Rita survivors

Rescue workers search for Rita survivors :

"Rescue teams searched for people stranded in Louisiana's flooded Cajun country while Texas officials urged nearly 3 million evacuees from Hurricane Rita not to rush home."

The Katrina and Rita hurricanes haven't left our conversations, but , to be honest, the American government has made it very difficult for the rest of the world to help and show concern. I can see and read about the American people getting in there doing what they can do to be a community and help each other. I can see a great big bureaucracy tying itself in knots and making people feel like failures. From where I sit, it is not the time right now to get stuck into each other. Keep all those ideas fresh in your head for a review down the track. I have read the American government hadn't wanted certain offers of practical medical help or this or that. It is very hard to stand by and watch and know we could be of some service. You know, the lesson the American government needs to learn is to hold its hand out and ask for help. New Orleans and the other hurricane affected areas look awful. People's houses and homes are under water. People have nothing. Things cannot happen fast enough at this point in time. There are gas leaks, oil leaks, oil production is down, the electricity is off. Millions and millions of people have fled, billions of dollars worth of damage has been done and you are trying to cope alone. I can see sad Americans who have been victims of all of this and sad Americans being held to account and then just walking off the job. By all means get it all sorted out as to who could have done better and how and why it all went wrong. Right now, it's all hands on deck to get those places fixed up . While people are being discouraged from returning home, how are they managing and how are they supposed to manage? Don't think we are not thinking of you and do not think we do not care about you. We are talking and watching but there isn't an easy way for us to assist through the channels provided by officials.