Friday

On Friday, I brought Evie to the beach after work. It was so nice, warm, & sunny out. We went to Ocean Beach and she ran around. She was more interested in digging in the sand than going in the water. It was a workout running around with her in the sand! She loved it. She laid down in the car and snoozed on the way home.

After stopping at the grocery store for dinner, we went home. I had rented the documentary, "When The Levees Broke" by Spike Lee. The documentary consists largely of news footage and still photos of Katrina and its aftermath interspersed with interviews. Interviewees throughout the film include politicians, journalists, historians, engineers, and many people from various parts of New Orleans and the surrounding areas who give first hand accounts of their experiences with the levee failures and the aftermath.

It is very shocking to watch & see what went on for a week after the hurricane. For almost 5 days, people were in & around the Superdome with no food or water. This shocked me because George Bush was praising the FEMA director for doing a good job & people were starving. People died at the Superdome and were just put in a separate room. This went on in the US. It also really disturbed me because when disasters happen in other countries(Haiti), we send money & aid very quickly yet when it hit our own shores, we let people suffer. This is a 4 hr movie so I will get the 2nd disc this week.