Man, this past week has been crazy. I’ve been meaning to post my thoughts about it, but I’ve been so busy with work. The beginning of the school year is always tough. Back to the post at hand.

Hurricane Katrina.

This is very tragic. I’ve lived on Guam most of my life and we get typhoons all the time. Typhoons are basically hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean. Out of all the Super Typhoons (winds over 180mph) I’ve experienced, I dont ever recall anyone dying from the storm. Guam is so prepared for them. We live in concrete homes, we have water containers, generators, batteries, and other essentials at all times around our homes to get through the recovery. Most of the time, we just weather it out, then within a couple weeks, the island is back to its normal form. Its a regular occurance. I dont like it, but its the price we pay for living in paradise.

New Orleans and the southern states didn’t seem prepared at all for the hurricane. Over 1000 already confirmed dead and many more popping up. People killing each other over a bag of ice, looting stores, and raping women? Seriously, there is something wrong.

The United States also needs to step it up. They are so fast to deploy 150,000 troops to Iraq to fight a war, but they have been so slow to get the needed help to their citizens in their own country! People are dying on the streets daily of dehydration, hunger, violence, and illnesses. Its very tragic. When I watch the videos, it reminds me of some 3rd world country down there. Hopefully things will change, and people will prepare themselves for natural disasters. Its inevitable. It will happen again. It just a matter of when.

The Stampede in Iraq.

Over 1,000 lives taken because of a rumor about a suicide bomber. Most of the dead where women, children, and elderly.

Whats going on with the world? Seems there have been so much more grief than happiness the past few years. Anyone else agree?

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