Another perspective: I agree
I was surfing the net when I came accross this story. It helps to say what I have been hoping to help others understand. The article was written on Friday so you can have a time frame.
"When Hurricane Katrina hit nearly two months ago, most of the media attention was focused on New Orleans. However, there were many other areas that were hit hard and deserve our attention. For example, Biloxi, Mississippi is a city with a population of just over 50,000. It experienced a 30 foot storm surge that wiped out 90% of buildings. 90 people were killed and 50 are still missing. Hardest hit was East Biloxi, which was home to the city's poorest residents. Like New Orleans, many residents were not evacuated and were trapped in their homes.
Many residents are still living in the rubble of their homes. As bulldozers come through neighborhoods and flatten what remains of their homes, they are left completely homeless. Another 1,000 to 1,500 are living in tents and others are sleeping off-shore in shrimp boats. Meanwhile night-time temperatures drop into the 40's.
Last week Associated Press reported "In the poorest of neighborhoods here, people sleep outside with no running water or power. They live among starving cats, rotting heaps of garbage and constant, buzzing flies. The bathroom is anywhere and everywhere. The filth is inescapable. Weeks after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their homes and jobs, many people in east Biloxi are living amid the rubble of their own houses, waiting for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deliver the trailers they have applied for or for other federal assistance.
I completely understand the scope of the disaster is unprecedented and we can't expect to see this cleaned up overnight. However, it has been almost two months and thousands of people are still living without basic sanitation or shelter. The people of Biloxi, Mississippi, as well as all areas hit by Katrina, Rita and Wilma deserve our best efforts to help them survive and move forward."
Church we need to rise up and help those effected by these hurricanes.
"When Hurricane Katrina hit nearly two months ago, most of the media attention was focused on New Orleans. However, there were many other areas that were hit hard and deserve our attention. For example, Biloxi, Mississippi is a city with a population of just over 50,000. It experienced a 30 foot storm surge that wiped out 90% of buildings. 90 people were killed and 50 are still missing. Hardest hit was East Biloxi, which was home to the city's poorest residents. Like New Orleans, many residents were not evacuated and were trapped in their homes.
Many residents are still living in the rubble of their homes. As bulldozers come through neighborhoods and flatten what remains of their homes, they are left completely homeless. Another 1,000 to 1,500 are living in tents and others are sleeping off-shore in shrimp boats. Meanwhile night-time temperatures drop into the 40's.
Last week Associated Press reported "In the poorest of neighborhoods here, people sleep outside with no running water or power. They live among starving cats, rotting heaps of garbage and constant, buzzing flies. The bathroom is anywhere and everywhere. The filth is inescapable. Weeks after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their homes and jobs, many people in east Biloxi are living amid the rubble of their own houses, waiting for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to deliver the trailers they have applied for or for other federal assistance.
I completely understand the scope of the disaster is unprecedented and we can't expect to see this cleaned up overnight. However, it has been almost two months and thousands of people are still living without basic sanitation or shelter. The people of Biloxi, Mississippi, as well as all areas hit by Katrina, Rita and Wilma deserve our best efforts to help them survive and move forward."
Church we need to rise up and help those effected by these hurricanes.
posted by s.d.w. at 10:53 AM
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