Last time, we visited the drought out West, one of the many natural disasters that has raged through the United States recently. These disasters don't discriminate; they hit the north, the south, the east, and the west. We've seen sinkholes, droughts, floods, tornadoes, tsunamis, the list just goes on and on. One of our main concerns, though, is the people that these disasters are affecting. It's the people that are left to relive, recover, and rebuild from these disasters. My question is, who is helping them? Whose responsibility is it to lift these people up and restore them to their pre-disaster days? For many of us disasters are becoming old news. The more disasters we hear about, the more we expect... until they hit us personally. What kind of help do you think you would deserve if you were hit by a drought? A sinkhole? A hurricane? If you have as much faith in humanity as I do, you'd expect people to give everything the have to help those that are struggling, ...
It's All One Big Disaster. Discussing the Role of Government and Humanitarian Aid in Disaster Zones Across the United States. Spring 2018. Penn State University.