Rambling is Good for the Soul

Hurricanes and Justice

I love New Orleans. I have spent a lot of time there and have enjoyed it. I have feared the day when the city disappeared. I knew that the “big one” would come and that a “mandatory evacuation” would come. (The city is below sea level! There is no way that that much water could not create a crisis.) However, I never dreamed that “mandatory evacuation” would mean “for those who can afford it.” That’s wrong. I am so repulsed that people would be left behind. What does this say about our society?

Then, of course, there are a bunch of police officers that I know who are still there dealing with the fact that they didn’t get everyone out to begin with. “Mandatory evacuation” should mean that everyone gets out. Yes, that means some buses and some trains. But it means preventing the mess that could happen in an emergency (like now…). So many things could have prevented in this mess…