Katrina Victims

With recent natural disasters in China (quake), Myanmar (cyclone), and now Columbia (flood) it is pretty easy to be brought back to 3 years ago when one of the United States most famous towns was sunk underneath water for weeks. It seems however that most of America has forgotten about Katrina and it's victims, or at least put them to the back of their mind. While countries like Myanmar are being condemned for their slow and horrendous humanitarian aide, we should look at ourselves in the mirror before talking so badly about them. Katrina survivors are still living in trailers, most of which were built using a glue too high in formaldehyde, which has now caused many hundreds of children to be born with or grow up with debilitating asthma, those aforementioned trailers are within the next few weeks being taken away from the survivors, and any federal aid to get them housing or jobs is slow, if at all available. The houses that used to be in their neighborhood, going for $400 a month have been rebuilt by contractors who are now looking to charge above $1200 a month. These people can't afford that kind of rent, especially when jobs are nearly non existent, many of them don't have vehicles, and now they are being forced to leave the only place they have known as home since Katrina. We are creating THOUSANDS of jobless and homeless people out of citizens of our own nations. People who spent days on top of their roofs waiting to be rescued. Many times watching helicopters and boats speed right by them to go rescue the more affluent citizens. It disgusts me.