2005 - 09-02-05

All of the power necessary to keep these
facilities functional would be supplied by gasoline or
diesel-operated generators.

I think we should erect these "cities" in
several locations across the United States... because...
these natural disasters are not going to stop coming. I
think we should prepare for them in advance. That's
something we don't do any more: We don't prepare for things in advance.
No. We just wait for something drastic to happen... and
then... we react to it like a bunch of chickens running
around with our heads cut off.

You'll notice I haven't addressed the
problem of evacuating people and getting immediate medical
supplies to those people who have epileptic fits, convulsions,
heart attacks, or who need dialysis to stay alive. I don't
think we, as civilians, can do this. This requires
helicopters, military people trained in search and rescue,
and others who possess skills which everyday civilians simply
don't have.

The next five days particularly in New Orleans are going
to be worse than you could ever imagine. The people living
there (if you can call it "living") are actually existing in an
environment of what I choose to call "sewage soup". It's not
just water. It's water filled with urine, fecal matter,
dead bodies of humans, dead bodies of animals,
the by-product waste of petroleum materials, and so forth. And
other stuff I can't describe and I'm sure some stuff I don't even know about.

The truth is, no matter how compassionate
we are... what happens in the next five days or so is pretty
much out of our hands.

But let's use what's happened as a catalyst to
help the victims of other hurricanes and
other natural disasters you know we're going to experience in
the immediate future. We've got to prepare for these
disasters ahead of time.

You know, the idea of living in a tent city
sort of sucks, doesn't it? But it's a hell of a lot better
than wandering around homeless in a city full of "sewage
soup" desperately looking for fresh drinking water and food.
Can you imagine how good it would feel to tens of thousands
of those victims just to be able to brush their
teeth? Or take a shower? Or to sleep in a clean and snug sleeping bag
or cot?
To have enough food and water to satisfy the needs of
themselves and their family? To have a place 100 yards away
where they could get medical attention?