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Sep. 1st, 2005 11:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quidditchgrrlI have decided that I have to view what is going on along the Gulf Coast (because it's more than NO that's affected) as though it's a movie; otherwise my head will explode from pure, unaduterated rage.
People in the United States of America should not be dying of exposure and dehydration 3 days after a disaster when we can mobilize and provide relief on the other side of the world within 24 hours. The head of FEMA says that his organization has no plan to deal with people who do not have bank accounts or check books. You know, because the only people who ever need federal disaster help are suburbanites.
Still, there are bright spots, like the young man who commandeered a school bus, picked up whoever he saw along the way, and drove to Houston. That's ballsy.
Gas prices are going up and it's possible that the economy may fall into a recession based on this disaster. But if there is one person out there who is willing to take control and do whatever has to be done to help his fellow man, then there has to be hope that NO will recover, whether it is rebuilt or not.
Night, y'all.
People in the United States of America should not be dying of exposure and dehydration 3 days after a disaster when we can mobilize and provide relief on the other side of the world within 24 hours. The head of FEMA says that his organization has no plan to deal with people who do not have bank accounts or check books. You know, because the only people who ever need federal disaster help are suburbanites.
Still, there are bright spots, like the young man who commandeered a school bus, picked up whoever he saw along the way, and drove to Houston. That's ballsy.
Gas prices are going up and it's possible that the economy may fall into a recession based on this disaster. But if there is one person out there who is willing to take control and do whatever has to be done to help his fellow man, then there has to be hope that NO will recover, whether it is rebuilt or not.
Night, y'all.
