[YaYa123]

thanks for the clarification;

"With forecasters warning of a category five storm, the president made sure the federal response would not be delayed by already declaring emergencies in Mississippi and Florida just hours after a similar declaration for Louisiana. Such declarations make federal aid available to assist with disaster relief, but they are rarely made before a storm even hits."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/28/national/w130330D57.DTL

[grellis]

Hope you don't mind my asking, but you've been on the forum a good long time--do you recall any of the post-9-11 threads turning into this kind of b!tchfest? It seems as if every thread relating to the 'cane gets maybe a dozen posts that are on point and hundreds of others that have been nothing but dreadful mudslingling, and I'm not claiming myself to be innocent.

It seems that many of us have completely lost our sense of decency when posting. Or maybe it's just old age.

We used to be more respectful of one another on this forum, didn't we? I don't mean you in particular, just thinking maybe your memory is better than mine.