i just have a few questions
where is the red cross and relief for New Orleans? Why arn't there helicopters dropping food and water to the starving and dehydrated people? why are there people trapped in the middle of a puddle and no help is on the way? why have 3 days passed and still nothing? If this were to happen in any other city, would we see the same kind of help? I doubt it.
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red cross had raised over 20 million dollars by the second day of the impact, helicopters had been raising people out of the stadium on a regular basis until these crazy fucks started to fire guns at the helicopters. people in general are in a panic. there is looting. the highways and other infrastructure are completley flooded, so you cant just drive up on a truck.
its a big fucking mess. but people are trying
i disagree,
i have no doubt that money has been raised but where was the original help? why wern't there helicopters dropping food and water? yeah it takes time to raise money and to go in and rescue people and of course the conditions with the water create a huge obstacle, but there should have been relief the first day that this happened. these our our own people, our citizens, our priority. i am greatly dissapointed.
well, as i sit in a comfy chair, having had a few beers, and having watched tv for the past couple of hours... without a worry on my mind... it's easy for me to speculate...
but, then again... have i ever been right when you're in the mix? ;-)
my point exactly, the first day this thing hit i was wondering why food and water was not waiting at these peoples' disposal. and alex there is nothing to speculate, the obvious is, well... obvious. and the answer to your question is no.
First of all no one, and I mean fucking NO ONE expected Katrina to be as bad as it was. Second of all, everyone was told to evacuate the city and look at all those who didn't.
Second, a plan was not in place to provide services and rescue operations to this particular city.
Third, the governor of the State did not officially ask for help until day three, which means that the federal government has only limited power to help.
Fourth, and this comes from a British reporter speaking on NPR, America is a wealthy and arguably most powerful nation, people in America expect every problem to be fixable and done so instantly. When the Tsunami hit Asia, people did not have these expectations, thus they didn't get as angry when help didn't come. They banded together and tried to help one another. Americans don't have this mentality. We instantly got angry, angry that help didn't come before the hurricane even hit, that all our wealth, couldn't overpower nature and get rescue boats in through blocked up levies.
Look at some accounts from those who are doing the rescuing. They aren't met with gratitude, they are shot at, and asked, "What the fuck took you so long?" That's not right.
Some people blame racism, but I blame Americanism. The entire city has been evacuated in only 5 days. The Tsunami rescue efforts went on for over 30 days. Sure it is easy to ask why didn't all the helicopters go in right away, why wasn't water dropped randomly on the city, why weren't the levies clearly instantly and rescue boats allowed into the city? But logisticaly an immediate response is very difficult. It requires communication, money, a clear understanding of the problem (which wasn't possible due to no electricity and phone service in the city, and most importantly time.
Vica says that relief should have come on the first day. On the first day, most of the country didn't have an good idea of just how large the problem was. Also the entire city was underwater, so any and all help had to come from hundreds of miles away. Imagine Los Angeles getting completely flooded. How long would it take you to set up rescue and relief efforts coming out of San Francisco at the nearest that could assist one million people at once. And it has to be at once, because trickle rescue efforts, in the long run as slower than a delayed large scale effort that is organized and planned. With trickle method you strain your resources and planning time. So even though you might save the first ten people two hours after then incident, the last ten may not get rescued until a month later.
bro's before... errr,... lovely young ladies..
that's what im talkin bout, mike
mike i disagree with you and ultimately think that i am right, but based on previous experience i am not going to argue with you and just know in my head that i am right. and alex, shouldnt you be on a plane right now?
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