Katrina

I know everyone has said so much about this but I don't feel like I can just ignore it. I haven't ignored it. I've watched it since it began earlier this week. I had the stream going from a local news station down south for most of the week. I've given money, tried to raise some, and volunteered to raise some more. Its unbelieveable in the same way 9/11 was unbelievable. I mean, this doesn't happen here. This doesn't happen in America. Sure we have natural disasters, lots of them. Whatever region you live in, you wear your weather or disaters like a badge on your sleeve.

"Ha, you have snow, I have earthquakes."
"Earthquakes are nothing compared to a tornado."
"We survived the blackout last year."
"NYC was shut down by snow and I stil went out in it."

We're PROUD of what we go through. But not now, not like this. Thousands of people were stranded in conditions I don't even want to think about. Days after the city should have been rescued, people were still waiting. I can't imagine what those people went through and are going through. I can't imgine the communities not covered on the news, just as devistated as NO and yet completely ignored.

I have so much to say, and yet what good will it do?

You're not ignored. You're not forgotten. I'm so very sorry the system failed you.