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Chile troops, police clamp down on post-earthquake looting
~Jonathan Franklin

~More than 10,000 troops have been deployed to patrol the city of Concepción and outlying areas hit hard by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake. But even as the first contingents fanned out on foot and in army tanks, they seemed unable to contain the chaos.
In Concepción, looters set fire to a department store and supermarket, sending heavy smoke billowing over the heavily damaged city. Rescue workers continued to dig through the rubble yesterday in an effort to reach survivors inside a 14-story building that toppled during the earthquake.
~Editilla Gotta'Ax~Hey! What Is You People's Problem?
Isn't this stuff just Disaster Myth for the most part?
Let's Ax Da'Wizad FEMA Disaster Management Scholar!
~[Disaster management scholar Joseph Trainor observed that “…people are not victims of disasters, they are survivors…People are adaptive and altruistic, mass rioting and mass looting are just disaster myths for the most part…”] (USA Today)
~The only way to Stop these Media Myth-Making Punks like FEM'MAN Joseph Trainor, or ASCECORPS Titan Gerald Galloway, or Exquisite Corps Ho'z of OPP from Spinning their insipid and debilitating Disaster Myths is to put the Hounds on their ass right out of the gate. Editilla'willa run these Hounds back to Hell, call it the Neo'Kat Shorthand Jive!
We...Are...BEOTCHWOLF! Ahem, yes, well, but really...
We must Tag and Identify these Evil Spin'filtraitors now, because we will get another hurricane, again Natural Disaster.
Then, there is a High Probability that the Corps' remaining Bad Failed Floodwalls may fail, again Man Made Disaster.
Then, we will have water in our hearts and blood on our hands... ---again Humanitarian Disaster.
We know there is Trauma going down in Chili.
We know this is No Disaster Myth.

Careful What You Wish For ~American Zombie

Rose report is awfully cute, also plain awful ~The Lens

The Frayed Blue Line~Adrastos

Speaking of Hell'Hounds
~For some companies, let's call them Hurricane stocks, the opportunity to take part in the Gulf recovery means a great deal of more business in the short term. For others, it may mean more business for many years to come.
Hurricane stocks are companies that are needed right now.
Some Hurricane and rebuilding stocks have already jumped and retreated. But the point to remember is that while the hurricanes resulted in an immediate need to help those in dire need, they also ushered in a new era, an era when governments and people in the U.S. and around the world know they can do more to recover from disasters and minimize the consequences.
So keep an eye on companies that will be at the center of the Disaster and Prevention theme for years to come.
~Editilla Eyeballas~Oh yes, we have every intention of Keeping the Tilla'Eye on these carpetbagger investment port'0'princes of industry and commerce.
Dat'CAT is outta'da Bag, eh t'chu Slabbed?

Bad Faith Insurers Safeco (Liberty Mutual) and Republic coming to scam coast residents ~slabbed~Republic is an interesting carrier.
Its corporate parent is American Financial Group which conducts business under the trade name Great American Insurance Company. Republic’s corporate parent sports a BBB credit rating and ranks at number 19 on the FBIC bad faith insurer list.
What I found interesting it is run by Carl Lindner’s son.
I remember Mr Lindner’s name from my time swing trading Chiquita as the man that sanctioned crop dusting Chiquita’s Central American fields hands in the name of productivity and paying off the FARC (Marxist Narco Terrorists) along with price fixing and a laundry list of other unsavory business.

The Economics of Natural Disasters~Terri Cullen

Of course maybe there is a Way to let Schrodinger's CAT outta da'Box? Steal This Plan
~Sue Loomans, executive director of the Wisconsin Green Building Alliance, said it is important to provide better, longer-lasting infrastructure through the rebuilding effort.
“As we have seen in post-(Flood)/Katrina New Orleans, sustainability can grow from disaster,” she said. “Although always tragic, situations like the disaster in Haiti allow us the opportunity to create a built environment that is healthier for the people and the planet and more resistant to damage from future earthquakes, hurricanes and impacts of climate change.”

After the Debris Clears
~Qina Liu, Buzzsaw
~Although many people no longer discuss Hurricane Katrina, the reality of the devastation continues in New Orleans. For Joyeta Basu, an Ithaca College senior who traveled to New Orleans this past January, the fact that the surrounding area was still touched by Katrina after five years was most jarring. “There would be houses that would be completely destroyed right next to foundation that was remnants of a house sometime in the past, and it basically looked like the destruction that they showed by the news when it was on TV,” Basu said. “You would think that after so many years, things would have gotten a lot better.”
Yet for many New Orleans victims living in the 7th and 9th Wards, that is certainly not the case. When the levees broke after Katrina, so did their lifeline.
~Bold emphasis all Editilla~
We need to Cherry'O this author for avoiding the Evil Katrina Shorthand! Thankz youz, Qina Liu, for telling it the way it was.


'Real answers' on levee crisis are hard to find~Bret McCormick

David Vitter files bill to stop updating flood maps

US Senators criticise FEMA’s proposed disaster recovery plan

Profession told to "engineer" a new name~Peter Marsh
~“Rather than spend their time complaining that people fail to understand what they do, professional engineers should take a pro­active stance on what their image should be. One way to do this could be to devise a new name [for the profession],” said Ian Louden, Head of Brand HOB) at ArcelorMittal, the world’s biggest steel company. Mr Louden’s comments came after Dick Olver, chairman of aerospace group BAE Systems, told the Financial Times that the people who fix gas boilers should stop calling themselves engineers.
According to Mr Olver, using “engineer” to describe people who did jobs that required relatively few qualifications detracted from the image of professional engineers and discouraged young people from seeking jobs in the field.
~Precisely sayz Dear Editilla! Who'z on First?~
Names matter, but titles are given when the game is over, to wit: Looter, Disaster Management Scholar, Corps of Engineers, murderer, criminal, punk, gimp, perp...
To Date, We The People have Not Gotten One Single Name of the Engineers that designed and built our Failed Floodwalls and Devastated New Orleans 8/29/05. No one has been disciplined or, heaven fore fend, Fired --only transferred "out of theater".
~So allow us to name them Perp, title: Branded Coward.

Punk Engineering Retard Plug
Be on Da'Lookout!!! ~Perp exhibits a fetish for cross-dressing in US Army Fatigues with Bright'n'Shinny New White Hard Hats.
Perp is Addicted to Red Castle Cool Aid, thus look for staining on the tongue, brown nose, and glazed look of underestimated profit.
Perp can be easily spotted by their inability to use a Slide Rule or operate a Port'A'Let without Congressional funding.

The City Care Unlimited forgot ~Your Right Hand Thief

Ever tried antelope stew?
How about lamb lollipops?
~Loyd J. Nelson III
Those with a taste for the wild side don’t have to look any further than the 13th Annual Wild Game Supper in Larose. The annual fundraiser for the Larose Regional Park and Civic Center is set for 6:45 p.m. March 25 at the Civic Center, 307 E. Fifth St. For those who purchase VIP tickets for $500, the meal begins at 5:30 p.m.

Paying Parking Meters
~David Winkler-Schmit

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Dont let Da'Doh hit'ya...

StoryCorps to spend a month recording memories of 140 in New Orleans~Bruce Nolan

Who wrote...?
"My favorite New Orleans things"~Blake Pontchartrain

Return to the Dew Drop
~Still Singing the Blues