Posted posted by piper kennedy @ 10:11 AM
Last week there were reports of the fires that have left thousands of people in Southern California who have been evacuated to or have lost there homes. In some reports I heard that the efforts to help these people by giving them a place to sleep and food to eat were handled very well. Most evacuees were served star bucks coffee, and even treated to massages. It is wonderful to see that this community has come together to help each other. But then I think why was this evacuation handled to well in the light of a horrific fire, when 2 years ago when Katrina hit so many people were evacuated as well and people were treated so poorly? I do recognize that these are two very different situations, but I begin to wonder why the people affected by hurricane Katrina were not given the same help that other evacuees received. Was it because of money, or government? Soon we will see all that was lost in the fires in southern California will be rebuilt and areas lost to Katrina are still suffering to this day. I hope that others can look at this example given and begin to ask questions on why people in American on one side of the country are treated so well and people on the other side are not. We have a responsibility to help everyone no matter how much money they have or what economic system they belong to. I believe that we have a social responsibly to treat everyone equally especially in the face of a natural disaster.
