My thoughts

[Craig Goldstein]

Bill,

Its sobering and surreal.  Now they're bracing to determine how many people
are still missing and possibly drowned in attics as they tried to stay
above water.  This one is going to end up as one of the worst of all
natural disasters when they close the book on it.

Fuel, Insurance, building materials, contractors......things are going to
be tough for years to come. 

Thousands of homes under water.....You cant save those homes.  They'll all
have to be bulldozed.  Do you rebuild in the same place?   Who's going to
write insurance policies?  

Between the deaths(mostly poor people who couldn't leave or stubborn people
who wouldn't) and the widespread looting,  I'm heart broken as well.  I've
decided to donate to the Red Cross and hope the money makes it to the
affected areas.

Craig


> [Original Message]
> From: William McEver <mcever@comcast.net>
> To: <migcruisers@autox.team.net>
> Date: 9/1/2005 6:03:50 AM
> Subject: My thoughts
>
> Well I've been glued to the tv for 4 days now, and I really feel depressed
> about the Gulf Coast. God help the people, and the relief workers. I sent
a
> contribution, and might send more. Wish I could help out physically.
>
> I think CR lives in the ravaged area, but can't remember his real name to
find
> him in the info section. I think his first name is Steve.
>
> Haven't heard from my brother in Texas yet, he has 2 sons that live in New
> Orleans, one is a musician, and the other is a deep water diver on the oil
> drilling rigs. He will have a lot of work. He works 21 days, then has 21
days
> off. $1000 a day but is it enough for what he does?
>
> Pres. released crude from or national reserves, but the major problem is,
> there are not enough refineries to process the crude. This disaster will
hit
> all of our pocketbooks heavy, and the big oil is gonna make as much as
they
> can to sustain their losses. Everything is going to rise in price, ....
we all
> lose in this one. If gas hits the $4.00 mark, It will cost me $200 just to
> drive to Daytona in October.
>
> I can't comprehend what would happen if another hurricane hits this region
> again? And why anybody would build a major metropolitan in a ditch.
Holland
> has developed restraints to the ocean, but occasionally they get breached
> also.
>
>
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