tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803753.post112580583438373420..comments2024-01-15T18:42:56.674+08:00Comments on In passing - Malaysian: Katrina... A Divine Message!!.....Pak Idrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05420141407304142741noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803753.post-1126233512132109222005-09-09T10:38:00.000+08:002005-09-09T10:38:00.000+08:00Liza, pitypat, lynn s, thanks for sharing your tho...Liza, pitypat, lynn s, thanks for sharing your thoughts..have a nice day.Pak Idrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420141407304142741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803753.post-1126060990127522442005-09-07T10:43:00.000+08:002005-09-07T10:43:00.000+08:00Oh... you have so many good questions. I should pr...Oh... you have so many good questions. I should probably think about this for a while, maybe post it on my own blog because I have so much to say but the moment is now so I'll go ahead and say what's on my mind. <BR/><BR/>First of all, don't trust everything you hear or see on TV. Most of it's true but they don't tell you everything and a lot of it is just someone's opinion anyway. <BR/><BR/>There were a few shootings but it's not as bad as they say on the news. What they don't say is that even in the best of times there is crime in New Orleans, just like in most cities. <BR/><BR/>Who's to blame? If we have to blame someone there is enough blame to go around. The federal government was too slow but the first response is supposed to come from the local governments. I can understand why the mayor of New Orleans is upset. He's just lost his city; who wouldn't be upset but he is responsible. He could have done more to prepare. He could have used the school busses to evacuate people who did not have cars. Many of the people who were evacuated were taken to Houston and Houston was ready because they ALWAYS keep emergency supplies in the Astrodome in case there is a hurricane on the Texas coast. The federal government didn't tell them to do that; they just do. They're prepared. It is the responsibility of each city to be prepared and then it is the responsibility of the federal government to come in when the cities and states ASK for extra help.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Why didn't people leave? Hurricanes happen all the time on the south and southeast coasts. Most of the time they are not a huge disaster. People are in denial, they think "it was okay last time so it'll be okay this time." That's one reason. A lot of people really couldn't leave and someone should have helped them. <BR/><BR/>Why are all the people you see on TV black? 70 percent of the population of New Orleans is black. They're not all poor but some are. I did see some white people too. Why didn't anyone help them get out of the city? I don't know. I believe we Americans are mostly good people but sometimes we don't pay attention. It takes a tragedy to bring out our good side. That's sad because I do believe there's a lot of good in us. We will wake up for a while but then we will go back to sleep again, just like always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803753.post-1125980864777838332005-09-06T12:27:00.000+08:002005-09-06T12:27:00.000+08:00Your blog is interesting. I wondered what people ...Your blog is interesting. I wondered what people from other countries were getting from all the reports. I will say - it did take too long to get out the people at the Dome but i think the problem was that was never meant to be a place for people to be for any length of time. That was a place for people to go to wait out the storm then they would go back to their homes. No one believed that the storm would be that bad or that the city would be flooded. No one had any idea what to do with that many people - you have to have a place to go with them once you start moving them - they have to be fed, sheltered etc. I think too - no one knew how many people stayed in the city. Everone was told to leave - no one thought that many people stayed. I realized they didn't have anyplace to go - but....what were they thinking. Some people are shooting at people trying to help them, they are refusing to leave even now. What do you do? They started to send in trucks and helecopters by the third day and people were shooting at them. I tell you, this is like a crazy movie. The reason that most of the people are black is because it was mostly the black people that did not leave. They are poor but many poor people left - the white, hispanic and asian people left. I just think the govt. all got caught with their "pants down" and no one knew what to do with this big of a catostrophic disaster.<BR/>Remember thought - CNN and BBC are showing all the abd stuff - because that's news. There have been wonderful things happening from the beginning - wonderful people and groups helping but unfortunately - that's not news....<BR/><BR/>thanks for your blog!petuniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13940306008321939846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803753.post-1125903762956425072005-09-05T15:02:00.000+08:002005-09-05T15:02:00.000+08:00Pak Idrus,The reason why there were too many black...Pak Idrus,<BR/><BR/>The reason why there were too many black people was because they were the poor ones without money and transportation to go anywhere else. The whites are obviously more resourceful and prosperous, so therefore leaving behind the poorest blacks, maybe a few elderly whites and a minority of the stubborn ones behind.<BR/><BR/>Most disappointing is the fact that Bush Administration fail to come to their aid soon enough or even more detail don't do anything urgent enough to fix the damned levees. What was shown last night was only one single crane doing the dirty job to the tears of a lady, a senator or something on the BBC.Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07993972401351163702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803753.post-1125899610719227792005-09-05T13:53:00.000+08:002005-09-05T13:53:00.000+08:00cialis, thanks for the visit, your comment is grea...cialis, thanks for the visit, your comment is greatly appreciated.Pak Idrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420141407304142741noreply@blogger.com