Another day, another 24 hours in Montgomery, AL
Today we spent the morning helping Carlos’ sister and boyfriend move into their new house. It was fun, and killed time.. except it put off our visit to the library. So here I am, not much new to say. I’ve begun introducing the kitties to the dog in the house. Plato and Jade sniffed noses, then Jade sneezed and Plato ran in back in their room. It’ll be fine, but they just will be taking it slow. Jade is like, 5 times his size and 6 or 7 times Lydia’s size. It’ll be cute though. :)
I’m about to see about getting unemployment. Since I don’t know where my check is going to be coming from, I need to put some balls into motion and see what happens. Do I go to LA’s site or AL’s site? I’m not sure.
I’m glad to be hearing from people and know they’re alright. I’ll post something letting people know what I know, in case you’re wondering as well.
We just got cable so we can start watching the horrible news on CNN, MSNBC, etc…
I have a couple of suggestions, Mr./Mrs. Newspeople:
- Please show us something GOOD. I know there are areas where there is no flooding, SHOW US. I’d like to see something good for a change. I’d like to see the F.Q. or metairie, or somewhere else that isn’t under 8 feet of water. It’d be nice to see a few images of the places that survived.
- Please stop asking people questions like: “so, was it scary to be trapped in your attic for 10 hours with only 3 inches of air to breathe?” It was terrifying, don’t be so condecending.
Alberto would like me to remind everyone to hurry up and file a claim for unemployment before they run out! :) www.laworks.net.
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September 2nd, 2005 at 10:05 am
vincent
you should file your claim with la, because it is a state employer payimng the unmemploymenmt tax. however, you may mneed to actually call the uemploymemnt office they assigmn your case to directly. you should also go ahead amnd apply to fema for remnter’s releif amnd for aid for unmimnsured remnter’s losses of private property…inm additiomn, they provide uemploymenmt imnsureamnce for those who are mnot eligible for state bemnefits.
mitchell
September 3rd, 2005 at 12:00 pm
More suggestions for the news. Stop saying, “They were told to leave.” and “Why did they stay?” 80% of the people there are too poor to own cars or pay for hotels. And no one would have given them free hotel rooms or anything prior to the storm. The others had various good and bad reasons to stay.
Don’t just tell us, “There’s only one way out of the city!” Tell us which fuckin’ way that IS so we don’t have to risk our lives trying to find a way out.
And when you’re telling us to leave, tell us where the electrical outage extends so we don’t freak out because we can’t find a gas station with electricity for more than 300 miles from New Orleans! And our gas tanks only hold 11 gallons. ;)
OMG, stop calling us refugees! We’re not running from religious persecution or war.
And as you said, show us shots of other areas of the city!