When Chicago Baked
Sorry, I mean, nobody needs more blogging about Katrina, because that's being done to better effect and more on-the-spot and more full of good info by others.
But I'm just unable to snark properly about the usual stuff for a while. Reading Slate's coverage, for example, gets me so torqued off, and also broken-hearted.
Because, for example, the same damn thing happened in Chicago in 1995, with a massive heat wave there.
(Info nuggets from Slate.com, because I'M not an actual reporter, heh:)
The mayor, Richard M. Daley, went on vacation when he heard the heat wave was coming. At least a week ahead of time, meteorologists warned the city to prepare for the worst.
Chicago had a heat-wave emergency plan, but it was sitting on a shelf, and nobody knew it existed, because the mayor and his cabinet members weren't around.
It was okay, though, because all the rich and white people got out of town, or had air conditioning. The only people who really suffered and died were poor and old. So THAT'S all right.
It's funny. You see mentions of people rallying; Memphis took in 10,000 refugees from Katrina. People are rushing to set up avenues to handle donations to help. You probably have donated, or you know people who have. With so many good people, people who honestly care about others and want to do all they can, how can our elected officials be allowed to vacation through our disasters?
I'm sorry; like I said, there's plenty of Katrina blogging already. Back to Big Brother posts!
But I'm just unable to snark properly about the usual stuff for a while. Reading Slate's coverage, for example, gets me so torqued off, and also broken-hearted.
Because, for example, the same damn thing happened in Chicago in 1995, with a massive heat wave there.
(Info nuggets from Slate.com, because I'M not an actual reporter, heh:)
The mayor, Richard M. Daley, went on vacation when he heard the heat wave was coming. At least a week ahead of time, meteorologists warned the city to prepare for the worst.
Chicago had a heat-wave emergency plan, but it was sitting on a shelf, and nobody knew it existed, because the mayor and his cabinet members weren't around.
It was okay, though, because all the rich and white people got out of town, or had air conditioning. The only people who really suffered and died were poor and old. So THAT'S all right.
It's funny. You see mentions of people rallying; Memphis took in 10,000 refugees from Katrina. People are rushing to set up avenues to handle donations to help. You probably have donated, or you know people who have. With so many good people, people who honestly care about others and want to do all they can, how can our elected officials be allowed to vacation through our disasters?
I'm sorry; like I said, there's plenty of Katrina blogging already. Back to Big Brother posts!
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