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Katrina contd
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's so sad to see how a section of a community has taken advantage of a disaster in such a horrific fashion, looting and in some cases raping and murdering. A sad fact of life is that here are many evil people in out midst and a crisis such as Katrina has given them the opportunity to exploit others. I've got my fingers crossed that a measure of control can be brought in as swiftly as possible.
On a seperate note, (I'm sure someone has mentioned this on an earlier post but I can't find it), why are there not round the clock helicopter flights dropping aid on those huddled in the streets or are we not seeing them on TV?
You'd want to be careful about what you believe right now Dom.
Best I've got is:
Jamie Trout, 22, who kept a record of his four days there, said: "It was like something out of Lord of the Flies - one minute everything is calm and civil, the next it descends into chaos."
In one diary entry, he said: "A man has been arrested for raping a seven-year-old in the toilet, this place is hell, I feel sick. The smell is horrendous, there are toilets overflowing and people everywhere."
So you've got a diary entry from a 22 year old who was there and heard that that was what had happened. It may be true, it may not but right now there's an awful lot of hysteria going on and the media seem to be competing with each other to get the most sensational act of depravity.
The pictures and stories are all horrendous, and we can only hope the worst of the rumours are untrue. The picture of the old man on the chair who looks sleeping, but is actually dead is awful. No one's moved him, covered him, treated him with any dignity...everyone is only concerned with themselves it seems. But I also think it's horrendous that so little seems to be getting done for these poor folk. Almost every news channel or paper (even the more reliable, less sensationalist ones) seem to mention the lack of help and action from the US government. It does seem appalling. Right from the off....where was the help for those who wanted to evacuate New Orleans, but were too poor, sick or elderly to go on their own?? If they didn't have their own transport, what did the state or government do to help? not much it seems - just repeat the instruction to leave! Now they are still telling them to leave, but not providing means to do so, and offering very little in the way of shelter, food or medicine to those stranded. There was more useful aid and support delivererd to the Boxing day tsunami victims, in the same time frame post-disaster, than these poor souls in New Orleans (and many other places) have seen to date. No wonder some of those on the ground are getting angry...they must feel like they've been left to die.
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