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I feel sort of bad that I haven't mentioned anything about the hurricane. Especially considering it must've gone right over ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
antipixie's old house (I hope things are all right over there!) But... it's weird. I've sort of been off on this, and I want to blame the media. I remember a few days ago or whenever all this started hearing about the big category 1 storm going over the tip of Florida, and everyone going on about how they weren't worried because they'd weathered worse and this was just a big, wet, slow storm. There was some sort of dire warning from Jeb Bush, and then it was off into the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans was ordered evacuated and my family was wondering why Louisiana's governor didn't get to say anything on TV. Then they're all "It's category five now" but there was no "This is going to be bad!" In fact, I remember a whole lot of "we thought it was going to be worse, it's only a four now." Even during the storm things were played down. And now suddenly (or, two days ago suddenly) everyone's like "look at how terrible this is!" and gas has jumped up insanely. So... why? Why did no one say anything about how bad this was going to be until after. I mean, it was a freaking category five going in, you'd think someone would have said something like "This is going to be terrible!" I don't know... maybe they did, when I wasn't looking. But if it was on the BBC or NPR it totally doesn't count. There's something off about the way this whole thing is being handled... and I'm very sorry for everyone who's been stuck in this mess. It's horrible, and if I had any money to help out, I would. Heck, I want to go down there and help, but I don't have the money for that, either. I never got to see New Orleans, and now the poor place is going to take quite a while to get back on its feet. Here's to hoping the Bush administration does something useful and doesn't concentrate too much on making themselves look better. Listening to his speech yesterday was one of the more awkward and uninspiring things I've had to deal with. He doesn't sound optimistic enough. Or maybe he's trying to pretend that this oil mess isn't making him and Cheney even richer. I miss having a president with a personality, really I do.
So... Gulf Coast, Get Well Soon. And sorry for mixing my sympathies with my confused and political musings, but my mind's all tied together that way.
antipixie's old house (I hope things are all right over there!) But... it's weird. I've sort of been off on this, and I want to blame the media. I remember a few days ago or whenever all this started hearing about the big category 1 storm going over the tip of Florida, and everyone going on about how they weren't worried because they'd weathered worse and this was just a big, wet, slow storm. There was some sort of dire warning from Jeb Bush, and then it was off into the Gulf of Mexico and New Orleans was ordered evacuated and my family was wondering why Louisiana's governor didn't get to say anything on TV. Then they're all "It's category five now" but there was no "This is going to be bad!" In fact, I remember a whole lot of "we thought it was going to be worse, it's only a four now." Even during the storm things were played down. And now suddenly (or, two days ago suddenly) everyone's like "look at how terrible this is!" and gas has jumped up insanely. So... why? Why did no one say anything about how bad this was going to be until after. I mean, it was a freaking category five going in, you'd think someone would have said something like "This is going to be terrible!" I don't know... maybe they did, when I wasn't looking. But if it was on the BBC or NPR it totally doesn't count. There's something off about the way this whole thing is being handled... and I'm very sorry for everyone who's been stuck in this mess. It's horrible, and if I had any money to help out, I would. Heck, I want to go down there and help, but I don't have the money for that, either. I never got to see New Orleans, and now the poor place is going to take quite a while to get back on its feet. Here's to hoping the Bush administration does something useful and doesn't concentrate too much on making themselves look better. Listening to his speech yesterday was one of the more awkward and uninspiring things I've had to deal with. He doesn't sound optimistic enough. Or maybe he's trying to pretend that this oil mess isn't making him and Cheney even richer. I miss having a president with a personality, really I do. So... Gulf Coast, Get Well Soon. And sorry for mixing my sympathies with my confused and political musings, but my mind's all tied together that way.
