"Homeless left for dead in Kelowna [B.C., Canada] landslide"
CHBC and Varlet | 24.07.2003 06:11 | Social Struggles | World
"Residents fear homeless trapped in bluff collapse... The 60-metre-wide landslide completely covered an area that is a popular
camping spot for transients. It is popular among fruit pickers and other
homeless people... Despite the possibility that someone could have been trapped, area
residents say no major effort is being made to clear the debris."
camping spot for transients. It is popular among fruit pickers and other
homeless people... Despite the possibility that someone could have been trapped, area
residents say no major effort is being made to clear the debris."
While I was out distributing my previous post on the US Iraqi POW 'Camp Cropper', I came across this harrowing news dispatch from British Columbia in Canada. "Why do we need a revolution?" This is why!
--- Varlet
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Homeless left for dead in Kelowna landslide
by ashamed to be human • Tuesday July 22, 2003 at 02:16 PM
Residents fear homeless trapped in bluff collapse.
Monday, July 14, 2003
KELOWNA, B.C. - A bluff has collapsed along the shoreline of Okanagan Lake
in Penticton.
The 60-metre-wide landslide completely covered an area that is a popular
camping spot for transients. It is popular among fruit pickers and other
homeless people.
"They are frequently people from Quebec and other parts of the country
that are kind of transients," said concerned local Dr. Deiter Wittel.
"And no, they would not be noticed missing."
Despite the possibility that someone could have been trapped, area
residents say no major effort is being made to clear the debris.
The slide was first reported by former Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell
Day when he was out for his morning jog.
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www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=850a74bb-bef0-4cff-b812-608f4313b246
--- Varlet
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Homeless left for dead in Kelowna landslide
by ashamed to be human • Tuesday July 22, 2003 at 02:16 PM
Residents fear homeless trapped in bluff collapse.
Monday, July 14, 2003
KELOWNA, B.C. - A bluff has collapsed along the shoreline of Okanagan Lake
in Penticton.
The 60-metre-wide landslide completely covered an area that is a popular
camping spot for transients. It is popular among fruit pickers and other
homeless people.
"They are frequently people from Quebec and other parts of the country
that are kind of transients," said concerned local Dr. Deiter Wittel.
"And no, they would not be noticed missing."
Despite the possibility that someone could have been trapped, area
residents say no major effort is being made to clear the debris.
The slide was first reported by former Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell
Day when he was out for his morning jog.
© Copyright 2003 CHBC
www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=850a74bb-bef0-4cff-b812-608f4313b246
CHBC and Varlet