I am looking for the quote but Michael Brown Director of FEMA gave a run down of why he is qualified by listing the disasters that have occured since he entered the office.

Woohoo this yahoo got some great on the job training. One thing he listed was the California Wildfires. I assume he meant the wildfires of October 2003. Lives were lost and acres burned while FEMA sat with its collective head up its ass and made the US Marines at Camp Pendleton and USMCAS Mirramar PROVE they were capable of helping in the aerial firefight. I mean their experience putting out fires on their bases means nothing. They also took their sweet ass time getting resources into the area from all over the state and country. Not to mention the fact that they would not let anyone fly after dusk even though there were still 2 hours of light in the sky AND some of the aircraft was designed to fly at night. Yeah that lil bit on his resume makes me fucking ecstatic and feeling so safe that he is the head of FEMA. oh yeah I forgot to add that people died during that fire because they called for help and they were told to sit tight no reason to evac or help is on the way when the help never came or it was too late, sound familiar? What a fucking joke

yeah I am a news whore I watch it constantly and this situation hasnt changed that. Why does this hurricane seem to have such a slow relief effort? Last year it seemed like it was practically instantaneous but these people now aren't getting much. why are the churches the first to respond? What is going on? Where is our government? I mean I know it is bad but is it sooooo bad that there is nothing our government can do? I mean we were able to drop food on bombed out cities in WWII why cant we drop MREs on people on rooftops? Why arent these centers getting help? Where is their relief?

I wonder what the long lasting affects of this will be on our nation and government. Will Bush lose what lil support he has left as he takes the blame for yet another fuck up? He will try to push it off but I see it as a chain of command and he is at the top. Will the Republican party suffer? Are we going t go back to a Democrat majority. In the past we have done well with that in the past.

Good news I heard they are doing chopper drops of fod and water in New Orleans. About freakin time. Also good to hear most of the looting is people who are getting what they need to survive. Bad news is thousands who were turned away from the superdome are at the convention center. There is no relief or support there and officials wont go there because they are outnumbered. At least they got food and water drops but that is bullshit, they are outnumbered. Get the people on buses make sure you have enough and then give them stuff once they are onboard.

Hurricane

Things are crazy. The news from New Orleans is scary but I know that it is just a few being evil bastards. the majority are decent peple who just need help. I wish there is more I could do to help. I am trying to be a major player in my church with getting together flood buckets for UMCOR.org Hopefully I can get some goods donated too but I am sure the local businesses will be getting hit by alot. We will try to get our buckets together and delivered to another church who will deliver them to the distribution center in Lousiana.

Thankfully it sounds like everyone I know seems to have faired well. There is one person on the website I hang out on has yet to be heard from. We hope and pray they are ok.

I hope the government is really helping these people as much as they can. I just dont beleive it when I see all these people stranded in New Orleans. It sounds like even in Mississippi and Alabama things arent really happening. Of course with all of the violence I am not inclined to want to help them either.

A big part of me wonders if the Levy system was really as good as it should have been. I mean they were ready for a Cat 3 but it is the Gulf. Why didnt they have contigency plans? What is going on there? Why the hell are we seeing all of thee damn press conferences and no action? Is this another one of those situations where the media is twisting things and only showing us the worst possible OR is nothing really happening? Why are news crews giving out water? These poor people dying and dehydrated when they are surrounded by water. It is terrible and scary I just feel fr them and wish I could do more

Gas

WTF is wrong with people. Yesterday we had a run on gas here. People fillin up who have no reason. Shit there was a disaster we know fuel will go up but if we have a fuckin run on gas it is going to make it shoot higher. Gas went up from 2.45-2.50 to 3.29+ overnight. It is ridiculous this is not what we need right now.

It is about time

Thunder has been ringing through here for over an hour. There is a severe storm a few miles away. we have rain now so it doesnt seem so pointless to me. Weather in the South confuses and befuddles me. It rains when the sun is shining. Lightning is almost a nightly occurence lately but no rain. The rain is great as long as we get enough to bring down the temp otherwise it just adds to the humidity and gets hotter

Another cool thing about GA. Lightning bugs. They kick ass. I saw my first ones last week, it never occured to me to look for them. It is frickin rad. I need to hang out with some of my friends kids and go catch them with them. All my friends (who were with me when I saw them) thought it was hilarious. I honestly didnt think they really existed. I thought it was just something cool that Disney put in movies and rides. Is my californian shinin through?

WTF am I old?

ok I know damn good and well I am not young and spry or whatever. But I am not old. I am 26 for cryin out loud. well one of hubbs work buddies was talking to me about My Space yesterday and looked very confused when I knew what it was. I AM 26!!! NOT 95!!!! I mean shit Friedster came out when I was in college and I only graduated 4 years ago.

hmmm it is 11:30 I should try and get some sleep. I wonder what my aversion to sleep has been lately. I am tired I took my meds to help me sleep about 2 hours ago but I dont want to go to bed. I think it is just the fact that I am so accustomed to staying up. I should go curl up with hubbs and watch a movie. I just dont know. ugh

myspace

Recently someone from the past added me as a friend on here so i started looking again for old friends or just people I knew. i cant beleive how many people I found. Somedays it makes me wish I have done something cool and interesting with my life to tell people. But no I had alot of fun after high school but nothing note worthy. As I go through the pics of people I think it is amazing how little somethings have changed. I need to post some new pics of myself now that I am that much closer to the weight I was back in the day. It also surprise me how many people still live so close to Ontario. In some ways I am jealous. I mean if after graduating 7-10 years ago they still have something there to go back to. Not me. I have Ruben but that is it. I am thinking I would like to see many of them again, may even try to find a way back for the 10year. We shall see. I thank God I have my husband and I love my mobile life. Someday I am sure I will grow tired of it but for now may the Navy send us to some kickass places.