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[+] Abstractors Act in NE. - Matthew DeLand/NY (4 replies)
9/8/2005 12:10:52 PM (2413 views)

[+] An abstractor who needs help. - J Nisonger/CA (17 replies)
9/8/2005 10:39:15 AM (3495 views)

[+] Get a load of this!! - Kurt deVries/FL (10 replies)
9/7/2005 9:52:50 AM (2521 views)

[+] Fraudulent Deed Leads to Couple Losing Homeownership - David Bloys/TX (2 replies)
9/6/2005 7:36:28 PM (2427 views)

[+] Labels on Docs - Teresa Beeman/NC (5 replies)
9/6/2005 12:29:49 PM (2240 views)




[+] Where will they go? - David Bloys/TX (17 replies)
9/4/2005 11:40:42 AM (2370 views)

[+] Gas affecting fees?? - Michaela Urban/OH (25 replies)
9/2/2005 9:59:58 AM (2554 views)

[-] Refugees - Wendi See/SC (60 replies)
9/1/2005 1:32:47 PM (2325 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/3/2005 4:01:13 PM (2527 views)
Re: Refugees - Debbie Thibodeaux/LA
9/3/2005 5:27:37 PM (3605 views)
Re: Refugees... Debbie - J Nisonger/CA
9/4/2005 2:18:46 AM (2765 views)
Re: Refugees - Jay Duncan/MO
9/3/2005 11:08:45 PM (2512 views)
Re: Refugees - Jarrod Clabaugh/OH
9/4/2005 12:48:50 AM (2520 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/4/2005 1:55:35 AM (2496 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/4/2005 1:48:49 AM (2510 views)
Re: Refugees - Jarrod Clabaugh/OH
9/4/2005 2:19:07 AM (2495 views)
Re: Refugees - David Bloys/TX
9/4/2005 9:48:08 AM (2671 views)
Re: Refugees - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/4/2005 8:13:07 AM (2530 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/4/2005 10:30:48 AM (2525 views)
Re: Refugees - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/4/2005 11:13:54 AM (2501 views)

I don't buy this argument at all. There were several days notice of the impending storm....ample opportunity to evacuate. It is true that those that chose to wait until the last minute were caught in incredible traffic jams...but why wait until the last minute. We do not live in a welfare state in which the government takes care of someone from cradle to grave... thank God, although I am sure that there are some that wish that we were. Choices are left to the individual. Throwing up your hands in despair, and claiming that you have no money to escape is an invitation to disaster. It costs nothing to pack a bag and hitch hike if you have no other means of escape.
 
Several years ago I had a conversation with a former German soldier. He had served in the German army during the last days of WW 11. The army had crumbled. The Red Army was advancing into Berlin. The Defense of Germany rested with the Home Guard made up mostly of old men and kids. The soldier I had spoken to was sixteen at the time. He realized that the war was over, and that his country lost. He was stationed in Eastern Europe, and he knew that the Russian Army was taking no prisoners. He decided to surrender rather than be killed for a lost cause. He made up his mind that he was going to survive.  He knew he could not surrender to as Russian unit because he would have been shot. He wound up walking for hundreds of miles, dodging the Red Army until he could find a British or American unit to surrender to. The point is that you do not wait around for the government to bail you out. You do what is necessary to escape and survive. It is amazing of that which the human spirit is capable.

The City of New Orleans warned those citizens who chose to stay behind to get to an armory, shelter or the City's football stadium for safety. It is true that these structures did not withstand the storm as well as it had been hoped, but those inside are alive today. As was shown in Florida last year and in New Orleans this year, there are those that will not heed a warning. Aid is coming to the citizens of New Orleans. Even states as far away as Connecticut are dispatching electrical utility workers, food, medical supplies, etc. I do not think it was possible for the officials of either the City of New Orleans or the State of Louisiana to foresee the level of death and distruction from the storm. I think they did the best they could with the resouces available.

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Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/7/2005 12:05:27 AM (2144 views)
Re: Refugees - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/7/2005 7:06:09 AM (2189 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/7/2005 4:20:42 PM (2180 views)
Re: Refugees - David Bloys/TX
9/4/2005 12:16:48 PM (2499 views)
Re: Refugees - Michaela Urban/OH
9/4/2005 1:45:20 PM (2653 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/9/2005 3:31:27 AM (2284 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/7/2005 12:08:16 AM (2284 views)
Re: Refugees - Scott Perry/PA
9/6/2005 10:13:46 AM (2570 views)
Re: Refugees - David Bloys/TX
9/6/2005 10:41:06 AM (2393 views)
Re: Refugees - Scott Perry/PA
9/6/2005 5:31:20 PM (2382 views)
Re: Refugees - David Bloys/TX
9/6/2005 6:37:15 PM (2273 views)
Re: Refugees - Scott Perry/PA
9/6/2005 7:28:47 PM (2243 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/9/2005 3:26:10 AM (2242 views)
Re: Refugees - Scott Perry/PA
9/9/2005 4:56:02 PM (2126 views)
Re: Refugees - Jay Duncan/MO
9/4/2005 7:20:03 PM (2413 views)
Re: Refugees - Douglas Gallant/OH
9/4/2005 2:48:58 PM (2455 views)
Re: Refugees - Lisa Ramsey/TX
9/4/2005 6:10:01 PM (2305 views)
Re: Refugees - David Bloys/TX
9/4/2005 6:32:11 PM (2318 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/7/2005 12:12:52 AM (2143 views)
Re: Refugees - Lisa Ramsey/TX
9/7/2005 9:08:02 AM (2155 views)
Re: Refugees - Jay Duncan/MO
9/4/2005 7:06:50 PM (2291 views)
Re: Refugees - Donna Grady/NC
9/5/2005 1:10:14 AM (2319 views)
Re: Refugees - David Bloys/TX
9/5/2005 9:17:10 AM (2371 views)
Re: Refugees - Debbie Thibodeaux/LA
9/5/2005 11:15:18 AM (2469 views)
Re: Refugees - Donna Grady/NC
9/5/2005 1:21:03 PM (2427 views)
Re: Refugees - David Bloys/TX
9/5/2005 8:12:51 PM (2333 views)
Re: Refugees - Donna Grady/NC
9/5/2005 9:30:02 PM (2420 views)
Re: Refugees - Debbie Thibodeaux/LA
9/6/2005 9:27:17 AM (2204 views)
Re: Refugees - David Bloys/TX
9/6/2005 9:57:38 AM (2234 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/9/2005 2:51:37 AM (2169 views)
Re: Refugees - David Bloys/TX
9/9/2005 11:23:08 AM (2183 views)
Re: Refugees - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/6/2005 11:44:42 AM (2503 views)
Re: Refugees - J Nisonger/CA
9/7/2005 12:28:31 AM (2056 views)
Re: Refugees - Debbie Thibodeaux/LA
9/7/2005 7:39:23 PM (2901 views)
Re: Refugees - Donna Grady/NC
9/5/2005 12:49:37 PM (2333 views)
Hey, Judy! - Scott Perry/PA
9/6/2005 9:58:43 AM (2362 views)
Re: Hey, Judy! - J Nisonger/CA
9/7/2005 12:32:40 AM (2000 views)
Re: Hey, Judy! - Scott Perry/PA
9/7/2005 8:17:30 AM (2042 views)
Re: Hey, Judy! - Lisa Ramsey/TX
9/7/2005 9:11:15 AM (1905 views)
Re: Hey, Judy! - Scott Perry/PA
9/7/2005 3:37:46 PM (1979 views)
Re: Hey, Judy! - J Nisonger/CA
9/7/2005 4:24:37 PM (1922 views)
Re: Hey, Judy! - Scott Perry/PA
9/7/2005 4:48:13 PM (1947 views)
Re: Hey, Judy! - J Nisonger/CA
9/9/2005 2:39:23 AM (1981 views)
Re: Hey, Judy! - Scott Perry/PA
9/9/2005 4:58:30 PM (2042 views)
Report From Reese In Lubbock - David Bloys/TX
9/6/2005 9:48:05 AM (2045 views)
Re: Report From Reese In Lubbock - Kevin Ahern/CT
9/6/2005 11:51:44 AM (2266 views)
Re: Report From Reese In Lubbock - David Bloys/TX
9/6/2005 12:05:36 PM (2208 views)
Re: Report From Reese In Lubbock - Lisa Ramsey/TX
9/6/2005 5:14:30 PM (2155 views)

[+] Anyone work for Titlewave? - Kurt deVries/FL (6 replies)
9/1/2005 12:52:42 PM (2559 views)

[+] In Our Thoughts and Prayers... - Jarrod Clabaugh/OH (15 replies)
8/30/2005 4:45:17 PM (2413 views)

[+] NALTEA - LAWANDA MCMILLIAN/AR (2 replies)
8/30/2005 4:28:08 PM (2399 views)

SOT Monthly Spotlight Feature - Jarrod Clabaugh/OH
8/30/2005 1:19:09 PM (1873 views)

[+] Abstracting Software - Regina Engebritson Engebritson/MN (5 replies)
8/30/2005 1:24:11 AM (2477 views)

[+] looking for Abstract textbook reviewers - Jeanne Johnson/MN (2 replies)
8/29/2005 11:22:34 AM (2423 views)

[+] UNITED DOCUMENT SERVICES INC - Ted Lannon/MA (9 replies)
8/29/2005 11:21:08 AM (3645 views)


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