BLOG #2/WEEK 4
Currently I am watching CNN and reading AOL news; I can't imagine what the evacuees from Texas and New Orleans are going through.
"Things happen for a reason" is something I say on occasion.
I would not say that about this:
A bus full of edlerly evacuees catching fire and killing at least two dozen;
thousands of cars, all nearly full of passengers, running out of gas, waiting on gas;
oh, and this... that goverment officials around the US are not willing to make "small" sacrifices in order to help victims of Katrina and Rita.
If goverment officials are not willing to give up money that they were planning to use in order to finish a bike path in New Jersey, for instance, in order to give people back "a life," then how can we honestly say that we are all sending our thoughts and prayers for those who need it most?
Thousands of homes are expected to be destroyed in Texas. Tens of thousands of people without families will have nowhere to go.
Here is a link to AOL NEWS, which has links to numerous other updates and what not, and it also has pictures of what is going on: http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050918114309990001&ncid=NWS00010000000001
I don't know how it feels, and hopefully I will never have to.
But I don't understand why the people in New Orleans that are LIVING, more like STORED, in that devastated arena are still there. That seems like murder to me.
And President Bush cancelled his trip to Texas. He claims that he feels his arrival would delay hurricane relief... hmph. Maybe..
Also, hurricane Rita is now headed toward the highest level of oil refinery, in and around New Mexico. This could delay gasoline deliveries for months.
Doesn't it make sense that the higher the gas prices, the less people will get out?
Therefore, the less people get out, the less money and customers businesses will get.
Wonderful.
"Things happen for a reason" is something I say on occasion.
I would not say that about this:
A bus full of edlerly evacuees catching fire and killing at least two dozen;
thousands of cars, all nearly full of passengers, running out of gas, waiting on gas;
oh, and this... that goverment officials around the US are not willing to make "small" sacrifices in order to help victims of Katrina and Rita.
If goverment officials are not willing to give up money that they were planning to use in order to finish a bike path in New Jersey, for instance, in order to give people back "a life," then how can we honestly say that we are all sending our thoughts and prayers for those who need it most?
Thousands of homes are expected to be destroyed in Texas. Tens of thousands of people without families will have nowhere to go.
Here is a link to AOL NEWS, which has links to numerous other updates and what not, and it also has pictures of what is going on: http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050918114309990001&ncid=NWS00010000000001
I don't know how it feels, and hopefully I will never have to.
But I don't understand why the people in New Orleans that are LIVING, more like STORED, in that devastated arena are still there. That seems like murder to me.
And President Bush cancelled his trip to Texas. He claims that he feels his arrival would delay hurricane relief... hmph. Maybe..
Also, hurricane Rita is now headed toward the highest level of oil refinery, in and around New Mexico. This could delay gasoline deliveries for months.
Doesn't it make sense that the higher the gas prices, the less people will get out?
Therefore, the less people get out, the less money and customers businesses will get.
Wonderful.