Where's the Noise?
Katrina has destroyed New Orleans, and although thankfully the death toll seems not as high as the tsunami, countrymen of ours are suffering. Yet as of tonight there's no ad on the front page of Amazon for donating to the Red Cross like there was during the tsunami. There's no feeling that the hurricane has hit at the heart of American, like 9/11. And yet the current disaster is closer to home, and affects more people. I don't know, maybe I'm just not seeing it, but I feel like we (the citizens, the press, the leadership) are treating this without the gravitas it deserves.
Agree... disagree... in either case, please give to the Red Cross. Money is the easiest thing to give, and in the case of a disaster like this, is actually the most useful thing you can give.
