Advice to those who live in New Orleans
Just ran into this blog:
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What I Learned From Hurricane Katrina
Having been inundated by the surge of media coverage on the year since Katrina, I'm sure you're tired of it. But perhaps not. Here's my little commentary on What I Learned From Hurricane Katrina:1. Don't live anywhere that is below sea level and in close proximity to the sea.
2. Don't live anywhere that is below sea level and in close proximity to the sea AND is prone to violent tropical storms.
3. If you ignore 1 & 2, be prepared to GTFO and fend for yourself.
4. Make sure your state and local authorities are not corrupt and incompetent.
5. If your state and local authorities are corrupt and incompetent, and you know it, don't expect them to become suddenly clean and efficient and save you in your hour of need. See #3 above.
6. If all else fails and you are stuck in a natural disaster that hits your home that is below sea level and in close proximity to the sea, and you had no plan to fend for yourself, and your famously corrupt and incompetent state and local authorities left you high and dry-- sorry, LOW AND DROWNED-- don't make the same mistakes over again.
And don't demand that the rest of the country bail you out indefinitely. Help you out, yes, and do everything we can to alleviate your suffering and get you back on your feet. But listen to you complain while you make the same mistakes over again? Sorry. No can do.
Sound harsh? Sorry, it probably is.
Harsh yes -- the truth can be when you don't want to hear it.
It is funny to see the difference between liberals and conservatives on something like this. The libs were all up in arms that FEMA and the Government took so much time to come into Louisiana. A point in fact, Governor Blanco had to ask them in and she didn't for about 48 hours.
The way our Government is set up is that it is a person's personal responsibility to save themselves, their Municipality is there to aid them (think Fire, Police, Medical, S.A.R.), the State comes next and only then, do the Feds step in.
Conservatives have already grabbed their Grab-And-Go packs, loaded a couple extra jerry cans of Gas and Water and their camping gear into their largest vehicle and they are on the road. The idea that you would sit back, do nothing and wait for the Federal Government to bail you out is anathema.
Posted by DaveH at September 14, 2006 10:59 PM