Isabel Damage Overwhelms Cleanup Crews [View All]

[barbaraann]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Waiting lines lengthened and frustration mounted Saturday along the broad swath of flooding and wind damage left by Hurricane Isabel as people realized that it could be days before they could savor air conditioning, a warm bath or even a hot cup of coffee.
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Next door at Silk Road, owner Lokman Balaban spread imported Turkish rugs along the cobblestones of Anne Street to dry.

"I've seen disasters," said Balaban, a Kurd from northern Iraq who opened his shop five years ago. I just returned from Iraq where I helped the U.S. military as a translator. We were helping people over there, I never dreamt I'd have a disaster over here."

Link: http://apnews.myway.com//article/20030920/D7TMAP880.html

How long before the media states the obvious: Americans are left without necessary government services while money and personnel are poured into Iraq to enrich Bush's buddies.