Are you mad about how the US government is handling the Katrina disaster?

[hatredisnotavalue]

Call your congressman first thing tomorrow.

Senate: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

House:
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Yup...

Let's keep this kicked!

[khashka]

2. I'm so fucking angry

I'm spitting blood!


Kicked.

Khash.

[China_cat]

3. Mad? That's putting it mildly.

In 1953 storm of hurricane propotions exceptionally high spring tides smashed dikes and inundated the low lying polders of Zeeland, and South Holland, Netherlands. The flood came in the night without warning, killing over 1800 people, destroying 3000 homes and 300 farms and killing 47,000 head of cattle.

Without the modern methods we have today, without the communications, they put it back together in short order, buried their dead, took care of the living and rebuilt. And came up with ways to keep it from ever happening again.

These were the people who HAD been helping the corps of engineers work on a similar project for New Orleans. They warned...ALMOST 15 YEARS AGO...that the levees wouldn't hold and NO would be subject to a disaster of the magnitude of the Dutch 1953 flood. Their funding was taken away and the project put on hold.

It didn't have to happen this badly. We HAVE the modern predictive methods. We HAVE the modern communications and transport systems and most of all, our government HAD the warnings and the time to mitigate the human cost of this disaster. And people are so much more important than the property damage.

[sasquatch]

4. Nominated

[hatredisnotavalue]

6. Thanks you are too kind :)

But I am so angry. Let them know how we feel in droves....

[hatredisnotavalue]

5. Kick for me too.

I called my congressmen crying today, trying to get some help for those at the Convention Center in NO. Senator Collins rep was very nice and said he would contact Collins immediately. Sen. Snowes reps really couldn't figure out why I was calling because I had not friends or family there.
I got so darned ticked that I am calling again tomorrow. And the day after. And the day after that.
Please everyone call tomorrow. Make this a big turnout.