"Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, sf wrote:
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>> On 29 Aug 2005 05:02:40 -0700, Sandi wrote:
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>>> 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.
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> 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?
Yep,
Dee Dee
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