Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: The Doom That Came To N'Warlins - II
The suffering of 20K people is awful. No argument there. But the
long-term aftereffects are going to affect a lot more than 20K
people, for a large number of years, and the next time something
like this happens, if we're still badly prepared, things will be
just as bad. It seems to me that these are important considerations
to bring up, and that shaking out the problems might be more
effective than words of sympathy.
Where are you getting the number 20K from?
I would estimate 2 million to be closer to the actual number of people
who have suffered seriously from Katrina.
Uh, yeah. I think it's close to 20K that have been (or are being
brought) to *Austin*, and Houston is getting a lot more, Dallas and San
Antonio are probably each getting more, and that's just people evacuated
to large cities in *Texas*. (5K were supposed to be on their way on
Friday alone, and now Austin is taking airlifted medical cases -- it's
the first backup for Houston on that front. And we know that Houston
appreciates it when it's crunch time!)
And that *doesn't* count the people who had the resources to get out on
their own sooner, but who are stuck outside of their city for now, and
don't know when they'll return, or if there will be anything *to* return to.
Julia
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