Floods in England

"Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking wrote in message
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"Shillelagh" wrote in message
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I've been reading of and seeing video on TV of the terrible flooding and
rain going on in England right now. Are any of our RCTYer's in the
danger
zones right now? I sincerely hope not. Please let us know...

Shelagh

My good wishes go out to everyone effected by this... and I hope the
people in the northern counties who were flooded a couple of weeks ago are
doing well now too.

Thanks - on their behalf. Most of them still can't get into their houses.
Think New Orleans ...

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Not Likely" notinthislifetime@yougottabejoking wrote in message
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"Shillelagh" wrote in message
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I've been reading of and seeing video on TV of the terrible flooding and
rain going on in England right now. Are any of our RCTYer's in the
danger
zones right now? I sincerely hope not. Please let us know...

Shelagh
My good wishes go out to everyone effected by this... and I hope the
people in the northern counties who were flooded a couple of weeks ago are
doing well now too.

Thanks - on their behalf. Most of them still can't get into their houses.
Think New Orleans ...

Mary



At least they don't have FEMA "helping" them.

"YarnWright" wrote in message
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spampot spun a FINE 'yarn':

At least they don't have FEMA "helping" them.

spampot. . .
OMG, you took the thought right out of my head!
Noreen

Pardon my ignorance, but ?????????

*hugs*
Gem

On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:42:46 -0400, Not Likely wrote:

"YarnWright" wrote in message
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spampot spun a FINE 'yarn':

At least they don't have FEMA "helping" them.

spampot. . .
OMG, you took the thought right out of my head! Noreen

Pardon my ignorance, but ?????????

*hugs*
Gem

Here you are Gem.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

They are the Federal Emergency Management Agency who were supposed to
organise and co-ordinate the relief work after New Orleans was flooded. I
too am pleased that we don't have them over here as my sister in law, and
family, live in Gloucester and have been affected by the flooding.

Bernadette wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:42:46 -0400, Not Likely wrote:

"YarnWright" wrote in message
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spampot spun a FINE 'yarn':

At least they don't have FEMA "helping" them.
spampot. . .
OMG, you took the thought right out of my head! Noreen
Pardon my ignorance, but ?????????

*hugs*
Gem

Here you are Gem.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

They are the Federal Emergency Management Agency who were supposed to
organise and co-ordinate the relief work after New Orleans was flooded. I
too am pleased that we don't have them over here as my sister in law, and
family, live in Gloucester and have been affected by the flooding.


John Oliver, the brilliant comedian on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, did a
"report from the scene" on the British floods, and finished up with
praise of Gordon Brown..."Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job!" We
nearly died laughing (Gem, Bush said that very thing to the incompetent
Michael Brown, whose qualifications for being named head of FEMA were
limited to having been acquainted with Bush in Texas).

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:59:48 -0400, spampot wrote:

Bernadette wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:42:46 -0400, Not Likely wrote:

"YarnWright" wrote in message
...
spampot spun a FINE 'yarn':

At least they don't have FEMA "helping" them.
spampot. . .
OMG, you took the thought right out of my head! Noreen
Pardon my ignorance, but ?????????

*hugs*
Gem

Here you are Gem.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

They are the Federal Emergency Management Agency who were supposed to
organise and co-ordinate the relief work after New Orleans was flooded.
I too am pleased that we don't have them over here as my sister in law,
and family, live in Gloucester and have been affected by the flooding.


John Oliver, the brilliant comedian on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, did a
"report from the scene" on the British floods, and finished up with praise
of Gordon Brown..."Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job!" We nearly died
laughing (Gem, Bush said that very thing to the incompetent Michael Brown,
whose qualifications for being named head of FEMA were limited to having
been acquainted with Bush in Texas).

That is hilarious. I love the Jon Stewart show. We get it here each
evening and ROFL at him - he is totally outrageous and very funny! :-)

"spampot" ""spampot\"@NO SPAM orph.org" wrote in message
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Bernadette wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:42:46 -0400, Not Likely wrote:

At least they don't have FEMA "helping" them.
spampot. . .
Pardon my ignorance, but ?????????

*hugs*
Gem

Here you are Gem.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

They are the Federal Emergency Management Agency who were supposed to
organise and co-ordinate the relief work after New Orleans was flooded. I
too am pleased that we don't have them over here as my sister in law, and
family, live in Gloucester and have been affected by the flooding.
John Oliver, the brilliant comedian on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, did a
"report from the scene" on the British floods, and finished up with praise
of Gordon Brown..."Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job!" We nearly died
laughing (Gem, Bush said that very thing to the incompetent Michael Brown,
whose qualifications for being named head of FEMA were limited to having
been acquainted with Bush in Texas).

Thank you both, but my question was *why* is it a good thing that England
doesn't have FEMA 'helping' them? Are they bad at what they are supposed to
do? Or is it because New Orleans is still in need of help so long after
their disaster?

By the way, I laughed when I read the reference to what John Oliver and
George Bush said to the two Brown men. )

*hugs*
Gem

Not Likely wrote:
"spampot" ""spampot\"@NO SPAM orph.org" wrote in message
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Bernadette wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:42:46 -0400, Not Likely wrote:

At least they don't have FEMA "helping" them.
spampot. . .
Pardon my ignorance, but ?????????

*hugs*
Gem
Here you are Gem.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

They are the Federal Emergency Management Agency who were supposed to
organise and co-ordinate the relief work after New Orleans was flooded. I
too am pleased that we don't have them over here as my sister in law, and
family, live in Gloucester and have been affected by the flooding.
John Oliver, the brilliant comedian on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, did a
"report from the scene" on the British floods, and finished up with praise
of Gordon Brown..."Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job!" We nearly died
laughing (Gem, Bush said that very thing to the incompetent Michael Brown,
whose qualifications for being named head of FEMA were limited to having
been acquainted with Bush in Texas).

Thank you both, but my question was *why* is it a good thing that England
doesn't have FEMA 'helping' them? Are they bad at what they are supposed to
do? Or is it because New Orleans is still in need of help so long after
their disaster?

By the way, I laughed when I read the reference to what John Oliver and
George Bush said to the two Brown men. )

*hugs*
Gem



Gem,

The entire federal response to Katrina was criminally inadequate,
shamefully slow and entangled - I'm sure Olwyn Mary can add more
colorful details. No one did their job, they just sat in Washington
whining and pointing fingers at each other -- oh, and by the way, the
states couldn't cope because their National Guard, which is the main
security force in such situations, had been "federalized" so they were
nearly all over in Iraq on active military duty (but that's a rant for
another time). The public outcry was such that the Dept of Homeland
Security, which "owns" FEMA, was reorganized -- but the situation in New
Orleans is still such that the very word FEMA is now a joke here in the
U.S. -- or a warning ("We're from FEMA and we're here to help you").

FEMA used to be up to the job, but it's been marginalized for years so
their resources were inadequate, but it didn't help to have a chief
whose qualifications were being head of a horse-racing outfit.

So "Heckuva job, Brownie" has replaced "Way to go, Einstein" as the
ultimate sarcastic comment on incompetence.

Does that help?

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:53:25 -0400, Not Likely wrote:

"spampot" ""spampot\"@NO SPAM orph.org" wrote in message
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Bernadette wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:42:46 -0400, Not Likely wrote:

At least they don't have FEMA "helping" them.
spampot. . .
Pardon my ignorance, but ?????????

*hugs*
Gem

Here you are Gem.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

They are the Federal Emergency Management Agency who were supposed to
organise and co-ordinate the relief work after New Orleans was flooded.
I too am pleased that we don't have them over here as my sister in law,
and family, live in Gloucester and have been affected by the flooding.
John Oliver, the brilliant comedian on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, did a
"report from the scene" on the British floods, and finished up with
praise of Gordon Brown..."Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job!" We
nearly died laughing (Gem, Bush said that very thing to the incompetent
Michael Brown, whose qualifications for being named head of FEMA were
limited to having been acquainted with Bush in Texas).

Thank you both, but my question was *why* is it a good thing that England
doesn't have FEMA 'helping' them? Are they bad at what they are supposed
to do? Or is it because New Orleans is still in need of help so long
after their disaster?

By the way, I laughed when I read the reference to what John Oliver and
George Bush said to the two Brown men. )

*hugs*
Gem

The reason I say it's a good thing we don't have FEMA over here is because
of what I read after Hurricane Katrina hit.

My son was one of the lucky ones whose house only had minimal damage
because of the part of Texas he lives in. He and his wife helped set up a
local organisation to help some of the people who ran before the hurricane
hit but who were left homeless.

There are a couple of articles at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...091701392.html
and
http://www.colorofchange.org/fema/message.html
that explain the situation better than I could. I find it difficult to
trust any organisation that accepts total incompetence as the norm.

Bernadette

"Bernadette" wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:53:25 -0400, Not Likely wrote:

Thank you both, but my question was *why* is it a good thing that England
doesn't have FEMA 'helping' them? Are they bad at what they are supposed
to do? Or is it because New Orleans is still in need of help so long
after their disaster?

The reason I say it's a good thing we don't have FEMA over here is because
of what I read after Hurricane Katrina hit.

My son was one of the lucky ones whose house only had minimal damage
because of the part of Texas he lives in. He and his wife helped set up a
local organisation to help some of the people who ran before the hurricane
hit but who were left homeless.

There are a couple of articles at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...091701392.html
and
http://www.colorofchange.org/fema/message.html
that explain the situation better than I could. I find it difficult to
trust any organisation that accepts total incompetence as the norm.

Ahh, okay, thank you! )

Living in an area that rarely has extremely bad weather, and when we do it
often by-passes us (except for major blizzards... we are in the snowbelt
region of our area so we get a ton of the stuff and I'm glad I don't have to
go out in it), we are lucky enough to not have to deal with such horrible
things, nor with the incompetence of "helpful" organizations. So thank you
for your message and the links.

*hugs*
Gem