Robatoy wrote:

| A good friend of mine from Ft Pierce FL went immediatly after
| Katrina to try to help out. He's personally been hit badly by
| hurricanes, and felt the need to help.
| On the second day, he was told, in the strongest terms, to go home,
| "that things were under control"..they'd call him.
| He had water, a couple of generators, some fuel, food, a couple of
| walkies...

Lesson: An emergency is, almost by definition, a situation that
is not under sufficient control to protect lives and
property.

When you next speak with your friend, please pass along my
appreciation for his efforts. If I'd gone there - as I should have -
I'd have had need of his generator after the second day.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/