Re-Thinking....

Well, over the past few days I have seriously reconsidered my thoughts on the hurricane. I can now totally understand and comprehend why people did not evacuate. Think about it, people's entire families live there. Extended families, where would one go. If I had lived there and needed to evacuate I would have trekked over to Georgia and stayed with my sister in her home (which is quite spacious). If not I would have went to NY and stayed with family there. Or I would have got a hotel or an efficientcy because thankfully, my husband checks would still role in as he is able to work remotely. I would have been okay, because I have the means and the resources. Some people are just poor and cannot travel. They can evacuate, but where do they go. And some people would not want to leave their homes and their families. I can see it now. I can understand why some would stay. There are people dying every minute there, some because of lack of food, water, air, sanitation. Others have been murdered.

I get the looting for food and clothes.
I don't get the looting for guns and electronics.
I get the need for shoes and the looting for that.
I don't get the people come out with boxes and boxes of shoes.

There is so much about this tragedy that blows my mind. I listened to a women cry about the feds not being able to drop a package of supplies. But think about what would happen had they done that. Sheer pandemonium. Stampedes. Hoarding. I think of all of the women with children left behind. Why were they not the first people on those buses to Houston?

I just cannot fathom what they are going though. I sat in paneras today and ate lunch with my daughter enjoying a bowl of hot soup and a fresh sandwich and a nice big cup of iced tea while she sipped on a lemonade and munched on a fresh bagel. I thought about how I was heading out tonight to buy a car and a dining room table. Also get a lunch box for my daughter. Each thing I thought about I thanked God for being able to do it. Being able to sit in clean clothing, showered and made up. Enjoy the ambiance of the resturant and the air conditioning. As I cleaned my house, I enjoyed that and thanked God for that too. So many people have to completely dispose of their entire home and clean their lots of debris just to re-build. I am so very thankful that I will be spending a relaxing weekend in my home with my husband and out daughter. I am thankful for the dry floor, the flushing toilet, the contact with my relatives. Every little thing I am thankful for having and should never ever take advantage of for you never know when the wind and rain can rip them away.