Separating Fluff and Bull from Facts and Fiction “The Moments after Disaster”
September 15th 2010 12:56
When faced with disaster, decisions made at the turn of a dime are essential to saving lives and preventing a nightmare from turning into an epidemic.
For every natural disaster and element of destruction from human beings it is these decisions that frame the conversation surrounding the things that happened to save all the lives that could have been saved in the spur of the moment.
Beyond human lives is also the forgotten consideration of the impact that is left on entire regions for the months, years and decades after the water is pumped out, the oil is no longer gushing and the last survivor is rescued.
For every tragedy, the record is left to play on repeat as the World Public turns their attention away from the disaster of the day in favor of the next big news story while the dangers are poised to impact another aspect of our lives.
The massive outcry for relief efforts to put people back in their homes, thorough cleanup beyond making things on the surface look the way they were before and movements to create safeguards of prevention are left on the backburner in favor of finger pointing and political conjecture between the big two political parties.
For every Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Oil Spill, Haitian and Pakistani Earthquake there is a forgotten story that will be remembered when tragedy comes back to our doorstep.
The tragedy of a forgotten city that is still left vulnerable to another direct hit by a Hurricane.
The tragedy of a destroyed fishing industry in the Gulf Region that will be feeling the affects from the dispersants used to contain a 200 Million Gallon Oil Spill and Oil still sitting at the bottom of the ocean for decades to come.
The tragedy of the things that will happen when the next great storm enters the gulf and stirs up the oil still sitting on the surface with only marshes and a short distance keeping it away from major fresh water sources.
The tragedy of the things that continue to happen when the impoverished are given the deadly blow from a double edged sword of disaster and aren’t offered relief by way of rebuilding schools, hospitals, an already shortened food supply and other basic commodities that helps a third world society keep pace with the rest of the world.
Without the support of the World the impoverished are left to their own devices and as demonstrated in Afghanistan and Iraq…
The problem’s of the third world become the problems of the rest of the world if left unnoticed.
In the moment of disaster it is easy to talk in terms of what needs to be done just as it is easy to look back in hindsight and talk about the things that should have been done.
The more difficult conversation is the one surrounding the things that need to be done now and being honest about the things that have already been damaged beyond repair.
For more of the conversation join my social network on facebook by becoming a fan at Facebook.com/KhalfaniKingBlogs for news features, conversation and much more.
Today’s discussion is a direct response to a CNN article which can be read by clicking the link below.
Where did the oil go? Researcher’s Point to sea floor
For every natural disaster and element of destruction from human beings it is these decisions that frame the conversation surrounding the things that happened to save all the lives that could have been saved in the spur of the moment.
Beyond human lives is also the forgotten consideration of the impact that is left on entire regions for the months, years and decades after the water is pumped out, the oil is no longer gushing and the last survivor is rescued.
For every tragedy, the record is left to play on repeat as the World Public turns their attention away from the disaster of the day in favor of the next big news story while the dangers are poised to impact another aspect of our lives.
The massive outcry for relief efforts to put people back in their homes, thorough cleanup beyond making things on the surface look the way they were before and movements to create safeguards of prevention are left on the backburner in favor of finger pointing and political conjecture between the big two political parties.
For every Hurricane Katrina, Gulf Oil Spill, Haitian and Pakistani Earthquake there is a forgotten story that will be remembered when tragedy comes back to our doorstep.
The tragedy of a forgotten city that is still left vulnerable to another direct hit by a Hurricane.
The tragedy of a destroyed fishing industry in the Gulf Region that will be feeling the affects from the dispersants used to contain a 200 Million Gallon Oil Spill and Oil still sitting at the bottom of the ocean for decades to come.
The tragedy of the things that will happen when the next great storm enters the gulf and stirs up the oil still sitting on the surface with only marshes and a short distance keeping it away from major fresh water sources.
The tragedy of the things that continue to happen when the impoverished are given the deadly blow from a double edged sword of disaster and aren’t offered relief by way of rebuilding schools, hospitals, an already shortened food supply and other basic commodities that helps a third world society keep pace with the rest of the world.
Without the support of the World the impoverished are left to their own devices and as demonstrated in Afghanistan and Iraq…
The problem’s of the third world become the problems of the rest of the world if left unnoticed.
In the moment of disaster it is easy to talk in terms of what needs to be done just as it is easy to look back in hindsight and talk about the things that should have been done.
The more difficult conversation is the one surrounding the things that need to be done now and being honest about the things that have already been damaged beyond repair.
For more of the conversation join my social network on facebook by becoming a fan at Facebook.com/KhalfaniKingBlogs for news features, conversation and much more.
Today’s discussion is a direct response to a CNN article which can be read by clicking the link below.
Where did the oil go? Researcher’s Point to sea floor
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