http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1509513/posts
To: cinives
I agree with you 100%. I live in South Florida. I lost my home during Hurricane Andrew and rebuilt. People are just depending on the government for everything. I can understand if your home is totally destroyed with everything in it. But the local officials are not Houdini and they tell everyone over and over to have water, non perishable products, etc., for every member of your family for a few days.
People need to be prepared and they are not because most of them are irresponsible and depending on the government for everything. When the gov. does not have bottles of water and ice on their footstep an hour after the hurricane they are complaining. Tough. Be responsible and stop the dependance on others.
Let them whine.
47 posted on 10/26/2005 8:15:50 AM PDT by rep-always
"Certainly, no one thinks that people who lose their homes during a hurricane should shoulder the burden of rebuilding themselves, or that people should be punished for not preparing better."
This is unbelievable...of course you should shoulder the burden of rebuilding yourself. If you don't have the means, you can purchase insurance. If it is too expensive to own a house with the proper insurance, you can rent. If you lose your job because of a storm, you can move to where the jobs are....people have done this for hundreds of years in this country and now all of a sudden this option is off the table? My father worked in oil and this meant that every couple of years we moved. We went where the jobs were and made the best of it. I didn't always want to move schools again, or learn a new culture and language, but we did it anyway. Looking back, the experience was invaluable because it allowed me to see how life really is in third world countries and gain an appreciation for what we have here. I wish people would look at their relocations as an opportunity instead of a burden.
Ping to #5.
Wow ... and they left out he most powerful part of the statement, that it was made by an Andrew survivor. That and the Houdini line :)
My neighborhood in south Dade was struck very hard by Andrew...next door's home was totalled in terms of dollar value - was still standing, but a complete wreck that far exceeded the ability of its insurance policy to repair. Same with the one on the other side, which actually experienced wall failure. A few houses were completely demolished. Almost all had windows and doors blown out and were missing pieces of roof.
Yet I don't remember much complaining or demanding of help from FEMA. People just worked together and did what they had to do to get going again.
I can't figure out whether the fiasco at NOLA after Katrina has changed the way we think in the USA, or whether we had already changed so much for the worse, and Katrina just brought it out in the open. But I vote for the latter.
Whatever the case, Katrina has been the catalyst for a huge apparent increase in governmental authority.