Forwarded: from Natchez about the hurricane

[Guest guest]

LazarusRH Dr. Calvin Poole, MD

Sun Sep 4, 2005 12:01 pm

 

Forwarded: from Natchez about the hurricane

 

Hello Erika and everyone,

Made it through the hurricane. Actually have some electricity now,

but Natchez and the surrounding areas have run out of gas, food and

living space.

Crime has increased exponentially with the gangs coming out of New

Orleans to fresh meat, so I would not be surprised if a race war

occurred.

Now a comment for several people that made comments that would make

it seem a racial problem.

 

1) All the blacks are out of New Orleans. There are still white

families stuck on roofs in St. Bernard's parish (Louisiana has

parishes rather than counties). They have received NO attention

from the press.

 

2) I am sorry, but this was a hurricane and God or whatever your

higher power, poe-aumakua, etc. sent the disaster, not the whites or

the Bush government. It affected white and black alike. The mayor

of New Orleans who is black is not the leader that the mayor of New

York was during the 9/11 crisis. Rather than taking control, he

whined and cursed on television that he was not being taken care of

promptly.

 

3)All the white churches in Natchez have opened their doors and done

relief efforts. Not one of the black churches has done so. And

yes, Natchez is mostly black and has a black mayor.

 

4)It is very bad down here and probably going to get worse.

 

5) There comes a time in life when whining doesn't get it, you have

to get off your ass and get things done yourself. As Doc put

it, " Get Shit Done "

 

6) It is a difficult time down here and it does not help with nay

sayers and people with their own agenda getting on television and

screaming racism. There is plenty of racism down here, ON BOTH

SIDES, but let's get through the emergency first and then work on

the problems rather than whining.

 

7) I am not even going to start on the problems that we have

encountered at the hospital, and how much work I have had to do.

Work has tripled and we have been cursed and threatened (yes, with

physical violence) for days. Every threat toward the doctors and

nurses, both black and white, have come from blacks.

 

Don't really worry if I pissed someone off or not, but there are two

sides to the story and the one that you are getting from the media

is not totally correct.

Thank you for the prayers, and please continue them for all of us in

the Southland.

 

Calvin Poole