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Being a Houstonian I have felt many a hurricane past and felt the pain of neglect afterwords.
Rita did do major damage to the southern parts of Texas like Beaumont-Port Arthur and like Katrina they are STILL waiting and trying to piece back their lives. My girlfiend has told me many a story of going to her parents and the neighborhood around it was COVERED in downed trees and power lines. It took more than four months before a an entire tree was finaly excavated out of their living room.
Pick any part of the US and you'll find a differnt natural disaster waiting to happen! The problem really is a lack of aggresive Federal and State response. All current funding is going to to fight the war on terror. Trillions of dollars are funding two wars! Corporate and private buisness are still gritting thier teeth just to get by. Are current leader or as a friend of mine coined "punk ass-chump" and his Congress are worried about gay marriage, flag burning, and giving themsleves raises. That's where their priorties lay.
Think about that the next time you go into a voting booth. We need a non-dysfuntional government and we need it fast!
