Something about the horror there has been troubling me, we've see pictures from all over the place of disasters for years, and ones that have gone on for much longer, but this is the first to descend into anarchy instead of people sitting tight and waiting for the cavalry.
Which poses all kinds of questions, are there gangs running around out of survival because they don't trust the cavalry to turn up, or are Americans actually different from the rest of the world?
The other thing is, where are the unaffected normal people? When disasters have happened in other first world countries there's been a steady stream of concerned citizens rushing to the devastated area with their cars loaded with essentials to give to the victims. The USA is one large landmass, you can drive anywhere and everyone has cars, why aren't people loading up the caravan and heading down there, and maybe bringing back someone who's lost everything to put them up until they're back on their feet? It really does happen in other places.
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Date: 2005-09-02 10:04 am (UTC)Which poses all kinds of questions, are there gangs running around out of survival because they don't trust the cavalry to turn up, or are Americans actually different from the rest of the world?
The other thing is, where are the unaffected normal people? When disasters have happened in other first world countries there's been a steady stream of concerned citizens rushing to the devastated area with their cars loaded with essentials to give to the victims. The USA is one large landmass, you can drive anywhere and everyone has cars, why aren't people loading up the caravan and heading down there, and maybe bringing back someone who's lost everything to put them up until they're back on their feet? It really does happen in other places.