Although the visit to New Orleans was a successful one and one that brought joy to many people of the New Orleans area, reality was struck by being in the city itself. Obama received cheers while pulling into the city and many were overly-excited to see the President.
After passing an area of the city that was still in dispair from the terrible storm, it became a picture of some 91,000 homes that are still in dispair in result from the floods four years ago. One sign that was up in front of the line of homes was a wake up call alone, saying "Four years later..."
Students at the University of New Orleans were also pretty upset with the way Obama and his administration has been doing for the city. They are still struggling big time and were hoping things were different once a new president came into office. With any administration or person trying to help out with a huge disaster, such as this one, there is always going to be critisism until the crisis is totally solved. It is very difficult for them to see the great things and the changes Obama has made to the area since there is still a lot of work to be done. Nobody said that fixing up and cleaning up from the natural disaster that hit was going to be easy or not take a lot of time. They are hoping to make the changes complete in 10 years from the time Katrina has hit. Currently, they are on year five, which will be halfway through. There is still a lot of work to be done, but overall, Obama and his administration has been very helpful to New Orleans and the surrounding cities that were hit by the storm almost five years ago.
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I think the hurricane that hit New Orleans was something that no one ever saw coming. The fact of the matter is that it was difficult for any leaders to be prepared for such a devastating event. I remember that when Bush was in office he was slammed for his slow progress.The media said he did not care and at one point Kanye West went on the record by saying he didn't care about black people. Now I am starting to hear people bash on the Obama office. In all honesty I believe both offices and the leaders of New Orleans are trying to do the best they can. The fact of the matter is this was a horrible event that was very unlikely to ever happen. Once it did happen there was no blue print or instructions on how to solve the problem. Therefore, the progress has been extrememly difficult.Sudden catastrophies can lead to quick criticism.
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