I FINALLY HEARD WORD FROM MY GOOD FRIEND FROM NEW ORLEANS. SHE IS STAYING WITH A FRIEND IN DENHAM SPRINGS, OUTSIDE OF BATON ROUGE. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR HER BEING SAFE. HER BROTHER HAD LOST EVERYTHING. THEY HAD JUST MOVED BACK TO NEW ORLEANS, HAD A BABY AND LOST EVERYTHING. HE AND HIS NEW FAMILY ARE SAFE NOW. I JUST CAN'T GET OVER THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS TRAGEDY.
I FOR ONE CANNOT COMPREHEND THE LACK OF READINESS TO GET RELIEF TO THE AREA. WE WERE WATCHING 20/20 NEWS SPECIAL THE OTHER NIGHT, AND IT SAID IT TOOK THE MILITARY 106 HOURS TO FINALLY PULL IN. THEN THEY PULLED THE RACE QUESTION. YES, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE REGION IS 2/3 AFRICAN AMERICAN IN NEW ORLEANS. WE CAN SURE AS HELL SEND OUR TROOPS TO IRAQ IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, AND CERTAINLY HAD AIDE TO GET TO THE HARD HIT TSUNAMI AREA, BUT WE CAN'T TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. THAT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT IN MY EYES. WHAT WERE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO MODE OF TRANSPORTATION SUPPOSED TO DO? I HOPE BUSH ROTS IN HELL. INSENSITIVE BASTARD.
HE WANTS TO PUNISH "ALL THE LOOTERS." I DON'T AGREE WITH THE STUPID IDIOTS WHO ARE TAKING TV'S, ELECTRONICS, ETC. BUT FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AFTER FOOD, CLOTHES, BABY FORMULA, DIAPERS, AND SHOES.....HMMM I THINK THAT SHOULD TOTALLY BE JUSTIFIED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S A FACTOR FOR SURVIVAL. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF I WERE TO BE AS SO DESPERATE TO SURVIVE, I'D RATHER LOOT THE SMALL STUFF, IE... JEWELERY OF MASS VALUE. IF I COULD USE IT AS A BARTER TRADE TO MAYBE HITCH A RIDE OUTSIDE OF THE AREA, YOU BET I WOULD. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PEEPS WHO ARE STEALING TV'S WHEN THERE IS NO POWER, LET ALONE FACE ELECTROCUTION! THAT IS STUPID. I CAN ALSO AGREE WITH STELAING TENNIS SHOES. IT'S STILL SUMMER DOWN THERE. LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE BAREFOOT, OR THEIR POSSESSIONS ARE GONE. NOT TO MENTION HOW MANY WERE PROBABLY WEARING FLIP FLOPS OR FLIMSY SANDALS?! I ALSO HAD NO IDEA HOW MANY DIALYSIS CLINICS THERE WERE. OVER 50 CLINICS! THE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN NURSING HOMES WERE DUMPED OFF AT HOSPITALS FOR THEY ALSO HAD NO POWER TO GENERATE FOR THE MACHINES PATIENTS WERE DEPENDANT ON.
WHILE TALKING ON THE PHONE WITH MY FRIEND, I COULD HEAR THE HELICOPTERS IN THE BACKGROUND FLYING OVERHEAD TO GET TO THE AREA OF NEW ORLEANS. SHE SAID THAT RIGHT NOW FOR THE RESCUE TEAMS, THEY ARE LEAVING SOME OF THE DEAD BODIES TO RESCUE THE LIVING. JUST THINK OF HOW DISEASED THE WATER IS FROM DEAD BODIES OF HUMANS, AND ANIMALS, SEWAGE,ETC. YUCK. SHE WAS ALSO EXPLAINING TO ME THAT SOME PEOPLE BEFORE THE STORM HIT WERE HAVING A HURRICANE PARTY. HOW DUMB. SHE SAID OFFICIALS HAD GONE TO AREAS AND TOLD PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT LEAVING TO EVACUATE, FOR THEM TO WRITE THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON THEIR BODIES WITH A PERMANENT MARKER. WOW! HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT INTO MIND? THAT RIGHT THERE WOULD MAKE ME WANT TO GET THE HELL OUT OF DODGE!
I STILL CAN'T GET OVER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DEPENDANT ON THEIR DAILY MEDICATIONS. SAD. LOTS OF THEM OF COURSE WERE ON DIALYSIS, DIABETES, CARDIAC, OXYGEN, ETC. TOO MUCH IN PERSPECTIVE. I DO HOPE EVERYONE WILL BE OK. I DON'T WISH TERROR ON THE INNOCENT. I DID FIND OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT STORE, SEARS, WILL MATCH YOUR CASH CONTRIBUTION. IF YOU DONATE $10, SO WILL THEY. THAT IS AWESOME TO KNOW. I WAS PLANNING ON DONATING ONLINE TO RED CROSS, BUT IF ANOTHER AGENCY IS WILLING TO MATCH MY DOLLAR, YOU BET! I'M SURE THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER BUSINESSES WILL DO THE SAME. DO IT.