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StephanieCordray · 09-03-2005, 04:59 PM

My point with the press is that they are glossing over the state's lack of preparedness and targeting the president as being to blame because it FITS their agenda.... in every situation such as this one you'll have people who just simply don't listen... My father-in-law being one of them although he came out of it relatively unscathed. We begged them to come here. We could have vacated the office and its adjoining bathroom to make room, too. Computers will fit in our bedroom... but no, they don't listen... this i understand... well i don't really understand why they don't listen but i understand what happens because they don't.

The lack of preparedness is directly due to the state and local authorities attitude toward the people for whom they are supposed to be responsible. They are supposed to have things in place and didn't.

I understand why other states couldn't get through, too. They couldn't guarantee safety... people were shooting... people shooting hold everybody else hostage. You don't know where they are and that's the sad thing about this whole mess. People in those crowds looted Walmarts and other stores stripping guns and bullets off the shelves... some probably to protect what little resources they had for themselves and their families but still... you know?

That's why you don't see the smooth flow of help that is normally seen during disasters such as this one. There should have been measures in place at the state and local levels to initiate solutions to the problem while FEMA and the rest of the country could mobilize.

As to the last part of your rant... well... my cynical self says that's because it would take resources from the state's coffers that the 'officials' hoped to later stick in their own pockets. It costs money to move all those buses and other resources in from other areas money they didn't want to spend because it meant less for them. When a state elects government officials based on whether the crook denies being a crook or admits to being a crook, it's got problems. That actually happened and I'm assured things haven't changed much since then.

I feel for the people trapped in that situation but for the state as a whole, I really don't have much sympathy.

09-03-2005, 04:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
StephanieCordray Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Nashville TN Posts: 1,017	My point with the press is that they are glossing over the state's lack of preparedness and targeting the president as being to blame because it FITS their agenda.... in every situation such as this one you'll have people who just simply don't listen... My father-in-law being one of them although he came out of it relatively unscathed. We begged them to come here. We could have vacated the office and its adjoining bathroom to make room, too. Computers will fit in our bedroom... but no, they don't listen... this i understand... well i don't really understand why they don't listen but i understand what happens because they don't. The lack of preparedness is directly due to the state and local authorities attitude toward the people for whom they are supposed to be responsible. They are supposed to have things in place and didn't. I understand why other states couldn't get through, too. They couldn't guarantee safety... people were shooting... people shooting hold everybody else hostage. You don't know where they are and that's the sad thing about this whole mess. People in those crowds looted Walmarts and other stores stripping guns and bullets off the shelves... some probably to protect what little resources they had for themselves and their families but still... you know? That's why you don't see the smooth flow of help that is normally seen during disasters such as this one. There should have been measures in place at the state and local levels to initiate solutions to the problem while FEMA and the rest of the country could mobilize. As to the last part of your rant... well... my cynical self says that's because it would take resources from the state's coffers that the 'officials' hoped to later stick in their own pockets. It costs money to move all those buses and other resources in from other areas money they didn't want to spend because it meant less for them. When a state elects government officials based on whether the crook denies being a crook or admits to being a crook, it's got problems. That actually happened and I'm assured things haven't changed much since then. I feel for the people trapped in that situation but for the state as a whole, I really don't have much sympathy.