Update...

[amywyn]

After days of trying, I finally managed to get in touch with someone. I now know that everyone made it through alive, if not entirely well. Most evacuated, only a handful have returned. Of those who have come back, even if only briefly, they all have homes... damaged, but fixable. Three have not come back, or, if they have, they haven't been in

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[ivy_x3]

good to know that your someone got out safe. it must be such a relief, i know from a past experience.

you make good points between 9/11 and now. i'm a bit upset with the looting and fights that are starting out, but i could also understand where it is all coming from. aid was too late, i just kept wondering why it took so long.

don't keep the coverage on 24/7, watch something hilarious or uplifting. it may seem a bit wrong to laugh when so many people are suffering, but watching it too much is also bad for you.

[amywyn]

Thanks... the minute I got off the phone with them, I just sat down and cried. I hadn't quite realized just how worried and upset I was until it was gone.

And I'm still watching some coverage - but I'm avoiding certain things, and trying to do other things as well. It's too much like watching a months-long funeral if I don't.

[1trackmind]

*hugs*

I share your frustration. Fortunately everyone I know seems to appreciate the magnitude of this disaster.

Some asshole on talk radio was talking about how they should treat the victims of Katrina like they did Seattle residents after the major quake we had a while back. My mom's response was, "yeah, if you want to compare it to a nuclear bomb going off in Seattle." Jesus people are idiots. Or the people talking about how the people who live there are stupid for living in a place that's below sea level and not having home owner's insurance.

Um, many if not most of the people affected are living near or below the poverty line, so they couldn't afford to just move. Most places in the US are in danger of some kind of disaster. (Here, for example, it's a major earthquakes, flooding, and a volcanic eruptions. In the midwest, tornadoes. Name me one place that's completely safe). And if you're near or below the poverty line insurance is a luxury to begin with and I'm guessing most people were renters, not owners, in which

[amywyn]

One of the things I've just stopped watching and/or listening to are the talk show type programs. I was going to do something drastic if I didn't. Listening to people saying crap that blames the victims and then say they're "not blaming the victims." leaves me with the ridiculous urge to argue with someone. Fortunately, for me, the people I'm with know me well enough to let me rant and just agree with me... they agree with me anyway, but could get far more annoyed with the ranting than they have

[1trackmind]

Whether you want to blame Bush, or FEMA, or the State (all have some culpability, as far as I'm concerned). Those who died in the storm itself are casualties of nature, and she can be a bitch when she wants; those who died in the week following? Deserved better.

I think you're absolutely right. The aftermath was horribly mismanaged by just about everyone.