Rescue for Ike´s holdouts by Silvia Szarkova

Hundreds of holdouts denied the rescue although they were left to see the first dangerous waves of hurricane Ike- they were left on their own and they stayed at their houses watching their pets and cattle. Fortunately, there are many people to help them, if they will have intention to be rescued- National Guard trucks decided to help to all people like this- and went with a convoy to this small cattle town- Hackberry in Louisiana- which have been heavily devastated by hurricane Ike.

The convoy of National Guards was led by Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife airboats and contained also Cajun special flat- bottomed boats. It was a dangerous mission, they had to fight winds left after Ike with stamina, floods to reach these holdouts and farmers- but maybe the toughest thing was to rescue someone with no intention to leave his home.

"About 300 stayed in Hackberry," said confused and irritated Robert Swire, Cameron Parish sheriff's deputy. He had no idea why they denied to left when saw the danger. "They shouldn't have done that," he added.

On its way, hurricane Ike left behind devastated Galveston and Houston high-rises and about 5 million of people without power. It will take about two weeks to mend the power. Some 2.3 million people were evacuated in Texas and Louisiana, but about 100, 000 refused evacuation along the whole 200-mile danger zone.

By Sunday, Ike had been categorized a grade lower- just a tropical depression instead of Category 2 hurricane. Sergeant Peter Legle, former Marine Corps officer, said of those who voluntary decided to stay at their homes: "These are the most self-sufficient people in the country. It's frustrating sometimes, but I understand where they're coming from," he said.
After a one-day action of rescueing them, lot of them still decided to not leave their homes. Any attempts ended up on Sunday morning as rescuers went back to their work. Hope, those who were hasitating won´t be sorry.


related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080915/ts_csm/aike;_ylt=AkVrDrDWp_4icFGbr.E430Cs0NUE

by Silvia Szarkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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