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I live in North Carolina and wasn't to hard hit by Floyd, but I can tell you we didn't see FEMA or other people for several days. The flooding went on for days and days almost no effort to stop it. People relied on themselves and the help of local groups to get by. Same way with Hurricane Fran in 1996 which was very bad had power out for 10 days and days before we saw in FEMA help. Back to Floyd, much of the state was cut off because of flooding, Hwy 70 and I40 were shut down for several days because of flooding and damage keeping many people trapped from their home. In my home town, I went to check on my office after which is normally a 8-10 block drive, it took almost an hour because of trying to find a way around flood waters.
Plus the impact of Katrina makes Floyd look like springtime sprinkles.
Nice find, Carl. By the way,I was listening to Imus this morning when he started in on you for pointing out his idiotic remarks of yesterday about how Bush doesn't care about black people(which caused me to turn him off, btw), and just had a good laugh. He tried to reprise the refrain today, but it doesn't seem to be catching on, at least with those not ready for white coats and heavy meds.
Bill's FEMA was pretty sorry, Hillary. Glad you brought it up.
I guess we should reserve comment on federal response until we get a full racial and economic view of those affected.
Bound Brook, NJ was under 17 feet of water. Local people hitched their boats to trailers and put them into the streets of Bound Brook, Middlesex Borough, Manville, Bridgewater, etc. Non-military helicopters were the ones doing the roof rescues in the immediate aftermath.
Note that most of the people who lived in downtown Bound Brook were illegal immigrants from Central America but nobody asked them for ID. Local emergency responders just went and got them. No looting either. In the months following, I was down at FISH donating baby clothes, toys, a crib and more and encouraged friends and family to do the same.
FEMA later reimbursed the towns and bought and knocked down some houses.
"It seemed there was preparation for Hurricane Floyd, but then came Flood Floyd," Jackson began. "Bridges are overwhelmed, levees are overwhelmed, whole town's under water . . . [it's] an awesome scene of tragedy. So there's a great misery index in North Carolina."
Hurricane Floyd? Someone is going to have to remind me. I'm sure it was terrible for those going through it but was it even in the top 10 of hurricanes to hit this country? Top 20?
And Clinton's FEMA didn't handle it well. Do tell.
My oh my....guess 'suuuuumbody didn't learn very well from previous experience.
While other States expecting impact from Katrina asked for Federal help BEFORE she hit, ol LA and her gang of corrupted officials refused to ask for Federal help and prayed that Katrina would turn out to be another Ivan.
If that's true you'd think that FEMA would have made some positive changes in the intervening six years.
At the suggestion of writer Michelle Malkin last Friday, I have cobbled together a blogsite called Texas Clearinghouse for Katrina Aid to serve as a clearinghouse for refugee efforts in Texas.
Texas is getting more refugees than any other state -- that's fine, we'll take them all -- but we need help providing them with food, clothing, and shelter.
If you are a refugee, you can information that will help you find relief. If you want to donate or volunteer, you can find someone who needs you.
Right now the site mostly covers Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas but I will add various churches, schools, and other charities in Lubbock and Austin tonight. My wife was down at Reunion Arena in Dallas yesterday handing out care packages and spiritually ministering to the refugees as a representative of her employer. She says that the situation is tragic and that there's a lot of work to be done. There are so many children who don't know where their parents are or even if their parents are still alive.
There are a lot of churches and other organizations in Texas that need help in dealing with the problem and I would appreciate it if you would get the word out.
Many thanks,
Michael McCullough
Stingray blogsite
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