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My sisters inlaws live (used to until yesterday anyway) just east of Lake Pontchartrain - luckily they are safely in Shreveport with my sister, but it's not looking good for having much left of 78 years of life after this one.  Truly a lesson in letting go of 'things'.  I cannot imagine it.  Many, many prayers for all that were affected.

Suzi.

----- Original Message -----

From: Joe Long

To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:24 PM

Subject: Re: [RC] We lost New Orleans

On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 23:38:05 GMT, Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>Please Reply to: Kathy Myers magnumsmom@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>==========================================
>
>I just heard the levys broke.  New Orleans is under water.
>I hope everyone got out.  Prayers to all... well, not so
>many to the looters. 
>
>Kathy Myers
>in Santa Fe, NM

Don't be too quick to judge the looters.  From what I hear, most of them are
taking what they need to survive, and they have no way to buy it normally.  I
daresay most of us would do the same if our lives depended on it.

At least one Wal-Mart store in New Orleans just opened their doors and invited
anyone to take what they need.

There were videos on the news of people *walking* out of New Orleans with
nothing but what they could carry -- and nothing but devastation ahead of them
for many miles.

--

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com


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