people not sending me an angry post about expecting "gubmint" assistance. I agree, it's preferable to be able to take care of yourself. I went to a very popular wilderness survival class last fall -- www.trackerschool.com if anyone is interested. The guy teaching it has taught thousands of people and one of his former students was in one of the massive hurricanes last year, I forget which one. Well, he was able to take care of himself in the aftermath and quickly became a leader, with others relying on him for food and water.

But there *are* people that can't take care of themselves. And it's inhuman not to have any kind of better preparedness for such a foreseeeable tragedy.

485 posted on 09/01/2005 4:57:14 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: proud American in Canada

>> I went to a very popular wilderness survival class last fall -- www.trackerschool.com if anyone is interested.

Thanks for the info. Haven't been in wilderness survival since I was in the Boy Scouts, but this looks interesting and worthwhile.


496 posted on 09/01/2005 5:04:13 PM PDT by Betis70 (Every generation needs a new revolution)
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