According to many sources and the FEMA website they have already responsed to the tornado ravaged areas of the Midwest and South assisting with people and collecting information about the damage and storm. So they are doing something but. . .
Today March 1, 2007 the president sat down to discuss the Progress of Recovery for Hurricane Katrina. Heres what its says on the website: "Hurricane Katrina was the most destructive natural disaster in U.S. history. The Federal government has committed more than $110 billion to help the Gulf Coast recover, and most of this money has already been made available or sent to the region. The Federal government will continue to provide assistance and guidance, but the people of the Gulf Coast and their elected leaders must drive the effort to rebuild their lives and their communities." Yeh its great they have given 110 billion dollars but it has been more than a year and this type of activity should have taken place months ago! I do understand this was a hurricane with unmeasurable damage but I think FEMA has done enough. After all the critism they got it seems as though they would have sped up the process.
I heard on a talk show this morning a recording of a woman elected official in LA that these people weere use to living in bad conditions so the superdome ordeal wasn't that bad! I about fell outta of my chair. I feel since this was an over-populated, poverty area of mostly African Americans it wasn't as important. If this had happened to a rich upper class of mostly caucasians the coverage would have been better and life would have been restored back to normal as quickly as possible. I believe no one cared about these people. . .
"over-populated, poverty area of mostly African Americans it wasn't as important."
Too true. It was a big deal for a little while, but now its hardly covered.
Not every white person would get proper coverage. Being a poor white kid myself, I don't get the help African Americans do. (Mostly for college and other education) Rich white people have everything. A disaster may do them some good.
I also feel the response would be so different and it would stir up the controversy about Katrina which is well needed in my opinion. I recently met someone who went there in Febuaury and she said most of the poorest sub-divisions HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCH; but many of the upper neighborhoods are building new houses are as cleared most of the debris. She also you could tell where more African Americans live because nothing was different (she also brought pics). It was so hard to see!