I just read an article today that put a smile on my face. The government has chartered three of the Carnivale Cruise Lines' ships to provide temporary housing for about 7000 people in the Gulf Coast disaster. How wonderful! I never even thought of that! I was thinking about how the many hotels in neighboring states should provide housing - which they probably are. But so many folks out there wouldn't be able to afford it. Carnivale will get a big publicity boost - but at this point, who cares? It's a great idea - and though it will only help a small percentage - every little bit helps, right? 7000 is 7000. Vacation cruises on those three ships have been canceled and refunded. The important thing is the find a place for people to feel like people again. To give them a chance to start thinking about piecing their lives together again.
Even though there is mass criticism of how slow the response was (especially when we knew the hurricane was going to hit days beforehand - and no one stepped up to help evacuate the area in the first place) troops have landed and are helping evacuate the remaining people and to provide food and water to those unfortunate souls. Help was late - and it's not a 'better late than never' situation. It should have been there. But at least it is there now.
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wow...hadn't heard of that. a past teacher, we found out, is in new orleans...with nothing. she's staying in a shelter, she has no family out there. she was going to law school, but everything is destroyed. her car floated away. we recently took up a collection and sent supplies to her. she doesn't even have clothes. i'm feeling so bad and helpless for her. it really puts a face on the whole disaster. she says that the news can't even show how bad it is. she said it's worse...the alligators, the mosquitos, the stench of dead bodies.
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