Thursday, June 26, 2008

Taking a Lesson From Iowa Flooding

Have you noticed that Cedar Rapids is under 10 feet of water?
Have you noticed thousands upon thousands of people are STILL displaced?
Have you noticed that nobody is looting every empty property in site?
Have you noticed that nobody is shooting at rescuers?
Have you noticed there are no victims on TV wondering when the federal government is going to 'take care of them'?
Have you noticed the victims who have lost everything, making comments like 'life goes on', 'we'll just need to pick up the pieces and start over', and 'at least we still have our life'.
Have you noticed it's not at all like Katrina?

1 comment:

Select Ann said...

I have noticed things with this disaster are similar in fact to the Flood of 1993 in St. Charles and St. Louis. Here you saw one neighbor after another sandbagging or simply lending a hand. The world watched as houses were swept away. As lives and communities were changed forever. Some people chose to rebuild and others chose to move on. Why?