Katrina
By: Mike • Essay • 496 Words • March 15, 2010 • 729 Views
Katrina
There is no doubt that President Bush could have done more to help Katrina
victims. I believe that President Bush did not move fast enough to help Katrina victims.
In fact he sent food and rescue teams weeks after the hurricane had hit. Also, President
Bush did not make sure everyone was aware of the hurricane and its danger. And now a
year later it still looks the same.
First, President bush did not move fast enough to help Katrina victims. Since
President Bush sent help weeks after the hurricane, many people had already died by the
time they got there. If President Bush would have sent food, water and rescue teams the
day after the hurricane he would have saved hundreds of lives. For this reason many
people died, or killed themselves thinking no one was going to send help.
Second, President Bush did not make sure everyone was aware of the hurricane
and its danger. Many people thought they could just ride it out like hurricane Betsy.
Consequently many people stayed behind, but President Bush should have made it clear
that hurricane Katrina was going to be stronger and deadlier then Betsy. Also many
people did not even know there was even going to be a hurricane, because they did not
have radios or televisions. For this reason President Bush should have made sure
everyone knew even the poor and homeless.
Last, President Bush is still not doing anything to clean up all the damage. Its
been a year since the hurricane and for the most part everything still looks the same. Due
to this people are returning home and finding dead bodies in their homes. As apposed to
returning