Why aren't bottled water companies & food chains handing out free

[glarius]

supplies to the poor souls who have been made homeless and left with nothing?....They could even let their labels be seen by the cameras so they would get some good publicity....Watching the horrific scenes on television, I can't believe they haven't done this before now!

[Child_Of_Isis]

1. It costs money.

You don't actually think corporations care about people do you?

[phish420]

16. Almost word for word

what I wanted to say

[bhunt70]

2. some are, I heard of a beer company doing this but can't remember

which one. I'm sure a lot of companies will be doing this.

[NaturalHigh]

6. Budweiser

I read it in another thread.

[glarius]

Beer is okay....but what they need is water and food!

nt

[NaturalHigh]

8. Budweiser is sending water.

[glarius]

11. Oh.....I misunderstood.....

LOL

[bhunt70]

9. I meant the beer company was bottling water.

I'd hope they get some real fluids in them instead of beer.

[Hello_Kitty]

7. Someone checked. It's on another DU link.

But I'm too busy surfing to find it. :)

[madeline_con]

13. here. Bud water...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4543942&mesg_id=4544010

[applegrove]

3. Can't they airdrop bottled water? It floats doesn't it? Just drop it

everywhere. This is day three.

[Hello_Kitty]

4. Some have started

Budweiser is canning water to send out there and Costco is getting together a huge shipment. Hopefully, the rest of the big bottlers and food distributors will get on board too. The big hurdle will be getting it to the people quickly.

[clitzpah queen]

5. ABSOfuckinglutely!

I've been saying this in all my emails and other posts over the last 2 days. Also, why not massive Bottled Water/Food Drops? It's approaching genocide....

[leftofthedial]

10. It would be incredibly great advertising

if, say, Aquafina trucks and bottles were everywhere in coverage of the rescues, refugees and rebuilding . . .

I would think.

But then what do I know? I can't even get a fucking job.

[jokerman93]

14. the irony of it

just makes you want to weep.

:toast:

[leftofthedial]

15. there are so many ironies and ironic images in this disaster

the image of casino barges dropped on top of houses is just so ironic I can't stand it.

I don't want to work for the kind of idiots who don't want to hire me. Know what I mean?

:toast:

[madeline_con]

12. Give them time to get it there.

I hate DUH-bya as much as the next guy.

I have to say a lot probably would already be done, but like anything else the governmet sticks its nose in, things are royally screwed up in the distribution dept. on the Gulf coast right now.