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Subject: Re: I'm Tired Of These Ungrateful Hurricane Victims Posted on: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 20:57:19 EDT

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 16:26:32 -0600, Robert Uhl
wrote:

>"Bill H." writes:
>>
>> The biggest thing I don't understand is why people would stay in town
>> when a hurricane is coming.
>
>Most of the folks in the pictures seem to be extremely poor--there's a
>good chance that many of them had no way to get out of the city. Some
>might not have even known that there was a large hurricane coming (if
>they didn't have TVs or radio). It's very unfortunate.
>
>Maybe some were cyclists who've given up cars and couldn't pedal fast
>enough...

around here cable TV is considered a necessity by welfare.

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