Well , here we go again. Hurricane Ike may not be the disaster that Hurricane Katrina was, but still a disaster in Texas. This time millions of people evacuated and left their homes while nature tried to wash its face clean. That left only a rough count of about one hundred thousand that didn't heed the warnings. Most of them probably survived and today the largest search and rescue operation in Texas will go in and try to rescue them.
I have already commented on Darwin's theory of evolution and modern man. Sometimes nature still wins (maybe we need to evolve a set of gills if we live in or near hurricane zones). I may sound unsympathetic, but I really do feel for the people that have lost their irreplaceables. Family is irreplaceable. Pets are irreplaceable. Family heirlooms that have survived many generations are irreplaceabe. Photo albums are irreplaceable.
Cars, videogames, books and all those things that we can go out and buy with insurance money are replaceable. I like to complain about insurance companies and how I personally haven't yet had to use it, but keep paying out the premiums. This is what insurance is for , unfortunately not nearly everyone that has been affected by Hurricane Ike will have enough insurance.
Sometime soon a great number of the humanitarian aid organizations will roll in to give aid down there; The American Red Cross, The United Way and many many more. Until we hear what the results of the disaster are there is very little we can do. Like Katrina people around the country will give what aid they can.
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