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Sep. 2nd, 2005 12:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krazykitkatI just don't know what to say about the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. Makes me cry watching the reports.
And angry, as it seems that mandatory evacuation was only if you had private transportation and enough money to be able to leave. The poor/disabled/elderly were essentially left to sink. Wasn't there some form of mass transportation available?
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Need a little bit of hope/cuteness: here's Petra, a baby yellow-footed rock wallaby at Taronga Zoo.
More of her friends here,and a gorgeous video that will have you making squeaking sounds (watch Petra shake herself and nearly fall over, watch Petra demand her close up) here.
And angry, as it seems that mandatory evacuation was only if you had private transportation and enough money to be able to leave. The poor/disabled/elderly were essentially left to sink. Wasn't there some form of mass transportation available?
***
Need a little bit of hope/cuteness: here's Petra, a baby yellow-footed rock wallaby at Taronga Zoo.
More of her friends here,and a gorgeous video that will have you making squeaking sounds (watch Petra shake herself and nearly fall over, watch Petra demand her close up) here.
