tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113442.post5781927592733996960..comments2023-04-25T22:16:30.004-07:00Comments on Gray Matter: Katrina It Ain'tSusan Isaacshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091876617022681671noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113442.post-86191951930908906502007-10-28T11:57:00.000-07:002007-10-28T11:57:00.000-07:00hola, just returned from a worship service where m...hola, <BR/><BR/>just returned from a worship service where my commitment to the care of the earth was challenged, with about 6 scripture references and quoting an evangelical who repented of his non-stewardship...i love a challenging sermon!<BR/><BR/>going to rest a bit here at home then head over to help out at the evac site, but i saw your comment on your blog refernceing my comment and wanted to clarify:<BR/><BR/>we are located on the eastern edge of san diego county. evacuees weren't sent here b/c they are poor. they were sent here b/c of the logistics: they could not go westward, and we are simply much much closer than qualcom or any other red cross evac site. there were a lot of evacuees in our town that had money. most of them stayed at the local resorts and hotels. most of the people who stayed and are staying at our school/evac site are poverty-stricken people, i assume from their clothes and vehicles and dental issues. i don't mean to be callous or whatever, i am just trying to explain my perceptions.<BR/><BR/>one of my friends who evacuated eastward out here stayed at a resort that cost $350 a night (two nights) with her cat that had just undergone extensive and expensive medical care the week before. and over at the evac site we are chasing chickens through the parking lot and giving out underwear to desperate mothers.<BR/><BR/>you don't need to print this comment, ms. isaacs. i just wanted to clarify the whole geography thing. it truly is coincidental that a lot of people who chose to live in east county are impoverished, and east county evacuated eastward.<BR/><BR/>yours, aazmom<BR/><BR/>ps - our church housed four groups of evacuees - rock on! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113442.post-42807944955905392572007-10-28T08:19:00.000-07:002007-10-28T08:19:00.000-07:00I have been agonizing over this disparity of compa...I have been agonizing over this disparity of compassion/coverage this week. I live in Borrego Springs, a small desert community on the very northeastern edge of San Diego County. Since Sunday night we have had evacuees in our town, and expect to have at least a few families with us until Wednesday or maybe even longer. Our town of 3,000 has hosted almost 700 registered evacuees. It has been a week of astoundingly tangible grace shown by the townspeople. But the communities first evacuated, and the people still with us, are from impoverished parts of San Diego's back county - mostly reservations. While our "local" news stations show weepy millionaires embracing the President (and actually the Jeffcoats are friends of my husband) amidst the ashes of their McMansion, we are wiping urine from the floor around the beds of the nursing home residents, currently housed in our school gym. Destitute elderly that the system has clearly abandoned years ago just don't make for good photo ops.<BR/><BR/>thanks for the vent. it's been a hard long week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com