Vão espreitar e façam como entenderem

O Katrina foi lá longe e a malta farta-se de comentar em vários tons do light ao compungido, do irado ao consternado. Mas o facto é que o Katrina foi lá longe e é por isso que a malta fala, com ligeireza, sem se colocar nos sapatinhos do outro, sem se imaginar lá, sem por um segundo pensar que lhe podia tocar a ele. como estamos longe reagimos com a frieza de público, grandes números impressionam, mas não tocam o coração! Foi mau, já percebemos, mas não tinhamos lá ninguém, logo começamos a opinar nem sempre com muita sensibilidade e moderação!! encontrei um testemunho na 1ª pessoa que me fez sentir lá: I have no concept how to begin, what to say, and where to end. The StormI grew up on the Gulf Cost, or next to it, rather. I was, myself, the victim of a few storms. I remember one, in particular, that shattered the glass skyscrapers of downtown Houston. They closed that portion of the city so bulldozers and dump trucks could remove the glass that had piled into two and three foot drifts like snow in places. I remember the taped off windows in my house bending, looking as if they’d implode at any minute. They were like soap bubbles on a plastic frame waiting for a kid fill his lungs and blow. But they didn’t break. No. After a couple days withouth power, we settled back into our normal lives with an experience under our belts but no last effects or residual terror. I'm looking for my sister who is a resident in Meryville,La. nursing home..we haven't been able to telephone the facility the lines must be down..wondering if they are safe..please call her sisters if they get this message... I never saw this much devastation. No one has. Not in the United States, at least. The ReactionI'd say this if there was a Democrat or a Republican in office - there are too many mysteries. Why wasn’t the military or national guard deployed sooner? Why aren’t there bunkers of MREs and water, cots and blankets and medical supplies scattered along the Gulf and Midatlantic coasts? Hurricanes, while unpredictable, only hit certain areas of the country. Why didn't we see this coming? Why were calls to improve the levees around New Orleans, known to be insufficient for storms stronger than category three hurricanes, unanswered? Why is there a vacuum of authority and communication? My mother is missing. Last known place was her residence in 527 Burgundy #1 in the French Quarter. She is 63 years old, 5'0, 95 lbs., light brown hair, and in ill health. She has Emphysema (oxygen dependent) and needs daily high blood pressure medication. Please help find her. She will more than likely be in a nearby hospital or at home. I am very concerned for her well-being and need to know where she is. I can pick her up anywhere as soon as possible. Please Help! The BreakdownMaybe what surprises me most is the complete societal breakdown. And the fact that in this, the most prosperous country in the United States, there are convention centers, schools, makeshift-shelters, all filled with the poor, the starving, the orphaned and even the dead. In this country, a country which can drop precision guided missiles on foreign targets, there are hundreds of thousands with, literally, nothing including food or water. There are people who don’t know where their kids are, there are kids without diapers or formula, and there are once-rational adults looting stores and assaulting their neighbors. The majority are trying to help. But they’re all desperate in a country not used to seeing desperation. At least not within its own borders. It’s what you read about in dystopian fiction novels. It's not reality. Or wasn't. It’s hard to deal with the truth that none of us are too far removed from such desperation. We’re a storm, electricity, food, and water away from being them. I'm living in a one bedroom apartment with a big living room. Survivors are welcome to stay in my living room (includes sofa, sofa-bed and twin size bed) for as long as they need, for free. (For those who lost everything, I can give the sofa-bed and twin size bed away for free). However, I can not afford food, money or transportation to Ames. I can help out with food a little. If you can make it to within a 3 hour drive of Ames, I can pick you up at a location. Can take up to 4 people. The EndAs I said when I started typing, I don’t know how to start, what to say or how to end. I know that whatever I sit down and type will be inadequate. I’m horrified. I watch the news and have to keep reminding myself – this is our country. The only thing most of us can do, is give money. So please. Give. Please. copiadinho daqui ( sem traduzir) http://www.rudecactus.com/ e já agora o link do Google Maps onde teclando 'New Orleans,' tem as opções 'map,' 'satellite' e'hybrid,' "Katrina" aparece agora a vermelho. Vão lá ver, mais perto! e depois... façam como entenderem!