Re: Massachusetts isn't good enough for N.O. people
Airlift to Cape suspended: Victims want to stick closer to home<br />By Thomas Caywood<br />Wednesday, September 7, 2005 - Updated: 07:38 AM EST<br /><br />Plans to house some 2,500 Hurricane Katrina refugees on Cape Cod were suspended last night after federal officials told governors of host states that many of the survivors want to remain closer to home. <br /> <br /> Many evacuees prefer to remain in the region as they resolve issues concerning the status of property, employment and the safety of loved ones,'' said an urgent announcement to the states by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. <br /> <br /> The notice did not explain how long the states should remain on standby, but Gov. Mitt Romney pledged to remain ready if Massachusetts is needed. We have the money, we have the housing and we have the emergency personnel,'' Romney spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom told the Associated Press. We stand by and are ready to assist.'' <br /> <br /> The first planeload of refugees had been expected to land at Otis Air National Guard Base today, where an army of volunteers was forming yesterday to greet them. They included Red Cross volunteer Karen Postal of Andover, a psychologist who raided her son's stuffed animal collection and drove to Otis yesterday to stand by for the incoming flights from Texas. <br /> <br /> Our job is to take people's hands if necessary. To welcome them and lead them through the process,'' said Postal, who was awoken after midnight yesterday by the call asking her to help out with the arrival operation. <br /> <br /> Hundreds of doctors, nurses and disaster relief workers were setting up a processing center in a hangar yesterday, as a steady stream of people eager to help arrived across the base at the Barnstable County Sheriff's office. <br /> <br /> They're coming here saying, What can I do?' I say, Are you willing to work right now?' They said yes, so they're being trained to man our call center for intake of new volunteers,'' said David Vieira of Barnstable Sheriff's Office. <br /> <br /> Bill and Kyra Davis of Yarmouthport, a retired couple, were among the first to show up. Bill Davis said he's happy to sling hash or scrub pots if he's needed. This just breaks my heart,'' Davis said of the refugees' plight. <br /> <br /> In Boston, lawmakers yesterday pledged $25 million to pay for the relocation of Hurricane Katrina refugees on Cape Cod as Boston's Black Ministerial Alliance announced an adopt-a-family'' program to make evacuees feel at home in Massachusetts. <br /> <br /> State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson (D-Roxbury) today will announce an appeal for aid, particularly from the region's black community. So many of us, almost to the person, has a connection and history to the South, and are looking at this thing and saying there but for the grace of God,'' she said. <br /> <br /> Processing plans included police checks on refugees' names, and medical and mental health assessments and treatment. Dr. Todd Holzman of the Department of Mental Health said, This is a population that has been under tremendous stress.''
<br />What the hell is wrong with these peoples in this country today? they don't appreciates anything, they take everything for granted. I wish we have the ability to say forget about them and let them dig themselve out of their own feces. These peoples should get send to a third world country where there are no goverment assistance and nobody give a rat *** about them. When they come back they would be grateful for a cardboard box over their head.
