Comments on: This Again http://rowhouselogic.com/2005/12/09/this-again/ Breathtaking Inanity Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:10:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: the smedley log :: Gifts we could give http://rowhouselogic.com/2005/12/09/this-again/#comment-922 the smedley log :: Gifts we could give Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:41:51 +0000 http://rowhouselogic.com/2005/12/09/this-again/#comment-922 [...] But who says all those gifts have to be trinkets of technology or token accessories we don’t really need? Who says we can’t send a gift to people we’ll never meet, people who really need it? Do you have a charity you think could use a few more bucks this holiday season? I was thinking, and writing, over at Philly Future about the importance of giving to those in need this Christmas (spurred by Chris’ post). [...] […] But who says all those gifts have to be trinkets of technology or token accessories we don’t really need? Who says we can’t send a gift to people we’ll never meet, people who really need it? Do you have a charity you think could use a few more bucks this holiday season? I was thinking, and writing, over at Philly Future about the importance of giving to those in need this Christmas (spurred by Chris’ post). […]

]]> By: Eric Dunbar http://rowhouselogic.com/2005/12/09/this-again/#comment-1192 Eric Dunbar Wed, 15 Feb 2006 18:12:55 +0000 http://rowhouselogic.com/2005/12/09/this-again/#comment-1192 Just thought you'd like to know what happened to Eric Dunbar (Why the poor stayed...). I have written and published a book about my New Orleans experience... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Author Contact: Eric Dunbar 971 E. Sanford Street, #2322 Arlington, TX 76011 Phone: 817.881.1001 Email: Eric@vinepublication.com www.vinepublication.com Download Press Release as PDF File The truth about Hurricane Katrina: A survivor’s gripping account of the desperate aftermath January 2006, Denver, Colorado “Every local and state government official knew these people could not escape the city. To add to their misery, no provisions or shelters were provided for them. If I would have had the means to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina swept across the city, surely I would have done it. But I had no other alternative but to stay in the city and pray that God would keep my wife and me safe.” It is widely known now that as Hurricane Katrina made its way toward the City of New Orleans, thousands of its citizens, who lived in poverty, were unable to evacuate. With no means that would allow escape from the impending storm, the abandoned populace would face days and nights of terror, starvation, and death. When help arrived it was too little and, for many, too late. Author Eric Dunbar and his wife were among the trapped, and from their experience comes Katrina . . . In the Aftermath of a Killer, a true-life account of what happened in the aftermath of one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. Author Dunbar provides an eloquent and chilling chronicle of the challenge to survive day after day in a city laid waste by the violent after-effects of the storm. “Conditions in New Orleans grew worse by the day. People were clinging to rooftops, they were huddled together in crowds on bridges, and dead bodies were seen floating in the morose flood waters. The water was beginning to give off a foul odor like that of raw sewage. Mosquitoes were multiplying ever so rapidly in the swamp-like water. Not to mention the pains of hunger that had now overwhelmed my whole existence, and the desire for a glass of cool water was at times, all I thought about.” The Dunbars found refuge in a school, where with many other city residents they waited, praying that someone would rescue them. “I thought within,” Dunbar writes,” that I had been abandoned to drown like a trapped sewer rat. In my exasperation many painful memories resurfaced. When I saw the sadness of the people that surrounded me, I could not help but think about all the injustices that had been dealt to Black Americans, all written on the silent pages of time.” As Eric and his wife searched for food and water, they met person after person who related the horrific happenings at the Convention Center and the Superdome, the places where many citizens were herded by the police and left to cope with the crisis on their own, in an atmosphere rife with crime. Katrina . . . In the Aftermath of a Killer is a powerful book that examines what could have been done to prevent such large-scale human suffering, and takes a look at what is happening now with the survivors and their continuing victimization. It also broadens our understanding of the history and economics of New Orleans and of its people. Book Statistics ISBN(s): 1598002392 Retail Price(s): $20.95 Size and Format(s): 6 x 9 Paperback Page count: 140 Publication Date: Dec. 2005 Availability: Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Amazon.com, B&N.com, www.outskirtspress.com/???, www.vinepublication.com Just thought you’d like to know what happened to Eric Dunbar (Why the poor stayed…). I have written and published a book about my New Orleans experience…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Author Contact:

Eric Dunbar

971 E. Sanford Street, #2322

Arlington, TX 76011

Phone: 817.881.1001

Email: Eric@vinepublication.com

www.vinepublication.com

Download Press Release as PDF File

The truth about Hurricane Katrina:

A survivor’s gripping account of the desperate aftermath

January 2006, Denver, Colorado
“Every local and state government official knew these people could not escape the city. To add to their misery, no provisions or shelters were provided for them. If I would have had the means to evacuate New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina swept across the city, surely I would have done it. But I had no other alternative but to stay in the city and pray that God would keep my wife and me safe.”

It is widely known now that as Hurricane Katrina made its way toward the City of New Orleans, thousands of its citizens, who lived in poverty, were unable to evacuate. With no means that would allow escape from the impending storm, the abandoned populace would face days and nights of terror, starvation, and death. When help arrived it was too little and, for many, too late.

Author Eric Dunbar and his wife were among the trapped, and from their experience comes Katrina . . . In the Aftermath of a Killer, a true-life account of what happened in the aftermath of one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. Author Dunbar provides an eloquent and chilling chronicle of the challenge to survive day after day in a city laid waste by the violent after-effects of the storm.

“Conditions in New Orleans grew worse by the day. People were clinging to rooftops, they were huddled together in crowds on bridges, and dead bodies were seen floating in the morose flood waters. The water was beginning to give off a foul odor like that of raw sewage. Mosquitoes were multiplying ever so rapidly in the swamp-like water. Not to mention the pains of hunger that had now overwhelmed my whole existence, and the desire for a glass of cool water was at times, all I thought about.”

The Dunbars found refuge in a school, where with many other city residents they waited, praying that someone would rescue them. “I thought within,” Dunbar writes,” that I had been abandoned to drown like a trapped sewer rat. In my exasperation many painful memories resurfaced. When I saw the sadness of the people that surrounded me, I could not help but think about all the injustices that had been dealt to Black Americans, all written on the silent pages of time.” As Eric and his wife searched for food and water, they met person after person who related the horrific happenings at the Convention Center and the Superdome, the places where many citizens were herded by the police and left to cope with the crisis on their own, in an atmosphere rife with crime.

Katrina . . . In the Aftermath of a Killer is a powerful book that examines what could have been done to prevent such large-scale human suffering, and takes a look at what is happening now with the survivors and their continuing victimization. It also broadens our understanding of the history and economics of New Orleans and of its people.

Book Statistics

ISBN(s): 1598002392

Retail Price(s): $20.95

Size and Format(s): 6 x 9 Paperback

Page count: 140

Publication Date: Dec. 2005

Availability: Ingram, Baker & Taylor, Amazon.com, B&N.com, www.outskirtspress.com/???, www.vinepublication.com

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