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To: steveegg

why aren't they using the helo sandbag drop on that levee break?


486 posted on 09/23/2005 11:21:15 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: oceanview
why aren't they using the helo sandbag drop on that levee break?

The winds whipping through NOLA could be a factor. Also, I don't know how many of those sandbags they had on standby.

499 posted on 09/23/2005 11:23:28 AM PDT by steveegg ($3.00 a gallon is the price you pay for ANWR! Start drilling or stop whining! - HT Falcon4.0)
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To: oceanview

Why bother? They have recovered most bodies. The phrase "throwing good money after bad" comes to mind....


520 posted on 09/23/2005 11:27:01 AM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (The Land o' Gar (yes I have a gunrack in my truck))
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To: oceanview

why aren't they using the helo sandbag drop on that levee break?
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Would you believe... "gale force winds"?

It's a bit different situation there now, than the day after Katrina hit.


538 posted on 09/23/2005 11:33:00 AM PDT by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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