Water Damage
I just read an interesting article about hurricane Katrina and all of the water damage that occurred. A lot of the issues that were brought up in the article had never really before crossed my mind. One thing was the fact that certain places, like mental institutions or rehab centers flooded not just people's homes. So when the flood happened, these people escaped. It is scary to think people like child molesters or drug addicts are running around getting a second chance (especially when you think of all the children who were lost or alone for an amount of time). I know in the article they are trying to get the water damage restoration going and everything fixed so that they can get these people back where they belong, but still it is a scary image to think about.
It is strange how something can severely affect people in part of our country but not have such an effect on others just states away. I know that hurricane Katrina was a huge deal and I absolutely don't mean to make it anything less, but I feel like people in other states that weren't effected physically by the hurricane just went on living their everyday lives, but this whole time there were people out there without homes. I know that so many people did everything they could to help out though. I know people at our school donated clothes and food and even old cell phones for the families. Also people I know went down to help rebuild houses and get rid of water and see the damage. But even though we are spending time and money and prayers trying to help out, we don't truly know how it feels to lose our homes and all of our belongings or how it feels to be separated from our family.
I guess we all have to just be thankful for what we have and everyday know how lucky we are. I think a lot of people, me included, take a lot for granted. Sure we see kids on TV in other countries who are starving and we are sad, but 2 hours later, dinner time rolls around and we are ordering out and throwing out leftovers. Sometimes people just don't understand how lucky they are, especially during times when people are losing their jobs and homes and have no food to feed their families or even a thought about celebrating Christmas and buying gifts. We just need to take a minute everyday and be thankful for what we have.