Katrina Response Mismanagement

[Betty]

This is working very well for them??? OMFG! What dream world is she living in? Is she really *that* out of touch to believe that?

[Moonliner]

After watching the news today I have to say it's getting harder by the day to feel a lot of sympathy for some of these "victims".

One lady had the chance to talk with the head of FEMA, her question?

"Our house has collapsed, how soon are YOU going to rebuild it for me. Oh and my 8-Year old daughter is missing"

It's not the governments job to rebuild your house, it's yours. FEMA provides LOANS not gimmies. Also don't you think finding your daughter should be more of a priority than your house for right now?

[Gn2Dlnd]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

After watching the news today I have to say it's getting harder by the day to feel a lot of sympathy for some of these "victims".

One lady had the chance to talk with the head of FEMA, her question?

"Our house has collapsed, how soon are YOU going to rebuild it for me. Oh and my 8-Year old daughter is missing"

It's not the governments job to rebuild your house, it's yours. FEMA provides LOANS not gimmies. Also don't you think finding your daughter should be more of a priority than your house for right now?

Yeah, and if you go into an AA meeting, you're likely to find more than one or two assholes. If you were to, say, take a look around yourself at the next big event at Disneyland attended by many Annual Passholders, you'll find more than a few idiots. So, if your point is that there are misdirected people in all situations (oh, and may I point out that this woman is under the kind of stresses that most of us will NEVER experience), you're right.

But I don't think it was. I'm glad, though, that if any of us are ever in a similar situation, we have someone who'll straighten out our priorities for us.

Gosh, thanks.

P.S. What's with the quotation marks around the word, "victims?" Do you think people are lying, just to get into the Astrodome?

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

After watching the news today I have to say it's getting harder by the day to feel a lot of sympathy for some of these "victims".

Not for me, it isn't. These people have been through hell. I don't think it is our place to decide who is conducting themselves properly or who deserves sympathy. The woman you mentioned lost her home and her child. Maybe she was under the impression that FEMA couldn't do anything about her child but they might be able to give her information about her housing concerns. I highly doubt her child was less of a concern than her home. Without knowing the whole story, perhaps we could lay off judging these people for the moment.

[€uroMeinke]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

"Our house has collapsed, how soon are YOU going to rebuild it for me. Oh and my 8-Year old daughter is missing"

Well, if you have any respect for Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, food and shelter rank above relationships, not to be an appologist but I could buy her misplaced priorities given the circumstances

[tracilicious]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

After watching the news today I have to say it's getting harder by the day to feel a lot of sympathy for some of these "victims".

One lady had the chance to talk with the head of FEMA, her question?

"Our house has collapsed, how soon are YOU going to rebuild it for me. Oh and my 8-Year old daughter is missing"

It's not the governments job to rebuild your house, it's yours. FEMA provides LOANS not gimmies. Also don't you think finding your daughter should be more of a priority than your house for right now?

Really? You are really finding it hard to feel sympathy for a woman who lost not only her home but also her daughter? I can't imagine the hell that my life would have to be in order to feel nothing for that kind of loss.