As I was looking for more information on the Nashville flood, I came across this video:
While the subtle jabs at us stung a bit, I understand the frustration. There are many questions, but I will leave those for the people that deserve the answers more than me. I do find it amazing that such a tragedy could occur and virtually go unnoticed, until just recently. I am just as angry about the 11, who died on the BP rig out in the Gulf. We seem to hear about the long term environmental impact, whose at fault and the money that will be spent cleaning or penalizing the offending company. What have we become where we ignore the plight of actual humans over ideology and politics? Frankly, I am more dismayed by the lack of attention to human lives than the recent major events that have taken place. We need to take a long hard look at ourselves and decide which direction we are going to take. We can’t unite, if we don’t exist.
Again, please visit Suburban Turmoil for ongoing information and heroic stories of the Nashville Flood, as well as information on donations and how you can help if you are in the area. If you can’t do that (And believe me, I understand the sick feeling that overcomes someone from this area looking at this massive flood), then pray. It is the least you could do for your fellow Americans, hell, your fellow humans.
I can’t watch, it’s too real, too painful, too many memories that are still fresh as if it happened yesterday. I’ve seen the jabs at us, the one that stung the most is that they weren’t getting media attention because they weren’t looting each other and it was neighbor helping neighbor there. I said my peace on that one and left the mommy board realizing I need a break from mommy boards LOL.
I’m with you, I’m appalled at the lack of media attention that Nashville is getting. They deserve more.
Q and I were talking about this recently. There have been other American disasters since Katrina – floods, wildfires, etc, and none were given the same coverage. I used to work in broadcast news and I can promise you that people working together and saving their community is a boring story unless a life is saved (and then only if caught on video), so they seek out the bad ones – like looting and racial wars. Regardless of what we wish, the media is a business, and it aims for money. People will tune in for aerial car chases over oil spill updates any day.