Hurricane Ranting
Aug. 31st, 2005 01:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
llcoolvadThree days of watching reports from New Orleans and Gulfport, and I'm starting to feel completely overwhelmed with the tragedy. I keep hearing about how this is our tsunami, but we're not a third world country! This didn't come upon us suddenly -- there was plenty of warning! Why did so many have to die?!
I heard a report on NPR about how New Orleans has always had a fatalistic side to it, knowing that it was only a matter of time before they'd end up underwater. And I had certainly heard that often enough before this whole storm. So if that was the case, why didn't they have a better evacuation plan in place? One that would have enough places for people to go, and would have ways for the housebound or infirm to actually GET to these places?
I tried to find a few local government websites on Gulfport and they're just...gone. Much like some sites were gone after 9/11. The local New Orleans paper is not producing actual printed copies, just online editions. They're moving all the Superdome people to the Astrodome (which makes for an interesting story to tell, but not something I'd want to be able to claim!) in Houston. It's all so sad.
Can someone please tell me why people leave their animals behind when they evacuate?!
And hey, thank god the president cut short his vacation by two whole days to take care of this. Those people should feel better already.
I heard a report on NPR about how New Orleans has always had a fatalistic side to it, knowing that it was only a matter of time before they'd end up underwater. And I had certainly heard that often enough before this whole storm. So if that was the case, why didn't they have a better evacuation plan in place? One that would have enough places for people to go, and would have ways for the housebound or infirm to actually GET to these places?
I tried to find a few local government websites on Gulfport and they're just...gone. Much like some sites were gone after 9/11. The local New Orleans paper is not producing actual printed copies, just online editions. They're moving all the Superdome people to the Astrodome (which makes for an interesting story to tell, but not something I'd want to be able to claim!) in Houston. It's all so sad.
Can someone please tell me why people leave their animals behind when they evacuate?!
And hey, thank god the president cut short his vacation by two whole days to take care of this. Those people should feel better already.
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Date: 2005-08-31 07:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-31 07:58 pm (UTC)Anyway, I would kick up a HUGE fuss at the shelter until they let me bring my pet in. In fact, I'd stand directly outside the door with my cat carriers and stare inside until they let me in. I bet it would work. Hopefully I'll never have to know.
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