Doesn't Look Good For Us!

[Puretexan]

Well I don't know about you but, if I'm standing chest deep in flood waters, Would I
rather be saved by 4 soldiers in an overloaded rubber boat....Or a few good Ol boys
in a cool bass boat...with a cooler full of cold beer.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Puretexan

Well I don't know about you but, if I'm standing chest deep in flood waters, Would I
rather be saved by 4 soldiers in an overloaded rubber boat....Or a few good Ol boys
in a cool bass boat...with a cooler full of cold beer.

I guess that would depend on what color you are...And what flag they're flying...

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

I guess that would depend on what color you are...And what flag they're flying...

Maybe not. Most people are well-meaning, and a disaster might add a few more. Getting together around something like this is what it's all about, I think. The quibbling about other things is severely interrupted for a while, at least. Too bad it's a hurricane instead of something productive.

There is also flooding in Asia, and the death toll there is staggering. The West is being incinerated, and now yet another hurricane is headed for Eric and others. Looks scary to me...

Hang in there, buddy, keep us posted as best you can. Sounds like you got the shrink wrap infrastructure together just in time?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Puretexan

All that went out the window. If someone was in trouble they risked their lives to save them. Watched it on tv for days and never saw anybody not get helped for any reason.

Originally Posted by ithacaartist

Maybe not. Most people are well-meaning, and a disaster might add a few more. Getting together around something like this is what it's all about, I think. The quibbling about other things is severely interrupted for a while, at least.

How quickly some forget. Following Katrina, armed gangs of thugs roamed the streets in New Orleans and environs, looting and destroying with impunity. A colleague of mine from another forum, who made his millions in computer programming and retired at 45, was trapped in his renovated loft for several weeks while the gangs burned cars and looted shops beneath his converted 'trendy' warehouse. He was an avowed anti-gun advocate. But after three days of watching the carnage, he 'acquired' an AR-15 and a pump 12 gauge and was ready to defend his wife and a neighboring couple sheltering with them.

I prefer to follow Fox Mulder's advice.

I expect that all the countries we've helped over the years when they were hit by tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, civil disorder, etc will rally around and start delivering supplies of food, water, clothing, building materials, even money to the storm ravaged areas of our South. Somalia, Bosnia, Cuba, India, Bangladesh, all the nations we've sent relief to in the past will show their appreciation and compassion for our devastation...Right??? Because they're all well meaning and helpful people who remember their friends in time of need...