National Disasters : NewOrleans vs. Denver

Quoted from an email thread and truncated:

THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT.

Denver Post:This text is from a county emergency manager out in the central part ofColorado after todays snowstorm.
WEATHER BULLETINUp here, in the Northern Plains, we just recovered
from a Historic event---may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical Proportions" --- with a historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and winds to 90 MPH that broke trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded hundreds of motorists in lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores of communities and cutpower to 10's of thousands.
FYI:George Bush did not come. FEMA did nothing. No one howled for the government.No one blamed the government. No one even uttered an expletive on TVJesse Jackson or Oprah did not visit.Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else, either.CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report on this category 5snowstorm. Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House. No one looted. There was no looting. Nobody demanded the government do something. Nobody expected the government to do anything, either. Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does Not owe you a living.

ACTUALLY : this is untrue. Denver alone spent over $10M to remove the snow and countless millions will be claimed in insurance for property damages. The state of Colorado has declared a state of emergency and asked for Federal relief, aircraft to deliver hay, and the National Guard to rescue people from roads they chose to be stuck on. It is sick to compare the aftermath of a snowstorm to that of a hurricane and flooding that devastated a city.
Denver has taken more than its share of natural disaster money in the past :
October Blizzard of 1997 had a $10.5 million price tag and the infamous 1982 Christmas Blizzard $9.9 million in today's dollars.

The March Blizzard of 2003 cost insurers $93.3 million.

. . . and then there's the hail damage
in July 1990, when a 45-minute hail behemoth generated $625 million in insurance claims

Too many people in Denver were very whiny and greedy when it came to this snowstorm; they forget where they live. With the snow removed, they complain about the potholes.
It is also sick to compare the temporary slowdown of a blizzard to the aftermath of a hurricane and the flooding that wiped out a city.

We cannot purvey criticism and interlorance, because we rarely have all of the facts. This is a society which means that we will all basically act the same way under the same conditions.

1. don't judge lest you will look like a fool.

2. you can find the good or bad human behaviors in every example; focus on the general and the positive

3. you can influence those around you by example

4. donate time to educate the less-fortunate; educated people have less desparation and more control of the outcome of their future