On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, sf wrote:

> On 29 Aug 2005 05:02:40 -0700, Sandi wrote:
>
>>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>> > Gabby wrote:
>> >> "rosie" > wrote in message
>> >> ups.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.

If they decided to evacuate pittsburgh today, I'd be dead. I accept that
as one of the prices of not having a car. If someone says evacuate an
area now, are you going to wait until I walk an hour to get to your house?

I have friends in this city, but not many live nearby.

Lena

okay, so maybe I could hotwire a car. If only I knew how....