Hurricanes...

[sabotabby]

The thought that there might not be a New Orleans anymore is too big and apocalyptic to comprehend.

I've never been there. Always meant to go. Hope I'll be able to go, one day. I'm hearing conflicting things about the probable extent of the damage and that some people hadn't been evacuated and can't be accounted for. I feel very trivial right now, sitting safe at work and reading about sheep hearts while the tides are rising.

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[pretzelsalt.livejournal.com]

Watching newzcasts of people waiting in never-ending lines for a spot on the floor in the superdome was creepy.

I just keep thinking about all the people who CAN'T AFFORD to go on a little 3 day to several month vacation.

I mean it's all well and good to have the Mayor come out and say "EVACUATE - that's an ORDER!"

But if you have no car - a family and .32 cents to your name after you paid rent on a space that might be gone tomorrow.... what do you do?

What if you are 50 miles from the superdome?

This is all so scary.

Privilege is just part of my thought process.

[sabotabby]

I'm wondering what happened to all the homeless people. I mean, here, you could put out an order for evacuation, but someone living under a bridge wouldn't necessarily hear it.

[pretzelsalt.livejournal.com]

no kidding.

a google search tells me there are not one but THREE zoos in the NO area.

That creeps me out as well.

Last time it flooded - didn't someone give the critters a boat?

[sabotabby]

Only the elite. Think of them as the critter bourgeoisie.