Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Should government rescue people warned to leave prior to a natural disaster but chose to stay?
Natural disasters such as hurricanes Gustav and Ike that recently wrecked havoc on the coasts of Texas and Louisiana have many Americans asking should the government assist those stranded who were previously warned to leave. However the government funded group that rescues the people is the National Guard. A group that is paid to do what they do, so there for its job, a job where individuals signed on the dotted line and agreed to what followed. Where the real question lingers is whether Americans' donated dollars to disaster relief funds like the American Red Cross are well spent. The chief organization in charge of providing aide to the victims of these natural disasters is the American Red Cross, who according to The American Red Cross website met with the Chief Marketing Officer Council September 16th to promote worldwide donations to the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross website states that "the 3,500 CMO Council members manage some $100 billion in annual marketing expenditures worldwide." The council is looking to launch a national campaign to rise an initial $100 million to attempt to replenish the fund nearly depleted from an active year of disasters. For those people quesioning the funding and campaign to rise more lets just clue in on where the money actually goes. I feel the donations given are spent very wisely and are beneficial to the victims. The American Red Cross catalogs everything according by state. The American Red Cross reports that "on September 16th in the state of Texas over 13,000 people sought refuge in 127 shelters, more than 4,000 Red Cross disaster workers and volunteers are on the ground to assist." Likewise in Louisiana the Red Cross reports almost a 1,000 people were provided a safe haven in 14 shelters, over 3,500 Red Cross workers and volunteers are on the ground to assist." In addition nearly 300 people stayed over night in shelters in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. With those mass numbers of people it should now be bluntly apparant how consciously the donated money is being spent. We all must forgive those few 15 to 20 people who tend to be older and have probably developed some sort of emotional attachment to their house or and area. Granted after the storm has hit they are the ones that are needing to be rescued, buy hey that is what the National Guard is for.
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