Posted posted by tvoss @ 1:03 PM
I was reading the blog that was posted by Piper Kennedy that compared the fires that are happening right now in Southern California to the devastation caused by hurricane Katrina. In this posting Piper asks why the people affected by hurricane Katrina were not given the same help that the other evacuees of Southern California received, and then continues on to ask whether this was due to money or government.
This question that Piper asked caught my attention because just the other day I discussed this same topic with my older brother who currently lives in Southern California. In our discussion we agreed that the difference in the amount of help was attributed to the government. The disaster brought on by Katrina taught our country a very important lesion; it showed us that we were not prepared for something like that. After learning this lesion the government took action to better prepare them for the next disaster that would take place. So I believe that the reason the Southern California situation was handled more effectively than the situation with Katrina was not because the government didn’t care about the Katrina victims as much, but rather it was due to the simple fact of being better prepared. My brother says that he is sad but very grateful for what happened in New Orleans because otherwise the situation that directly affected him might not have been handled near as affectively as it was.
