This hurricane season
Posted in Random Thoughts by R Lee Wrights on September 30th, 2008 by Sean Gangol
I don’t know if anyone else remembers the exact moment they lost all faith in the government, but I remember losing mine three years ago during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Not that my faith was all that strong to begin with. By then I had already considered myself a cynical Libertarian. I guess there was still a part of me that wanted to believe that the government would rise to the occasion, when needed.
When Katrina smashed in the coast, the government once again disappointed me. I know there are a many Bush haters who want to blame the president for everything that went wrong during Katrina. Even though I personally dislike George W. Bush, I can’t blame him for all the short comings of the government. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that he deserves his share of the blame. I remember the People who were starving on their roofs for a week before any federal relief came. Hell, it took a long time for the National Guard to come and restore order, since Bush had most of the troops in Iraq.
Yes, George deserves his share of the blame. However people seemed to forget that the local governments didn’t handle the emergences any better. The mayor of New Orleans is the one I blame the most. The man acted surprised when his city ended up underwater. Gee, who would ever think that a city that was built below sea level would be prone to flooding? I remember going to New Orleans ten years ago and hearing the locals dread the day that the big one would hit. Apparently the locals have known for a long time that New Orleans was destined to be hit with a catastrophic hurricane. So why is it that a city official never thought to plan ahead for a disaster like Katrina?
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