I think you're right about Nagin, too. This was all terribly handled, and everyone in the government I think will have to answer for it at the least when their reelection comes up. People dying in the streets is unacceptable, considering the resources this great country has.
At the same time, good things are happening. The people are getting moved out, whether late or not. And once they're out, I can tell you since most are in Houston they're getting all the basic resources they need. But I think we need to look at what's next now.
These people are poor and most likely have no insurance. No insurance means these people can't afford to rebuild. So what do they do? Where do they go when New Orleans is drained but they have no money to get back to New Orleans, let alone rebuild their homes? Sounds like the poor just getting poorer.
So what's the solution: build them new homes in the city that will be likely flooded again when the next hurricane hits? Pay off their debts so they can afford to go back into debt to rebuild? Will the $10.5 billion that congress passed go into helping these poor people, or will it go to help the people who have insurance and therefore don't need it nearly as much?
I think the evacuated New Orleanians will end up staying in Houston or in other cities in Texas, and I think they should. New Orleans is a forsaken city for the poor, and while no city is perfect I think they have a far better chance at good jobs outside of New Orleans. Now I have no statistics on that, that's just my opinion after seeing life in Houston compared to life in New Orleans firsthand. Either way, no matter where they end up, I hope that the federal aide goes largely to these people.
This all just opinion and I'm just trying to offer solutions. Any thoughts for solutions? My other solution is to bring them hundreds of Shipley donuts in the morning.
I think a bit of normal life would help, but I heard on the news that a group of people who brought a large batch of cooked hotdogs to give out were turned away because they weren't approved by the gov't health organizations. Flippin' ridiculous...