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Oso
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Location: on da border
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Temper, temper!
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All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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vgabndo
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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All the news fair and balanced...
A friend reports the story of a Sheriff's car slowly cruising, hub deep through the flood waters, warning people of the breach of a levee. They
encounter a guy sitting on his front porch with his feet in the water, and they literally beg him to get in the car and evacuate. He won't budge and
starts talking about how he's been a good Christian all his life and the Lord will deliver him. The officers have to move on and warn others, so they
go.
A few hours later, they are back with a boat, and the same guy is sitting on his front porch roof, his feet dangling in the water. They emplore him
to get in the boat, but he says he's a good Christian, he's prayed on it, and he knows his god will not foresake him. The officers don't have time to
force him to go, so they move on and try to save other lives.
Just before dark, they see him sitting on his chimney, and they yell down from the helicopter to GET IN THE BASKET!
The water is still rising, you've got no where else to run. But the guy just won't budge, and keeps saying that he's prayed on it and he knows the
Lord will deliver him, and besides for years he says he's given money to Oral Roberts, and Jimmy Bakker, and Jimmy Swaggart, and Pat Robertson, and he
KNOWS his Lord will not foresake him.
Well, only minutes later the house is swept away, and the guy, gaging and coughing is swept under and drowned.
Almost immediately he finds himself in a crowd of other wet dead people in front of Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates, and he is more than a little
ticked off. I am obviously dead, he says to St. Peter and I want an explanation. I've prayed every day, I've been a good Christian, I've given most
of what I've earned to the Evangelists, and I want to know why God didn't save me.
Well, Pete is out of patience. He's been sorting through, and sending hoards of hypocrits to Hell, and he doesn't feel much like answering questions.
But, he gets the guy's name, and starts leafing through a big clipboard until he gets to the guy's name. He looks up with an expression of incredible
disgust and says: What IS your problem, it says here we sent a car a boat and a helicopter.......
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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TMW
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The following is from a news letter I get. It is one man's story. Added comments are from the news letter editor. TW
Friday, September 2, 2005
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JOHN BUFFALOE AND HURRICANE KATRINA
As many of you know, John Buffaloe was the man in charge
of Jefferson Pilot's San Diego radio engineering operations for
many years. He had a very successful career with JP, lived in
San Diego County and followed his and his wife's dream to move
to New Orleans where he became Director of Engineering for a
radio cluster in January of this year (CGC #670).
Just before leaving San Diego, however, he had to deal
with the collapse of the KSON(AM) tower structure, and he is
now dealing with a far more difficult situation in the wake of
Hurricane Katrina. Following is John's report, dated today.
He's one of us, and we could well be in his shoes.
______
Greetings all,
Annette and I are fine and in Memphis with friends. She
was already here when Katrina hit, and I arrived last night after
several harrowing experiences. We escaped with both of our cars,
my two favorite guitars and a Crate V-15 amp, various electronic
devices (gotta have that laptop), five days worth of clothes,
some tools and Annette's portfolio negatives.
We don't know the condition of our house, although we do
know it's not under water nor did it ever flood. It has probably
been looted by now, or will be soon. I was fired from my job on
Wednesday, but I won't get into that for obvious reasons.
The power has been out at my 85 year old Dad's house in
Jackson, MS since Monday and will probably be out for another two
to three weeks. He has excellent round the clock assistance which
allows me to be in Memphis with my wife for a little while.
Annette and I had dreamed of leaving southern California for
years and moving to New Orleans to spend the rest of our lives.
We were fortunate that I landed a job there in January and we
moved into a beautiful renovated house in Algiers Point and were
getting on quite well with our new life. I stumbled into an
association with a gospel vocal group called the Zion Harmonizers,
and was honored to be the first Caucasian to be associated with
them in their 56 year history. We did two shows at the House of
Blues Gospel Brunch two weeks ago, and I was featured as lead bass
singer on a song called "Crossing Over." My brother-in-law was
there and is the only family member that ever got to see me with
the Zions. We were to do a short tour in Spain in December and
I was looking forward to performing with them at Jazz Fest in the
spring. I don't know any of the members whereabouts or condition
at this time. They are true gentlemen and devoted Christians
and they accepted me like I was a family member.
This is intended only to inform, not to engender sympathy.
Annette and I are fine and will be fine in the future. All we
have lost is stuff. We have our lives and each other, and we'll
eventually put it all back together and get back on our feet.
We aren't broke by any means, and our insurance will cover most
of our financial losses. Employment for me will become an issue
but I am confidant I'll find something at the appropriate time.
In the meantime, we have a small apartment next door to friends,
and a large support group of other friends here in Memphis.
Considering what's happening in New Orleans right now, and that
either or both of us could still be there, I find myself
extremely lucky to be in the current circumstances.
Many ask the simple question, "What will you do next" which
calls for a million responses. I will actually do my laundry next
as I have been on the road and used up all of my clothing for the
past five days. Then Annette and I will begin to focus on what
needs to be addressed, get centered, and start knocking things
down. It will be somewhere between three and six months before
we can return to assess our house damage and recover whatever
possessions may be left intact.
Sometimes life does funny things to you. While I am certainly
saddened by our misfortune, I very much count myself and Annette
as two of the lucky ones with options to recover. It will take a
couple of years, but we both have our talents and intelligence
and will come out fine.
Thank you all for the encouraging emails and the reaching out
of love and support. It really does help.
The city of New Orleans as we knew it will never exist again.
A new New Orleans will eventually rise, but the "bowl" will be
uninhabitable for years to come. There are thousands of homes
that will have no option but to be demolished, and the land on
which they sit will be contaminated from the chemicals in the
flood waters. What will remain of the old New Orleans will
likely be a small strip of town running between the river and
St. Charles Ave. which will include the French Quarter if they
can get a handle on the levee breaches.
If you can make a donation to the recovery effort, I
urge you to do so. There are two million displaced people, many
without resources and most will never be able to return to their
homes. To say that this is catastrophic is a clich?d
understatement. I was actually on the ground in New Orleans on
Wednesday afternoon, and what I saw was way beyond what you can
imagine from the video on TV. I was fortunate to be flown in
and back out in a helicopter rented by my former company. I felt
sick as I watched others looking up at us as we departed, knowing
I would be free to move forward with my life while they would
soon find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive.
Annette and I are indeed fortunate. Our experience is a
lesson in counting your blessings.
I can be reached via email at mailto:johnbuffaloe%40yahoo.com.
....Please feel free to forward this to whomever you feel may be
interested.
John Buffaloe
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Please keep John, Annette and their families in your prayers
and thoughts as they face an uncertain future. TW
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TMW
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This is from a firefighter friend that sent from CA to help.
TW
9/2/05
OK-Wish I had goodnews.We really haven't been able to do much since there is no support network on the ground. FEMA really has this so farbehind the
curve and are wasting so much money on beauracratic crap and the protection of business, we may never do much to help. I will expand on that later
when I am able.
The flooding is bad, but the damage to many of the smaller communities along the coast are simply gone. Looks more lie tornado damage to me.
Houses just flattened. Lots of homeless folks nowthat were homeowners 4 days ago.
As far as the looting, so far, there are basically 2 distinct types of looters, those that rely on the Gov't for everything and can't believe
they weren't instantly gratified by more freebies and those who absolutely don't trust the gov't in anyway an have probably spent time in Montana in
compounds at some time.
We were told today FEMA doesn't want us taking pictures, anything we do here belongs to them. I will have some to show after my release. The
Gov't has totally screwed the pooch on this one. In some places, the locals aren't helping at all. Yesterday, our swiftwater team(and all other rescue
efforts) were on stand down due to being shot at and threats made. One of the other crews had to have the national guard come in and chase out a gang
of thugs who comandeered their base camp. Making it hard to help those who need it. They need to start implemanting true marshal law and shoot those
who won't respect the laws. Make them fear them. I had hopes that we would see the greatness this country is capable of, unfortunately, all those
folks evacuated when they were told to. May be awhile before I get back to electicity. They are telling us 3 weeks now and are looking for more rescue
personnel to send. We are suppose to go to Gulf Port tommor! row after some sleep tonight.
Martin
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Bajabus
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Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: Elias Calles B.C.S. or NC USA
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Hello there all. I am unable to really post everything I am feeling and seeing down here. It's so emotional and heart wrenching and I am far far to
busy setting up equipment, wifi and training. Moving tomorrow from the state fairgrounds in Jackson down to mcomb (spelling) about an hour south to
get communications for the miultitude of utility companies operating in this area. Best description would be oraganized chaos.
If you do head down here bring Bug spray and mosquito netting. Forget about hotels. Oh and no Gas. As soon as a station gets some, long long long
lines form and they get armed gaurds to keep folks from shooting each other. Jackson the sate capitol has a curfew. Sheer insanity but so many really
good folks going way above the call of duty to keep us all fed and watered.
Will post more when I can. I do have several used 360's with me if you know of anyone down here needing some. My cost or much less (transportation
cost to get it to you ie....gas) if it is a relief organization or church.
My cell # is 919-368-1057
bajadudes(put an at symbol here)starband.net
"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked of such a thing."
Dwight David Eisenhower
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Skeet/Loreto
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God Bless you Bus!!
Keep up the good work and thanks for your Posts. Skeet/Loreto
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