[Lilred]

Ya know Val honey..I dont think there is no plan..fer none of us.

I'm kinda mixed on the New Orleans thing. In one sense I say:
If we are one of the richest and the most powerful...blah blah blah...why couldnt we have done better??
Then I say..It HAS to be one helluva undertakin movin tens of thousands of people...think about the numbers! It wont like you could just drive in fer the first couple of days..it took helicopters and what not. How many helicopters is IN the US? And how many would it have took fore they started crashin into each other?
Ya know..it would be a profound thread in here...
what would you have done?
If we was in the head of FEMA's shoes..what would you have done iffin you just heard that New Orleans was under water.
Just pretend we had no time to prepare...what would be our first LOGICAL step?

Of course..that aint our job..that's what we pay them fer now aint it..
I heared on TV this am that the head of FEMA aint have no experience on such things..that he was a former president of a horse club er somethin..and his college buddy got him the job.

Then on yet another side..I see how the victims act. Some deserved better..alot it seemed...deserved less.

Ya know..I wouldnt depend on the state or my country.
I would much rather depend upon myself. Then I think...
what would I do iffin a flood came through here?
It's really hard fer me to place myself in anybody's shoes that either had to control, rescue, plan, or be the victim of this whole thing. There are so many what if's..that it would be near impossible to have a perfect or even near perfect endin of such things.
I know Val, that you are wise..and givin yer govenment folks hell is a good thing..they need that. I have done it myself.
On this particular subject..I say give em hell girl..
but fer me..I'll just as soon have my very own game plan ready fer myself.
Here in VA..we do have earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados and alot of lightnin fires..floods happen..but not at that extent.
My advice would be to keep your survival skills sharp..so that whatever natural disaster might occur in your area..wont catch you offguard to where you might starve of have no shelter.
Never depend on nobody but yerself..my Pop always told me..and I aint sittin round on my rooftop waitin 6 days fer somebody to pick me up. I will find a way to survive..and iffin I caint..then my kids will survive fore I do..I will not sit there and let the elements take me or heaven ferbid my children,without an all out fight.