Re: PING: RicSeyler Re: [SPAM] Please help [OT]

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:48:12 GMT, inez <inezhsmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>On 8/28/06 6:58 AM, BoilerBill commented:
>
>> Thought that  you may find this link interesting:
>> 
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5273974.stm
>> 
>> Bearing in mind that all major claims or disasters eventually find
>> their way to London insurance - wise
>> 
>> Keith J Chesworth
>> www.boilerbill.com - CV - now needing a job!!
>> www.unseenlondon.co.uk
>> www.blackpooltram.co.uk
>> www.amerseyferry.co.uk
>
>Thanks for that, Keith.
>
>One of the most frustrating things about Katrina, as far as New Orleans
>goes, is that it was largely a man made disaster; the levee failures
>combined with the distructive negligence of the wetlands creatd the worst
of
>it. The citizens learned the hard way that the agencies entrusted with
their
>protection were not trustworthy. They were negligent and incompetent (I
>think, to a criminal degree), and it seems next to impossible to demand
>accountability on any front. Ofcourse, as citizens, we are guilty of
>complacency. I'm guessing that this can be said about most of the US.
>
>I hope people around the country who live near lakes, rivers, dams, etc.
>have been ****ged out of complacency and don't *assume* that their local
and
>federal agencies are protecting them. I fear not though, since most media
>continue to charaterize it as a natural disaster and concentrate on the
>*drama* of the storm and the rescues and such.

Being English and receiving news in the UK (Internationally owned news
services - rather than the native owned ones only allowed in the US -
or has that changed?) and visiting the US at least every other year
when I go 'native' with US friends I would prefer to draw a veil over
any further discussions on this one as less said etc.......

K 
www.boilerbill.com - CV - now needing a job!!
www.unseenlondon.co.uk
www.blackpooltram.co.uk
www.amerseyferry.co.uk