Hurricane:

[wednes]

As you may know, I'm in Michigan. Despite being surrounded by water, our fair state doesn't have much to fear from hurricanes. I have the luxury of sitting in my apartment, reading about it online and feeling terrible for all the people who have lost thier homes. And from what I read, it's horrible.

However, this comment made me hopping mad:

"I can only imagine that this is what Hiroshima looked like 60 years ago," said Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour after touring the destruction by air Tuesday.

That's just ridiculous. No one did this to New Orleans on purpose, there was no hate involved. The people of Hiroshima also did not have days to evacuate because they knew what was coming. They did not have neighboring states rushing in to help, nor did they have a Superdome to congregate at. Certainly, I'm not trying to minimize what's actually happening there. But nuclear devastation is not the same as a flood. It really smacks of the recent trend of calling everyone we don't like "Hitler".

That said, if anyone is going down south to help out, let me know and I'll come with.

Comments

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Come on Nate, this is absurd. Do you really think it's hypocritical to feel devastation at home or where people you know are more acutely than devastation on the other side of the world? If the house next to your caught fire, that would affect you more than some Detroit Devil's Night fire, and that's normal. You seem to be asserting that body count is the most important factor when totaling the "devastation" while Hollie appears to feel that body count is not as important as emotional and visceral impact. Both arguments are valid and there's no reason to make it a big, ugly deal.

No one wants to read that when they get home from therapy...