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By Judy Ramsook
Sept. 28, 2005 If you are at a social gathering and you feel as though your life is being threatened, the next thing you might wish to do is leave the scene, right? Especially if you feel as if lingering might indeed bring some harm to you. For it’s the self preservation instinct within us that sometimes allow us to remove ourselves from the cold face of danger, while you still have a chance to do, that is. But in reference to the police officers who fled the scene in the wake of all the looting and other undesirable conditions in New Orleans left by hurricane Katrina, let’s examine those conditions. There was no electricity, no regular telephone or cellular phone service, no clean running water from the faucets, contaminated flood waters surround the environment, no proper way of receiving nutrition or food and no proper restroom facilities either. And the looters outnumber you and your fellow police officers. When you stop a moment and think about all the things you use electricity for on a regular day, think of it on a much broader scale. Like a great part of a city has no such power. If you use an electric stove, you can’t cook, cannot watch television, unless of course you happen to have a portable battery operated one, can’t run the air conditioner and then there is no way to communicate by telephone. The powerful force of hurricane Katrina destroyed major power lines and in so doing, managed to ruin telephone service as well. So the officers had no way to communicate with each other unless of course they happened to be within close proximity of their fellow officer. So say for example, if one or two of those police officers happened to be in a situation in which they were surrounded by a group of five or more looters, and could not call for back up, then those officers must have felt as if their lives were being threatened. To make matters even more uncomfortable, the officers are surrounded by contaminated flood waters. So if you are surrounded by armed looters, contaminated flood waters, with no electricity, telephone service, cannot take a proper shower, for that you need clean running water, and you have not had a solid meal in two or three days, how would you really feel? Given the conditions, anyone else who might not have been a member of the first responders team would have wanted to flee the scene, under those conditions of course. ------------ About the author Judy Ramsook: My first book titled: "Karen's Adventure" which is about two young girls who go in search of their missing parents, is now available. I was born and raised in Trinidad & Tobago, then in the mid eighties I came to the US where I attended San Antonio College and The University Of Texas At San Antonio. Visit: http://www.authorsden.com/judyramsook www.publishedauthors.net/g2rdy Email: j2rdy@hotmail.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com and are not allowed to be posted on other websites. ARTICLE THIEVES WILL BE PROSECUTED! |
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