Dee Randall wrote:
> "Sandi" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>
>>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>Gabby wrote:
>>>
>>>>"rosie" > wrote in message
egroups.com...
>>>>
>>>>>airlift people north ??? Are you kidding ? They can go north under
>>>>>their own steam, there has been plenty of warning.
>>>>>
>>>>>Gasoline prices will no doubt be impacted, this is only one of many
>>>>>thing driving the price of oil.
>>>>>
>>>>>I do hope all have gone to higher ground .
>>>>
>>>>Officials say there are tens of thousands who have no way of
>>>>evacuating the area.
>>>>
>>>>Gabby
>>>
>>>No way? What, they don't know anyone with a car? Or does this mean they
>>>are being stubborn, as in the wake of the 1980's Mt. St. Helens eruption,
>>>"I
>>>won't leave, they can't make me".
>>
>>No Jill, it means many are poor and/or homeless urban inner-city
>>dwellers who don't have cars or don't know people with cars. They are
>>the elderly who don't drive and who don't have family members in the
>>area who drive. They are the people with no choice but to stay. Your
>>empathy, compassion, and respect for the elderly and poor who cannot
>>evacuate on their own is overwhelming.
>>
>>Anyone else - like the tourists who think it's cool to stay - are fools
>>who made the choice to commit suicide by hurricane. Because many
>>Americans own cell phones, cars, have toilets, have electronics, they
>>assume everyone in the world, including some of their fellow Americans,
>>own the same. Too bad it isn't true.
>>
>>Sandi
>
>
> Americans do NOT assume that that everyone in the world, including some of
> their fellow Americans, own cells phones, cars, have toilets, have
> electronics....
> Dee Dee
>
>
> Dee Dee
>
>

Unfortunately, you are wrong. I've heard people say: "Give me your cell
number, . . ," assuming the other person has a cell. Likewise for e-mail
addy and so on. We ALL make assumptions sometime.


jim