News Alert: Dorothy and Toto Buy Home in New Orleans
Midwest Makes Bid to Start Naming It's Tornados in Hopes of Getting Some Face Time
A quick take regarding this whole Gustav exodus from New Orleans. While I pray all of the Gulf residents are heeding the eloquent advice of the highly capable Mayor Nalin of New Orleans to "get your butts" out of there in order to avoid a repeat of Katrina, I can't help but remember back to the horrendous destruction that befell hundreds of thousands of Midwesterners this past summer when tornado after tornado ravaged towns and communities. The storms whipped through taking lives, flattening homes, and destroying spirits but once the news cycle came around again, for the most part nothing more was said. I've driven through that part of the country and though the people are self-sufficient and strong, they are by no means wealthy. Why didn't we hear about their plight for months afterward? Do they still need help? Why were they not catered to or covered by the media with the same level of concern or interest as the evacuation of Gustav? Just another one of those mysteries that fall through the cracks I suppose. All I know is if I were Dorothy, I'd be riding the next house to New Orleans. That Kansas stock must be some hardy folk. God bless them!
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2 Comments
Post a CommentAmanda, New Orleans is full of the very people that politicans like to pander to. I live a very short distance from NO and I can tell you that it still isn't fixed. Want to know why? Because they are waiting for someone else to do it for them. The midwest has a whole different type of people. They are, for the most part ,hard working self sufficient people. They don't cry in the press constantly and they don't portray themselves as "oppressed". Did you know that three years later the government is still housing people that lost their homes in Katrina? Yep, and we are paying for it. Disgusting.
Not enough of a welfare state for the media, and ya can't blame Bush for not being ready BEFORE a twister, so no news there! Good points Amanda!