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Re: Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory

#1036
From: dashaun345
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:02
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wrcowan1@hal-pc.org wrote:

> Chris wrote:
> > "Steven (remove wax and invalid for reply)" <unspam@hal-pc.orgwax.invalid>
> > wrote in message news:43253088$0$10627$a726171b@news.hal-pc.org...
> >
> >>wrcowan1@hal-pc.org wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Cellphones communicate with Cell phone towers which require power to
> >>>work.  Many of them were damaged or even under water.  Even satelite
> >>>phones were not working.
> >>
> >>Why would a satellite phone not work?  And where did you hear that the
> >>satellite phones didn't work?
> >
> >
> > He didn't, he made it up. Apparently he wasn't watching the news where
> > reporters were allowing victims to use their satellite phones to call loved
> > ones....what a dope.
> >
>
> Sorry but it is a real article.  Also just because a reports equipment
> worked does not mean everyone's working or are not familar with that
> concept.
>
> HOUSTON CHRONICLE
> FRI 09/09/05
>   NEWS FROM NEW ORLEANS PARISHES
>
> By MICHELLE KRUPA
>
> The process, however, has been hampered by a lack of communication in
> storm-ravaged areas. Cell service is spotty, Parish President Aaron
> Broussard said, and there are too few radios and walkie-talkies to
> direct information to thousands of police officers and armed military
> personnel from around the country who are manning Jefferson streets.
> Satellite phones don't work, he added.
>
> "We are having a tough time getting in touch with New Orleans," Maestri
> said.

Are you saying that lives could have been
saved if local authorities permitted President Bush
to lend them radios, walkie-talkies and cell phones
prior to when Katrina landed?
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