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A Town of Fishermen Fears for Way of Life
The Wall Street Journal Online ^ | 9/13/2005 | Ken Wells

Posted on 09/13/2005 10:10:44 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves

YSCLOSKEY, La. -- His wife safely settled in a donated house in Tennessee, Ricky Robin, a Cajun-speaking native of this historic low country, will in a few days point his 56-foot shrimp trawler the Lil' Rick toward the Gulf of Mexico, make a wide right turn west and head for parts unknown. A shrimper has to make a living, and there's no living here now.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chalmette; katrina; stbernardparish; yscloskey
A great article - worth the rather long read. The excessive media focus on New Orleans looks ridiculous when you realize how much these people have lost.
1 posted on 09/13/2005 10:10:47 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Good post.


2 posted on 09/13/2005 10:21:06 AM PDT by CollegeRepublican
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I agree, I used to have ties to NOLA (my mom's from there, and I have at least 6 relatives are buried there), but the devastation extends far beyond NOLA.

Some callers to talk radio, Rush or Howie, were complaining about the same thing.

From the pictures, it looked like the winds did a lot more damage in the coastal (non-urban) areas than in NOLA. Nothing but matchsticks left. Complete areas of devastation.

3 posted on 09/13/2005 10:26:59 AM PDT by benjaminjjones
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They have really lost a town, their livlihood. their source of livlihood and their homes..So much devastation.


4 posted on 09/13/2005 10:27:59 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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"This is God's country, and God is taking it back".

Yep, that's about it.


5 posted on 09/13/2005 10:54:49 AM PDT by alarm rider (Irritating leftists as often as is humanly possible....)
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A town with 90% white people and not one mention of Fema, not one mention of Guard troops helping in rescues. I read the story and didnt see any mention of rape, murder, looting, Just Fishermen pulling people out of the water.

These people are sucking hind teat when it come to getting help. WHY' because we have to rescue the PC people first.

Come on Jesse answer that one you sumbeach.


6 posted on 09/13/2005 11:05:16 AM PDT by sgtbono2002
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Bump for the afternoon crowd. Important article about those who the MSM has mostly overlooked.


7 posted on 09/13/2005 12:58:21 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Violence never settles anything." Genghis Khan, 1162-1227)
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