National Guard trucks haul residents seeking refuge through floodwaters to the Superdome.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Hurricane Katrina
My heart bleeds for the victims of Mondays Hurricane throughout the Gulf Coast. I won't pretend to understand the pain and loss felt by the millions of victims Katrina has left homeless and without loved ones, I can only offer my hope. Please accept.
A picture, truly is worth a thousand words and to see flood water covering eighty percent of New Orleans, in some parts up to the third story of some of the cities historical buildings and to watch thousands of people huddle in the dark at the Super Dome makes you feel helpless.
To watch news footage of national guard and even media helicopters help people escape the tops of their roofs in Louisiana. Some had taped a red cross symbol and the words diabetic on their roofs in an effort to attract the aid that they needed.
In made me sick to hear about a crowd of about 50 to 75 people had swarmed through a supermarket in New Orleans, taking out shopping carts full of goods before police arrived. In another city a young kid was stopped by a news team from looting a home of the owners tv, when asked if he thought what he was doing was wrong his reply was "if it was wrong the cops would have stopped me". Enough said, I shake my head in disbelief.
The other sickening part of this tragedy is how the gas megaopolies hear in Canada had decided to capitalize on a tragedy and raised gas prices in unison to an absurd $1.20 a litre! over night. Unlike in the U.S our oil rigs are not built offshore and thus not effected like the ones in the Gulf.
This is just pure price gouging, and illegal in this country. If charged and found guilty it would see every CEO of Canada's big gas giants behind bars. Only if someone in government grew some "cahonies" and named names.
Later,
Kenaz
A picture, truly is worth a thousand words and to see flood water covering eighty percent of New Orleans, in some parts up to the third story of some of the cities historical buildings and to watch thousands of people huddle in the dark at the Super Dome makes you feel helpless.
To watch news footage of national guard and even media helicopters help people escape the tops of their roofs in Louisiana. Some had taped a red cross symbol and the words diabetic on their roofs in an effort to attract the aid that they needed.
In made me sick to hear about a crowd of about 50 to 75 people had swarmed through a supermarket in New Orleans, taking out shopping carts full of goods before police arrived. In another city a young kid was stopped by a news team from looting a home of the owners tv, when asked if he thought what he was doing was wrong his reply was "if it was wrong the cops would have stopped me". Enough said, I shake my head in disbelief.
The other sickening part of this tragedy is how the gas megaopolies hear in Canada had decided to capitalize on a tragedy and raised gas prices in unison to an absurd $1.20 a litre! over night. Unlike in the U.S our oil rigs are not built offshore and thus not effected like the ones in the Gulf.
This is just pure price gouging, and illegal in this country. If charged and found guilty it would see every CEO of Canada's big gas giants behind bars. Only if someone in government grew some "cahonies" and named names.
Later,
Kenaz
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