Posted by
Frigglesnitz on Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:57:00 PM
This blog post is inspired by the column today (10/25/07) by Rich Lowry entitled, "The Un-Katrina."
The link to that column is as follows:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/RichLowry/2007/10/25/the_un-katrina
The effects of Katrina cannot be compared to the horrific wildfires that have swept across parts of Southern California like the very winds of hades.
Louisiana, even with its inadequate leadership (and it had inadequate leadership from Washington as well), never in its wildest dreams could imagine its city deluged and blown away as it was. Sort of like death -- it's not going to happen to me.
It reminds me of that old sign people used to put on their desks at work: PLAN AHEad (with the last couple of letters drifting downward toward the edge).
California's people are probably also more accustomed to dealing with disasters. There are died-in-the-wool residents who have been through earthquakes, fires, and what-not, and probably take on these disasters with cooler heads than those who, while familiar with hurricanes, never truly expected Katrina. And like other nature-torn individuals throughout this nation, most of them want to rebuild at the site of the disaster. The place is a part of them. Home.
We think of those who lost more than property: their very lives. The rest of the country mourns for them and their families.
California's rescue teams and its residents are to be commended. Bravery under overwhelming fire.