Sitting in a Toronto truckstop parking lot last night I watched a documentary about the Katrina disaster in New Orleans. During the program I received an email from my buddy in Australia about the wildfire situation in that country.
Now, my wife and I had been following the developing news of the wildfires and the disastrous results for many unfortunate residents of the affected areas. We had comforted ourselves with the knowledge that our friends, who live near Perth, were not in danger, as they live in the opposite end of the country from the devastation.
However, the words in the email were somewhat chilling and sobering. Our friends have numerous friends and family members in that area and since the beginning of the disaster they have not been able to reach any of them by phone as all communication has been cut off.
Its hard to know which is worse, knowing disaster has befallen our loved ones or fearing it and no way to confirm if they’re safe or not.
Anyway, the Katrina documentary was very disturbing. It looks, to this viewer at least, like the Bush government cared more about the citizens of almost any other nation you could mention than the citizens of New Orleans. What a travesty. I only hope and pray the government of Australia will react much more quickly and decisively to this latest disaster to befall their citizens.
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