Blogcritics: Comments on Salvage Me

Comment by Phillip Winn

Sun, 4 Sep 2005 10:02:57 EDT

Wow, great story, Dew!

Comment by Natalie Davis

Sat, 3 Sep 2005 21:21:19 EDT

Five, actually: Georgia and Kentucky saw damage too, though not on the same scale as the others.

Comment by DrPat

Sat, 3 Sep 2005 20:53:46 EDT

Thanks for also raising the point that it is not only New Orleans that is devastated. This disaster hit three states, not just the Big Easy...

Comment by Lynn Hoover

Sat, 3 Sep 2005 20:47:55 EDT

Shame on Carnival Cruise. What a bunch of hipocrates. I just heard they were going to offer the HOLIDAY ship to shelter the homeless- meanwhile they just marooned me and my wife and all the other HOLIDAY passengers in Tampa refusing to return us to mobile where we shipped out from on thier cruise and now they are offering to "shelter" the homeless? They didn't even shelter thier own cruise clients and FORCED everyone off of thir ship in Tampa instead of Mobile where we shipped out from! I am so mad at this hipocrisy! They boarded up all the windows on the cruise during the hurricane. They were too cheap to stay in port in cozemel so forced all of us to float around in the gulf instead of staying ported in cozemel. Then, instead of returning us to Mobile where we shipped out of they forced us all out of the boat in Tampa NO REFUND! And many of us are still trying to get our cars which are still in mobile! What a joke. SHAME ON CARNIVAL.

Comment by Dew

Sat, 3 Sep 2005 13:40:42 EDT

Thank you all for the well wishes. Things here are improving. Power is being restored faster and further south working its way to the coast. I have no idea how they will begin to tackle the problem there or in New Orleans. News of Mobile, Alabama has been scarce but they were just as devastated. The mayor of Jackson is working with the city council to get evacuees enrolled in area schools hopefully there are efforts such as these going on in all relief areas.

Comment by D L Ennis

Sat, 3 Sep 2005 02:17:26 EDT

Happy that you are well! D L

Comment by Cerulean

Sat, 3 Sep 2005 02:09:11 EDT

Very well-written. It could be professional. You should publish that in a newpaper or magazine.

Comment by Natalie Davis

Fri, 2 Sep 2005 23:22:01 EDT

Dew! So glad to see your prose again, though sad to hear of your trials. Please stay safe and stay in touch. BC is a sadder, colder, lonelier place without your presence.

Comment by Joanie

Fri, 2 Sep 2005 22:56:42 EDT

I'm glad you're safe and wish you continued safety. Thank you for providing us a look into your experiences.

Comment by Al Barger

Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:43:00 EDT

I can also understand a bit of sensitivity here on some of the racial issues. There's been quite a bit of varied political and social foolishness from various sides shoehorned into this terrible situation. I will note, however, that such foolishness comes not just from one side of the political aisle, as per this Blogcritics post. Also, please do not hold Bill O'Reilly's nonsense against President Bush. He's certainly no spokesman for the administration. I note that you answered my previous question about distance in the first sentence of your column. My only defense is that I was so excited to see you back that I read too quickly.

Comment by Al Barger

Fri, 2 Sep 2005 14:35:13 EDT

Miss Dew! Glad to see you back in print, and especially with a strong and timely report from the affected area. Obviously New Orleans has gotten the worst of this, but this goes out a long ways. How far is Jackson from New Orleans, anyway?