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After having already abandoned the intellectual highway for the dirt road, Kuhls drives his argument straight into a lake by rattling off a history of big time players and schools who have gotten themselves into hot water with the NCAA...
...That was a choice they made for themselves. George Kelly Lewisville, Texas, U.S. Katrina was the first disaster. The response by fema [the Federal Emergency Management Agency] was the second. Shame on those in charge. Shame on us if we let the government get away with it. Kenis Sweet Lake George, New York, U.S. To Rebuild - or Not Walter Isaacson's viewpoint "How To Bring the Magic Back" [Sept. 12] stated that New Orleans "needs to restore itself authentically rather than produce a theme-park re-creation." A fire reshaped Chicago's destiny, and an earthquake remolded San Francisco...
...hour after the troops rise at 7 a.m. for a breakfast of MREs and Propel Fortified Water, Reall gives them their mission: a "windshield survey," from their vehicles, of Westlake, a small community northwest of Lake Charles. "We don't want you getting out unless you come across a significantly collapsed structure that looks like it might have somebody in it," Reall says. Primarily, the team will log significant areas of damage. Dr. Randy Marriott gives a medical briefing. In addition to the usual hazards-such as the power lines-rescuers are told to watch out for pit vipers...
...involved, which doesn't sit well with the firefighters. The Ohio team stayed at the Reliant Center sports arena in Houston from Friday night, as the storm gathered off the shore and then struck, until around 7 p.m. Saturday to finally get word on whether they were headed to Lake Charles or Port Arthur-or home to Ohio. Even then, as the group broke camp and was ready to roll in 16 minutes, "we still haven't gotten the order-officially," said Aungst, rolling his eyes. Later, Dennis Waldbillig of Cincinnati explains. "We're all get up and go type...
...Chuck Wagoner of the West Chester, Ohio, Fire Department, pointing at a huge knife hung on Wagoner's shoulder strap. "Trust me. They're nice to have," says the tall and stocky former Navy SEAL. "It's for two-legged animals as well as four." Once shuttled to the Lake Charles Municipal Airport the group sits for an hour or more awaiting helicopters to transport them. "It's get geared up and then you wait," says Bond. "Unfortunately, that's how disasters work...