Tragedy and Devastation

How much and what can one say!!!
Tragedy and Devastation....A National Disaster.
As I sit at my computer in the safety of my home
I watch the TV. A home filled with love, with food, water,
electricity...All the comforts. Comforts that so many thousands
do not have right now....And do not know when they will.
I watch a concert, a charity concert to financially support
Katrina's wrath. How much is enough?
When will that enough get there? How many people have to die?
A painful truth.... Thousands of lives lost, dead....Thousands more
without the comforts of home.
Summer heat and humidity, no shelter, no food, no water, no
basic necessities. NO HOME.
I can not even imagine being there....

If those storm ravaged people can find food, water, mattresses,
or anything to help ease their pain and suffering....I say
good for you. Take what you need as long as it hurts no one.
Is it stealing when you are doing it for survival?...Hell No. It's
survival.

Tears flow in this house for all those involved.
Why was so little done so slowly. Everyone knew this
storm was coming. They said get out....Leave your homes.
I am so happy that many did. But, for others that did not,
I am sad. Not just that they did not leave...They could not.
For financial reasons they did not, could not.
The poor could not leave.

Annie and I were in Albany, Georgia this week. I was there
for a mandatory class. We saw many, many people in the very
hotel where we stayed run out from their homes. Running
from Katrina. We saw the looks on their faces, the sadness
in their eyes. I know they had to wonder and worry if
they still had a home. If their relatives were safe.
Albany was filled with people. People who if they could have
would have been in the comfort of their homes.
This I am sure would not have been their choice. It is no
vacation for them.
Two guys in the room next to us, went out and bought a
generator, multiple gas cans and cases of water. They grilled
out every night because it was cheaper than eating out.
How long do they have to wait? How much do they have to suffer?

There is no way to know they suffering and struggle of
these people without being there. I wish I could be there.
I wish I could be there to help. I know I would never be the same
after seeing all the tragedy and devastation, first hand.

Much time must pass before things, people will be back to functioning.
Much more time before things are settled. For all these people, their
lives will never be "normal" again.