The devestation caused by Hurricane Katrina is unreal. A category four hurricane hit a city that is below sea level- New Orleans. Which is under 20 feet of water right now. It is going to take a long time to drain that water. The citizens there have been told to evacuate the city without knowing when or if they can return to where they have called home. The citizens were warned about this hurricane and told to leave. Many did not heed this warning and as a result thousands are dead, missing, or trapped on roofs. On News Channel 5 they were showing people in Alabama who were chanting "help!" and getting mad at the other citizens of the U.S. for not helping them. There is no food or water. City officials have said they need to get out of the city within 24 hours. Places such as the Superdome that were safe havens for victims are now being evacuated. They are being transported to the Astrodome in Houston. They were taking them by the busloads yesterday, today they are supposedly going to be flown out on 737's. New Orleans is a complete disaster. The people are looting and shooting to get food, whats worse is that some of the police officers have turned in their badges and joined the looters. Yesterday the evacuation process was stopped when some idiots started shooting at the rescuers. I mean c'mon, you are screaming for help and then when help arrives you shoot at them? Oh yea that's how you get more people to come down and help you. They were told that Katrina was coming and they were not safe and that they needed to leave. But did they listen? Nope. Now some democrats and some liberals are blaming President Bush for Katrina. They are saying that it is his fault because he has done nothing to stop global warming. Look there is nothing that man could have done, no one could have stopped Katrina. It was a force of nature, and as we can't control nature, there was nothing that could have been done other than to wait until the wrath of Katrina was done. Several college students are displaced by Katrina are now looking for a place to go. The UM schools are opening their doors to those students. UMSL has a bit on their home page saying how the late fees will be waived and students will be placed in classes. The American Red Cross is taking donations to help those hurt by Katrina. Alpha Phi Omega and Pi Kappa Alpha will be collecting donations for the Red Cross on the UMSL campus soon. More info on that to come. Pray for those hurt by Katrina.
Update: The American Red Cross and the National Guard are doing everything possible to get supplies to people. President Bush is working as hard as he possible can. As for being able to go down to the areas affected by Katrina, we can't-its too dangerous. The Missouri National Guard was sent to help those areas. Evacuation is not as easy as it sounds, some people are trapped in attics or standed on roofs. Rescue teams are working as fast and as hard as possible to save every life they can. Calling people names or raging at them because things are going fast enough for you isn't going to get you anywhere. Money and donations are coming in from every venue and being distributed as we speak. There are somethings in this world we can not control. All we can do is whatever is humanly possible and pray. I live in Missouri, the worst that happens to us is tornados and I hate those awful things. I have seen damage from floods, tornados, fires, heavy storms, and earthquakes. My heart goes out to all those hurt by Katrina. All we can ask is be patient, help is coming, and when they come, don't shoot at them.
5 comments:
are you stupid? no one is blaming Bush for the storm...they are outraged at the lack of rescue efforts, it should have been a knee jerk reaction...IMMEDIATE...it is now FRIDAY (read FIVE FULL DAYS) and these people...children included...are dying because they don't have the basic necessities to survive. i wouldn't expect anyone who can defend the president at a time like to this to understand that over 20% of the people in new orleans already lived below that poverty line and didn't have the money, or transportation, to evacuate in the first place. you are complaining about not having gas to go to school...these people didn't gas to get out of town. it's no wnoder this world is what it is...you go damn idiot.
Ok so obviously it's not a person's fault, and it's not global warming. Aparently the Southeastern US was hit by many hurricanes in the 1950s and then it was quiet for awhile, and in the 1990s more started to hit. It seems to be a pattern that comes and goes every few years. It's just an bad thing that happened and people need to come together to get through it.
Oh yes, that will save those people - post ANONYMOUSLY on a blog and bitch that the largest disaster in American history isn't cleaned up overnight.
There's a major city friggin UNDERWATER, mmkay? This is what is called a DISASTER. A MAJOR hurricane and BROKEN levees are way beyond anything most people have any clue about (myself included). Nice that you framed it as part of some Marxist class struggle.
What is the President supposed to do, exactly? Clap his hands and say "a la peanut butter sandwich" and make it all better?
Oops.
Nod to Matt Drudge, who says "WHY DIDN'T YOU DEPLOY THE BUSES DURING THE MANDATORY EVACUATION, MAYOR?..."
I doubt FEMA is to blame for this one...
Wow. Kathyrn Lopez over at NRO points out that before Katrina hit,
Bush asked the Governor to declare a mandatory evacuation:
"Gov. Kathleen Blanco, standing beside the mayor at a news conference, said President Bush called and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation for the low-lying city, which is prone to flooding."
So no one would do anything until the President called up and said, "Y'all gonna get out of town?" Aiieeee.
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