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States rights in the US constitution prevent the federal gov. from interveining (sending troops, releif, etc.) until they are "invited" by the governer or state ledgislature. Kinda puts a kink in our response affairs. I was in Orleans' just after it happened, working insurance situations for my company. I encountered a very ungrateful bunch of folk. ( I'm sure that there we're many there gratefull too!)

However, glad to hear that the Aussies learned from our mistakes. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" />


No disrespect, but we had exactly the same response to Cyclone Tracy in Darwin, Northern Territory, 31 years ago(1975), as we have had to Cyclone Larry...It would appear that you could learn a bit from us.

We don't all have to "learn" from the Americans.

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