Comments on: Katrina’s lessons http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/katrinas-lessons/ Planting the Seeds for Cooperative Living Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:57:23 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: terry http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/katrinas-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-660 terry Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:21:46 +0000 http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/?p=4750#comment-660 Thanks, Paul. What an interesting perspective, to be a tourist and end up in the Superdome! I'll check out your book. It is clear to me that the government's safety net is the concrete pavement and our only other safety net is each other. Through my website, blog and promotion of community gatherings I'm working to foster that shift. Thanks, Paul. What an interesting perspective, to be a tourist and end up in the Superdome! I’ll check out your book.

It is clear to me that the government’s safety net is the concrete pavement and our only other safety net is each other. Through my website, blog and promotion of community gatherings I’m working to foster that shift.

]]> By: Paul Harris http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/katrinas-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Paul Harris Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:09:43 +0000 http://www.newcommunityvision.coop/?p=4750#comment-659 Beautifully written and right on, Terry. I feel this malaise, apathy, helplessness, and perhaps impending doom that seems to permeate so much of society. But I am greatly relieved when I realize many see the "challenge" as an opportunity to rebirth with our neighbors, to lend a helping hand, to buy locally, to share, and most of all not simply be marketing tools for large corporations. When stuck in the Superdome during Katrina, I didn't want to face the awful truth that the U.S., the most powerful (supposedly) in the world really had no safety net for us. That was hard to swallow but pretty much true at the time. Value your families, love, friends, be prepared in life, and try and fight off fear. I work at it all the time but I will never give up. Peace, Paul Harris Author, "Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina" Beautifully written and right on, Terry. I feel this malaise, apathy, helplessness, and perhaps impending doom that seems to permeate so much of society. But I am greatly relieved when I realize many see the “challenge” as an opportunity to rebirth with our neighbors, to lend a helping hand, to buy locally, to share, and most of all not simply be marketing tools for large corporations.

When stuck in the Superdome during Katrina, I didn’t want to face the awful truth that the U.S., the most powerful (supposedly) in the world really had no safety net for us. That was hard to swallow but pretty much true at the time.

Value your families, love, friends, be prepared in life, and try and fight off fear. I work at it all the time but I will never give up.

Peace,

Paul Harris
Author, “Diary From the Dome, Reflections on Fear and Privilege During Katrina”

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