Something Else To Talk About
Our nation has had a horrific tragedy in the destruction of New Orleans and the Gulf coast by Hurricane Katrina. As I have said in a previous post, I do not watch the news, but I am still inundated by the swirling of the blame game going on. America is watching a natural tragedy unfolding into a human tragedy in the center of our nation and trying to find someone to blame because we were unprepared.
We built a city in a bowl surrounded by a lake and tried to hold back the water. Yes, I am sure that it was a beautiful town, rich in history and culture, (I have never visited Louisiana) but now it is a sewage infested lake that happens to be where a city once stood. Mother Nature does not play favorites and has once again shown that even the richest nation in the world is no match for her fury. We have shown that we can't stop earthquakes and tornadoes, what makes us think that a hurricane is any different.
On the human side of the tragedy, people are going to hurt, be killed and suffer. That is why it is a tragedy. People without a means were given the opportunity to leave and buses left with empty seats. Take some personal responsibility if you were given the means and ignored the warnings. For those who had no other choice, how do you prioritize an emergency of that magnitude? Water, water everywhere and not a drop of fuel. How many people were sending different orders that countered orders by someone else who was in charge? Sound confusing, think about it. Local, state and federal all with a different priority.
Supplies were rushed down to provide assistance to those who refused to heed the warnings that a hurricane was coming and it may fill up the bowl you live in. Then, some of the one's that refused to leave even started shooting at those who arrived to help. Talk about sending Snake Pliskin in to do the next installment in Escape From New Orleans. Kurt Russel for Governor.
One thing is for sure, we never seem to learn from our mistakes. The nostalgia of looking back at the good old days always seems to win out as the open wounds heal to scabs and then scar over. Those who ignore that mistakes of the past... It is so much easier to remember how great things were than remember the pain. When it comes to rebuilding New Orleans, there should be a sign at the state line stating, "If you are coming here to live, bring your own clean fill dirt."
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Cobb
We built a city in a bowl surrounded by a lake and tried to hold back the water. Yes, I am sure that it was a beautiful town, rich in history and culture, (I have never visited Louisiana) but now it is a sewage infested lake that happens to be where a city once stood. Mother Nature does not play favorites and has once again shown that even the richest nation in the world is no match for her fury. We have shown that we can't stop earthquakes and tornadoes, what makes us think that a hurricane is any different.
On the human side of the tragedy, people are going to hurt, be killed and suffer. That is why it is a tragedy. People without a means were given the opportunity to leave and buses left with empty seats. Take some personal responsibility if you were given the means and ignored the warnings. For those who had no other choice, how do you prioritize an emergency of that magnitude? Water, water everywhere and not a drop of fuel. How many people were sending different orders that countered orders by someone else who was in charge? Sound confusing, think about it. Local, state and federal all with a different priority.
Supplies were rushed down to provide assistance to those who refused to heed the warnings that a hurricane was coming and it may fill up the bowl you live in. Then, some of the one's that refused to leave even started shooting at those who arrived to help. Talk about sending Snake Pliskin in to do the next installment in Escape From New Orleans. Kurt Russel for Governor.
One thing is for sure, we never seem to learn from our mistakes. The nostalgia of looking back at the good old days always seems to win out as the open wounds heal to scabs and then scar over. Those who ignore that mistakes of the past... It is so much easier to remember how great things were than remember the pain. When it comes to rebuilding New Orleans, there should be a sign at the state line stating, "If you are coming here to live, bring your own clean fill dirt."
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Cobb
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