- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
This is probably going to come off the wrong way... but I have to say it anyways.
I live in Florida. My entire family is in Florida. I would like to ask the board a question.... Where was the Red Cross comercials, the Network television marithons and hotlines, and the Bungie save the victums t-shirts when myself and every member of my family lost our homes? Thousands would have died last year had we not of actually listened to authorities and left when we did.
Don't get me wrong, I feel for the people that lost thier homes in New Orleans. It just rubs me the wrong way every time a storm hits and everyone goes nutts to help... Pensicola recieved no help, no network TV time or Red Cross special 800 numbers. Like those that live in New Orleans, my home, and many others, is gone. The house I grew up in as a kid, and hoped to bring my children to, is only a foundation slab. While the looting wasn't as bad in Pensicola, I personally have had to chase many people off my Grandparents' and neighbors' propoties as they searched through other peoples recked homes for valubles they could steal. Why did Florida not get the compashion that New Orleans is now being given?