I don't usually stray from discussing programming, leadership, and Scrum, except for the occasional Environmental Health related story—and maybe that's what this is about, but it feels like something much heavier.
As Hurricane Dean wreaks havoc, I can't help but remember my home and family in Louisiana. I can't help but to think of Hurricane Katrina.
You may have heard recently that the tourists have returned to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast—but you may have not heard what they are coming to see.
From the Associated Press yesterday...
Isabelle Cossart (of Tours by Isabelle) bills it as 70 miles of destruction in 3 1/2 hours. Nearly two years after Katrina turned New Orleans into a lake of misery, demand for tours of the devastation overwhelms that for visits to mainstay attractions such as cemeteries, plantations and swamps. "Our survival depends on it. If I quit doing the post-Katrina city tour, I'm out of business," Cossart said.
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, there is a 70 mile tour showing nothing but destruction. Forgive me for stating the obvious, but something is really wrong with this picture.
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On a smaller scale it is the same thing when there is a car accident on the side of the road and everyone slows down to look. "Rubbernecking" will always take place in our society. It is sad that as a whole we take so much interest in others pain and suffering. Something definitely wrong with that picture, I couldn't agree more.
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