Katrina is all but forgotten in the minds of Americans. A country that donates billions of dollars to victims of natural disasters elsewhere in the world and we neglect to take care of our own. It’s mindboggling to me. And I’m not speaking of just our government. Individuals. My own Mother said to me that she thought Orlando went downhill when victims of Katrina came there and never went back. I said well God help you if you ever get displaced and are left homeless and helpless. I must say, I have no doubt she got this “talking point” from my heartless Republican sister, who I refer to as Bethzilla. But I’m sure many other Americans feel that way. How did we come to be like this? Something else, while I’m on the subject. With the economy in the dumper the way it is, I asked my Mom if there was alot of crime during the depression. If people stole from one another due to desperation. If the crime rate went up drastically. She said…..no, people helped one another. What do you think would become of us if we suffered a depression in this day and age? I think it would be quite ugly. Just my opinion.

A United Nations official who has toured parts of Louisiana and Mississippi devastated by Hurricane Katrina says the thousands of victims of the storm resemble poor people displaced by natural disasters in other parts of the world.

“Whether you’re displaced in a rich country or a poor country, what remains the same is you need to get the help, the assistance of the authorities, of the communities, to be able to restart a normal life, and the people I have met are not there yet,” said Walter Kalin, the UN secretary general’s representative on the human rights of internally displaced persons.

Kalin spoke Wednesday, a day when he also saw hard-hit areas of the two states. He met Tuesday with evacuees in Houston.

The United Nations’ human rights committee has been critical of the Bush administration’s efforts to help people displaced by Katrina, particularly those without the financial means to rebuild.

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