hurricane katrina pt. 2

i have put a new link into the links section for the red cross just incase anyone that comes across this would like to find out how they can help the victims of hurricane katrina. it's truly, truly sad what happened in the gulf and what i find sadder is how everyone seems to be blaming other people for it. christian groups are blaming gays and people who have abortions, democrats are blaming republicans, republicans are blaming democrats and so on. while i do believe that the national guard and fema should have been prepared or at the least gotten things ready. and you cannot use that lame ass excuse as "we had no phone contact". true, but i'm sure you had a television and i'm sure that you had at least come across the weather channel or the weather report on your local news station about it coming. we all knew it was coming and we all knew it was going to be a bad one. why do you think they kept comparing it to hurricane camille that happened like 30 some years ago? they just weren't prepared or just didn't care. they didn't care that most of the people that are stranded in new orleans now, almost a week since it happened, are poor people. i'm so sick of hearing that it's a white/black thing. it's not, it's a poor/rich thing. the rich got out, 'cause they had the money to. the poor didn't have the money and so couldn't leave. they have a parking lot full of school buses now underwater that they could've used to move these people out, but didn't. it's horrible what happened and while i and most people can go on ranting about what should've been done, we all need to start putting this energy into getting help to all the victims and rebuilding the gulf coast. where i live (indiana), there are alot of collection places and stores helping out and i'm sure there is alot going on to help where you live. i say this to all of you ranters (myself included) let's not worry about who is or isn't to blame, it's mother nature and it's unpredictable and let's start worrying about the victims of the gulf coast. they need our help more now than ever before. i feel for you all and i hope real soon you can get back to a normal state of life. i can't even imagine going through something like that. it's horrible, but help is out there, keep your heads held high. only good things can happen now!