Re: Bob


CW wrote:

> Rose, you've repeated the "I'm just following orders" defense. It's one
> thing if the nurses and orderlies are following doctors orders. It's
> something else if people are left to die in their beds.

CW, I'm not trying to defend the actions, it's more that it's a natural
reaction for me to think about what i'd have done in their place. i've
never been in any situation as terrible as Katrina, so there's no
experience to guide me. the closest i've been has probably been the '03
fires, but it was a totally different scenario. we were watching our
next-door neighbor's pets for them when the deputies drove down the
street with bullhorns telling everyone to evacuate. i got a ride to a
shelter lined up, and took every living thing in my care with us,
nevermind the replaceable stuff. if i'd been babysitting kids or had
senior citizens in the house, then of course, we'd have taken them too.


if i'd been at work when the evacuation orders were given, then i'd
have gone straight home -- still thinking of the fire thing when i say
evac orders. i've never worked in health care, or had a job where
people's safety and health depended on my actions. so i have no clue
what i would or wouldn't have done in their place, because thank god i
haven't had to face it. the only thing i can say for certain is that
for most of the time i worked, i was also a single mom. if i'd been at
work during any kind of tragedy, then I KNOW without hesitation, my
first thoughts would have been of my daughter and her safety. i didn't
have that concern during the fires, because she and i were together at
the evac and at the shelter the whole time.

if there was a disaster and my daughter was still young, she'd most
likely be ALL I was thinking about -- HER life, HER health, and HER
safety. if it makes me a cruel person, then so be it i guess, because
that's the ONLY thing i feel certain about -- in a disaster, my first,
last, and only thoughts would be about the safety of my family. once i
knew they were safe, i'd have room for other thoughts, but only
afterward.

it's BECAUSE I've never been in the middle of a disaster of this
magnitude that i don't feel qualified to judge the actions of everyone
involved. what would ihave done? i don't know. it would be nice to
think i'd have acted bravely, but since i haven't been there, I DON'T
know, and that's the truth.

rose

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