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On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Vern Green wrote:
and still no aid from the UN, not even an encouraging word.
You haven't heard from them? Or do you mean that you haven't heard that
someone in our government has heard from them? I think you mean that you
haven't seen any newspaper articles on the web about the UN's response to
the flooding in New Orleans.
It took me about 30 seconds to find this one using google news:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20050901T000000-0500_87388_OBS_THOUSANDS_FEARED_DEAD__NEW_ORLEANS_TO_BE_ABANDONED.asp
"The United Nations went further to characterise it as one of the worst
disasters internationally, outstripping even the damage caused by the
December 26 Asian tsunami which killed 180,000."
...
"This is one of the most destructive natural disasters ever measured in
the amount of homes destroyed, people affected, people displaced," said UN
humanitarian official Jan Egeland.
"I would salute the very effective American efforts to warn the
populations of the imminent danger and the very successful evacuation."
Maybe Fox News isn't covering it.
Mike
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