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200mph cyclone! - then wait for it

Ilyan | 02.01.2003 07:24

Irony or despair? The Solomon Islands Rescue Story.

Wait for it
Posted by: Ilyan on indycymru.org.uk 1.1.2003 09.05 pm

Hot off the press before it happened! When the first report of the 200 mph Solomons Island Cyclone came in, President Bush immediately ordered Rescue.

Within hours an Aircraft was on its way from the Gulf to parachute in paramedics, skilled rescuers, and surgeons. Another plane will be following within hours ready to drop more rescuers if necessary.

Or was it the Australians?

Meanwhile, in the real world, a boat from Honaria is struggling to make top speed across some 700 kilometers of ocean having been delayed while a bankrupt Government searched for money to buy fuel.

Climate change is hitting. Western greed and waste of resources is having unforeen effects.

Congratulations to Dubya for stopping that Kyoto nonsense. It will not be as bad as all that, when the rescuers arrive there might be only a dozen or so injured in need of treatment.

Ilyan

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  1. sorry can't get the irony — is it just me?
  2. Re: Wait for the Wind — Ilyan
  3. Useful link — Solidarity South Pacific
  4. Cyclone holdups partly explained - — Maridunum