Quote:
Originally posted by lifesaver
I just dont understand how it's 2005 and were gonna have THOUSANDS who have died in this. When 8,000 died in the Galveston storm in 1900, I can understand. They had no warning. But being the weathiest, most powerful country in the world, how did this happen here in 2005? How were we this vunerable? How did we not have a plan?
|
These are the questions that we keep asking ourselves. I'm sorry, I just cannot comprehend what is happening here. We've been watching Today and they were just interviewing the head of FEMA. It sounded like this guy pretty much said that the people in New Orleans were getting help, but the pictures certainly said something completely different.
Why is this happening in our own country? It's my understanding that many other countries have already offered tangible help to us, but this assistance has been turned down? I hope I'm wrong about that!
Why can't I shake the feeling that if this devastation had happened anywhere else, the US would have had help there in 48 hours? Why can't we take care of our own country in a true time of crisis?