Quote: MisterJLA said: That's the thing: who knows if added preparation and funds really could have made a difference?
seconded. everyone imagined it would be a rough storm, but no one imagined the extent of the damage that would be done. ill also second my brother on the subject of waiting to discuss whos "fault" it is. there will always be the people who need to blame someone else during harder times. like people who sue someone for "emotional pain" after a love one passes. the money doesnt make you feel any better and i dont see why blaming someone would either. whats happened, has happened. regardless, what needs to happen now is people need to focus on helping one another.
ive been watching the news about the hurricane days before it happened. one of my best friends is from lousiana. his immediate family moved up here four years ago, but he moved back down to go to college. all of the rest of his family lives down there right in new orleans, including his gramma whom i stayed with last october after going to the voodoo festival right in the city -which i was also planning on going to again this october
i was getting sick over the thought of what would happen to any of them and their homes, and everyone in the city. good old ellen degeneres said it best when she talked about how devasting the whole situation is. even on a materialistic level, i also agreed with how she mentioned that they just dont build houses like they did down there, anymore. new orleans has such a strong personality- like no other city in this country. so much history and character.
for me, i dont throw anything away. i keep relating the situation to myself. if i had been fortunate enough to evacute, and i had all of 5 minutes left in my house, what would be the one thing i grab. and there are so many things i would want to take. so many things i want to pass down to my family. i jsut cant imagine all those people who have nothing. who are poor and lost their jobs and houses and how they have to start all over. or the people who lost their family.
the whole thing is just so horrible. its like complete chaos. as if it wasnt bad enough that the whole event happened. now there are snipers and rapists and looters. its just awful. all the people who worked so hard to build up the areas and make them so much nicer than they have been in past decades. all i do now is watch and listen to the news and it makes me so sad that i cant do anything. any amount of money i can donate just doesnt feel like im helping. i want so badly to go down there and volunteer time, but since im going to school and now because its so ridiculously unsafe there, it makes it impossible
