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Have been running around and, in quiet moments, been very sad. All the news that is pouring out of New Orleans is terrible and tragic and it makes me angry. I feel as if I have no right to be so comfortable in my home, angsting over how gas prices will affect my budget this weekend.
Am I horrified over the reports of looting/raping/shooting and people without basic means of survival? Yes. Am I suprised? No. Take away the thin confines of societal laws and people will behave as if civilization never even existed. My heart goes out to those who were trapped and unable to flee. Having lived in a typhoon-prone area, I know how scary they can be. But I also know that sometimes evacuation orders are premature/unnecessary.
I honestly don't know what I would do if I had been caught in that city or stuck in a huge auditorium with no a/c, backed-up toilets, and dead bodies rotting just outside. Maybe I would have grabbed a gun to protect myself. Maybe I would have pushed my way into Walmart to grab food and water and toilet paper. I hope to God I never find out exactly how far I would go to survive. All I do know is that the scene that is unfolding in New Orleans looks like half the nightmares I used to have as a child. And it is freaking me the fuck out.
But perhaps the worst part of this whole ordeal is that I am thinking about how this disaster will affect the company I work for (insurance...yikes). How it will affect the economy. And how it will affect me. It makes me feel like a tool for being selfish and shallow, especially because I want to be all happy and excited about the con.
So, I hemmed and hawed for most of today and decided that I would go ahead and drive to AnimeFEST. I looked into alternate transportation and I just don't have the time it would take to ride up in a train or bus. And an airline ticket is completely out of the question. My little Jeep doesn't have awesome mileage, but it's not too bad.
Once I get back, I am going to seriously look at alternate transportation for work. I live less than 3 miles from the office, for goodness sakes! The only problem is that the roads are HEAVILY trafficked in this short distance. I can guarantee that if I go on foot/bike, I will arrive to work on the hood of someone's car and no, I'm not joking. People are maniacs here and Melissa + bike is a comedy of pain and disaster waiting to happen.
So, yay for still going to the con! I leave early in the tomorrow, so I will be incommunicado until Monday night. Love to you all. Off to donate a little fundage to the Red Cross and then to bed.
Sweet repose be with in thine breast...
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Re: My thoughts have been along similar lines.
Date: 2005-09-06 05:06 am (UTC)From:I like to think I am a survivor. But I have never been truly hungry. I have never endured true hardship. And although I have dealt without plumbing and electricity, I've never been without food or water for an extended period of time. It's scary to think about.
*hugs you for worrying about me, though*
I actually did not see any Howls, but I did see a Sophie. At least, I think that's who she was.
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Date: 2005-09-06 02:05 pm (UTC)From:Dude, I bet.
I like to think I am a survivor. But I have never been truly hungry. I have never endured true hardship. And although I have dealt without plumbing and electricity, I've never been without food or water for an extended period of time. It's scary to think about.
You never really know until it happens.
I just keep thinking that a crowd of people must have been standing there doing nothing while those women and children were gang-raped and murdered in the Superdome. That's not something I could have done.
*hugs you for worrying about me, though*
*squish* ^^
I actually did not see any Howls
Awwwwww.
but I did see a Sophie. At least, I think that's who she was.
XD That's not good cosplay, if you weren't sure. *snickers*