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Sep 12, 2008, 03:14 PM
 Re: A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters
Um, it became 'racial' during Katrina, when there were all kinds of racially motivated emails floating around. You can do a search on Snopes for some of them. I don't have time.
And no one has expressed 'shock' at this behavior.
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Sep 12, 2008, 04:58 PM
Re: A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters
After the Northridge Earthquake I witnessed altruistic behavior from nearly everyone.
In hospital work I've found most people are appreciative of their care. (I've only floated to ER to care for critical care patients such as TPA)
Most (not all)of the few truly rude patients, as compared to just grumpy people who are feeling bad or frighten, have been either wealthy, homeless, or mentally ill. Often two of the three.
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Sep 12, 2008, 05:07 PM
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Sep 12, 2008 at 05:13 PM by rph3664
Re: A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters Originally Posted by BBFRN  lpn- the OP said she didn't write the letter. 
I think it's not true, and Snopes will eventually put it through the smell test, I hope. I volunteered at a local shelter after Katrina, and didn't see any of this kind of stuff- at all. What I did see were a lot of shell-shocked people, who were frantically trying to reach their missing family members. I still correspond with one guy (a Katrina evacuee), who busied himself with helping us take care of others. I ended up working with another, who decided to stay here, after she came here as an evacuee. She is now a nursing student. The first thing she did when she got here was to take advantage of job opportunities offered to the evacuees at the center.
We had some Gustav evacuees at the same shelter recently. I didn't volunteer this time, but have heard no such stories.
These kinds of emails are mean-spirited, and racial in tone. They really anger me. It was probably written by someone with an agenda, that hasn't lifted a finger to help a hurricane evacuee (and has probably never met one) in the first place. JMHO. 
I haven't read the entire thread, but the OP smells of that story that circulated after Katrina about the people who went to Salt Lake City, and one of the evacuees was discovered to have $100,000 in cash and 100 pounds of drugs on him.
I seriously doubt that.
Remember the stories about how the Astrodome was covered in graffiti? Really? How could that happen with TV cameras all over the place, 24/7?
There was a story about a Katrina evacuee who came to my area (rural Illinois) and I personally became suspicious when she said her belongings, all of them, had been stolen EIGHT times while she was in shelters. It turned out her house had been damaged in the storm - damaged as in lost a few shingles, and she is now in prison for fraud. Edit: Incidentally, she's white.
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Sep 12, 2008, 05:12 PM
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Sep 12, 2008 at 05:25 PM by cpkrn2b2011
Re: A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters
Sure, it disgusts me that people can be so mean and self-centered, but I am in no way offended. That's just life anymore. If every mean-spirited or entitled person offended me, I sure wouldn't be studying nursing and I definitely wouldn't be able to get through everyday life . Maybe "disgust" was too strong of a word. Mean people really just make me roll my eyes and come home to vent to my husband  .
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to spark so much controversy. I just thought that since it was eye-opening for me, that others involved in nursing might be interested to see it also. I was unaware of the similar things going around after Katrina that were eventually proven to be false (I didn't live in New Orleans when Katrina hit).
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Sep 12, 2008, 05:17 PM
Re: A Frustrated Nurse Writes About Poor Conditions in Evacuee Shelters Originally Posted by lpnflorida rph3664,, at this point you would need to read the entire thread . page 1-3
I did, and that's why I tacked on the edit about the fraudulent Katrina person being white.
Race shouldn't matter, but it does to some people.  |
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