Shoor in the City

I have about 15 minutes and 30 seconds on this computer… nowhere near enough time to express my feelings about New Orleans and what’s happened the past week.  But I’m gonna try.  So if you guys will allow me, I’m going to be serious for a minute.

Watching a city as vibrant as New Orleans get almost completely wiped out, and then descend into a post-apocalyptic nightmare is completely unnerving.  Those of you who know me well know that I spent the best vacation of my life in New Orleans, with the wifey and some close friends.  It was a weekend of great food, great sightseeing, and great bonding, and I will never forget it.  I can only hope that when the city is rebuilt it will be as great a place as it was back then.

The government’s reaction has been pitiful, and the stories I’ve seen on the news about death, illness, looting, rape, and gunplay make me sick to my stomach.  In the span of a few hours, a 21st-century city became a third world city.  A note to all of you philosophy and psychology majors… you want to know what it takes before mankind loses his sense of civilization and descends into animal-like behavior?  Try starvation, thirst, heat, and a constant threat of violence and disease.  Just take a look at the news.

As I watch the convoys of National Guard roll into New Orleans, I can only hope that it isn’t too late to get these people the help they need and to start rebuilding one of this planet’s greatest towns.  Here’s to the Big Easy.  We’re all praying for you.

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