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What has me concerned after watching the Today show (we don't have cable TV, to much trash for kids to see, inclusing us adults) I sat there starting to worry and think about the devestation that just this single event has caused, how people didn't have any sort of plan in place, a survival kit of some sort, some ignoring the warnings to leave, others taking advantage of others, how people are starting to ignore the law, not planning for those that are without transportation in the first place, medical concernes for those with diabetes, heart conditions, people on oxygen etc. That is just the "simple" stuff. What is going to happen when we get another terrorist attack that is along this scale, be it a dirty bomb, a real nuke, bio terror etc. Is our government going to be responding in a similar manner, are people going to ignore possible warnings of an impending threat like many did in the south? Are we going to see lawlessness, and I am not talking about looting, but killing people for their cars to leave, rapes, as now being reported, killing or worse yet, people taking rescue supplies from relief workers and then selling them to the survivors at a high cost? I am sure the terror element is watching all this and thinking real hard about how they can cripple our Nation and we will in effect eat our own because we as a species are prone to just the behavior we are now witnessing. I think Katrina is our 2nd wakeup call and we had better start getting ready. I heard how the government, not just the current President but all the way back to the 70's have all cut funding to the Corp of Engineers, Law Enforcement, the AMTRAK scuttling etc. Instead we take all this tax money and spend it on pork, money for pretty bike trails, sports hall of fames, things that are meaningless when you see just what people truly need, protection and substanance in the form of water, food and medicine. We all need to start thinking about theses things, All change starts at home first. So in a way we can help, maybe not the current vistims, but ourselves for the next event that is sure to come. I am not a doomsayer, just being realistic after watching all this unfold. Okay done with my [soapbox]
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