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Re: Mission Accomplished! Bush Declares Evacuation Victory

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From: Chris
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:06
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<wrcowan1@hal-pc.org> wrote in message
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> 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.

So you think the newspeople have better communications than our own
military? You really are dense. Funny how there were all thos newspeople who
had no trouble getting in touch with people but nobody else could figure out
how to do it...
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