Everyone I Ever Was and Everyone I Ever Will Be

News reports showed a crowd of refugees, including children, stranded without adequate food, water or medical attention at New Orleans' downtown convention center, even though it had been designated a shelter after the Superdome filled up. When Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was asked on National Public Radio why no help had been sent, he said he was unaware of the problem.


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Hundreds of Katrina evacuees who fled to Tallahassee seeking refuge from the storm have been politely told by their hotels and motels to leave this weekend to make room for a football game: FSU vs. Miami.


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And, in personal experience--

At work today, I got to overhear an absolutely wonderful, shining example of humanity say,

"I don't feel sorry for any of those people. They were told to leave and they didn't."

*Why* does workplace etiquette say I can't verbally tear people to tinytiny shreds just because I'm on the clock?

I'm so glad for the rescue workers going in there to help and the doctors and nurses who are trying to keep their patients safe in the midst of all this and the people donating money and items and taking refugees in . . . but the people above just make me sick.

scott_lynch has an excellent post up about the whole 'well, why were these people living in hurricane country anyway/if *I* was there, I would've. . .' tendency.

Read it here.