It's unreal how slow any relief is . it's not lik ethis happened in some far off land days away . What the hell are they doing to help these people? Yes, I understand it's terrible circunstances but NO is only hours away by plane from anywhere in the US. They cant do massive food drops , medical supplies? They cant get these people out after 4 days ..Come on !!!
I have to agree... Totally incredible.
At the Convention Center, they had video footage tonight of people yelling into the camera. The video footage was silent (the CNN talking heads were chatting), but you could just see the pure rage on these people's faces. And I don't think I blame them. People are dying in their midst and no one seems able to help.
And I'd appreciate people not sending me an angry post about expecting "gubmint" assistance. I agree, it's preferable to be able to take care of yourself. I went to a very popular wilderness survival class last fall -- www.trackerschool.com if anyone is interested. The guy teaching it has taught thousands of people and one of his former students was in one of the massive hurricanes last year, I forget which one. Well, he was able to take care of himself in the aftermath and quickly became a leader, with others relying on him for food and water.
But there *are* people that can't take care of themselves. And it's inhuman not to have any kind of better preparedness for such a foreseeeable tragedy.