New Orleans: Fly low and slow over Convention Center to air drop?

W P Dixon wrote:
I believe pay phones are disappearing because even poor people have cell
phones. I know alot of people that have a cell phone but do not have a
regular phone in the house..because the cell phone plan is cheaper. And
these folks ain't rich

It will be three years in October since I got rid of my landline phone.
I just decided I wasn't going to pay those taxes anymore. For about
the last year I have had an internet phone from Vonage. It costs me
about $17 a month and the area code for that phone is from the St. Paul,
MN; area(651) so all of our relatives can call us toll free.
Unbelievable how well it works.

"sfb" wrote in message newswZRe.8$Sx4.7@trnddc06...
Katrina is an enormous challenge in logistics. New Orleans is at the
southern end of a very large damaged area. It takes time to clear roads,
inspect bridges, etc. I saw one photo where every single power pole for
a half mile or so was snapped off and lying across the road. Whether
that was a main road is unknown, but clearing that kind of damage takes
time.

You can't just run the National Guard in without food, water, fuel for
vehicles, places to rest else the NG becomes refugees within a couple of
days.

Seems I remember seeing on quite a few occasions the NG bringing all that
stuff with them. Do they now stay at Hiltons and have their meals catered?



wrote in message
ups.com...
I really can't stand the situation that is occuring in the Convention
Center. There are about two thousand at the Convention Center with NO
police or rescue personel onsite. Babies have no milk. At least two
dead bodies are there. An SUV with one police officer drove by and
raced away. One girl has been raped.

Newps wrote:
It will be three years in October since I got rid of my landline phone.
I just decided I wasn't going to pay those taxes anymore. For about
the last year I have had an internet phone from Vonage. It costs me
about $17 a month and the area code for that phone is from the St. Paul,
MN; area(651) so all of our relatives can call us toll free.
Unbelievable how well it works.

How do you contact 911 when the broadband goes out?

john smith wrote:

Newps wrote:

It will be three years in October since I got rid of my landline
phone. I just decided I wasn't going to pay those taxes anymore. For
about the last year I have had an internet phone from Vonage. It
costs me about $17 a month and the area code for that phone is from
the St. Paul, MN; area(651) so all of our relatives can call us toll
free. Unbelievable how well it works.


How do you contact 911 when the broadband goes out?

Use one of the cell phones that's probably here.

Dave S wrote:

Actually, insulin can last up to 30 days at "room" temperature.

How long does it last at 100 degrees?

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

You remember correctly, but it takes time to assemble troops in
armories, load vehicles, and move into the disaster areas clearing roads
and bridges of debris as necessary.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
...

"sfb" wrote in message newswZRe.8$Sx4.7@trnddc06...
Katrina is an enormous challenge in logistics. New Orleans is at the
southern end of a very large damaged area. It takes time to clear
roads,
inspect bridges, etc. I saw one photo where every single power pole
for
a half mile or so was snapped off and lying across the road. Whether
that was a main road is unknown, but clearing that kind of damage
takes
time.

You can't just run the National Guard in without food, water, fuel
for
vehicles, places to rest else the NG becomes refugees within a couple
of
days.

Seems I remember seeing on quite a few occasions the NG bringing all
that
stuff with them. Do they now stay at Hiltons and have their meals
catered?



wrote in message
ups.com...
I really can't stand the situation that is occuring in the
Convention
Center. There are about two thousand at the Convention Center with
NO
police or rescue personel onsite. Babies have no milk. At least two
dead bodies are there. An SUV with one police officer drove by and
raced away. One girl has been raped.

well, considering body temp ranges from 97-99 on average.. I'd say quite
long.

Dave

George Patterson wrote:
Dave S wrote:


Actually, insulin can last up to 30 days at "room" temperature.


How long does it last at 100 degrees?

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.

john smith wrote:
How do you contact 911 when the broadband goes out?

The same way someone would if they didn't have a home phone.

Dave

"sfb" wrote in message news:kS7Se.977$IT4.248@trnddc04...
You remember correctly, but it takes time to assemble troops in
armories, load vehicles, and move into the disaster areas clearing roads
and bridges of debris as necessary.

Six days? That's nuts. Even Bush is saying the time to respond was far
beyond reasonable.


"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
...

"sfb" wrote in message newswZRe.8$Sx4.7@trnddc06...
Katrina is an enormous challenge in logistics. New Orleans is at the
southern end of a very large damaged area. It takes time to clear
roads,
inspect bridges, etc. I saw one photo where every single power pole
for
a half mile or so was snapped off and lying across the road. Whether
that was a main road is unknown, but clearing that kind of damage
takes
time.

You can't just run the National Guard in without food, water, fuel
for
vehicles, places to rest else the NG becomes refugees within a couple
of
days.

Seems I remember seeing on quite a few occasions the NG bringing all
that
stuff with them. Do they now stay at Hiltons and have their meals
catered?



wrote in message
ups.com...
I really can't stand the situation that is occuring in the
Convention
Center. There are about two thousand at the Convention Center with
NO
police or rescue personel onsite. Babies have no milk. At least two
dead bodies are there. An SUV with one police officer drove by and
raced away. One girl has been raped.

Dave Stadt wrote:
"sfb" wrote in message news:kS7Se.977$IT4.248@trnddc04...
You remember correctly, but it takes time to assemble troops in
armories, load vehicles, and move into the disaster areas clearing roads
and bridges of debris as necessary.

Six days? That's nuts. Even Bush is saying the time to respond was far
beyond reasonable.

It took 9/11 for us to take terrorism seriously. Perhaps now we will
take civil defense seriously. I live in Boston and while we're not
below sea level, a 20' storm surge (let along dirty bomb or attack on
an LNG terminal) would make one hell of a mess. Now I suspect there
will be a lot more people asking the local gov't just what the plan
would be should we be staring down a similar barrel.

-cwk.