Posted On: May 14, 2006, 11:04 pm CDT

Posted By: Amanda

I do really enjoy what I've read, but some people really need to take a breath and chill out! Every people here are expressing their opinions, they are not facts, and they are not personal attacks. But some people just over react.

Like here is one of my opinions, I love living in Iowa. I've lived here for almost my whole life and really wouldn't move out of this state. I don't like everything that happens in Iowa, and I'm sure people think it is really boring here, but I don't so.

I think you have to remember not all natural disasters are the same. We just had a Tornado touch down in Iowa City on 04/13. I work in a town just west of Iowa City. That day when my husband and I came to work it was nice and sunny, white fluffy clouds, blue skies. That was at 2:30 pm. At about 7:30 pm we were off of the phones and hiding under our desks. We spent 2 hours waiting for the storm to pass. Yes, tornadoes do not last as long as a hurricane, but they are a lot harder to predict.

So, speaking of Natural Disasters and FEMA. I do support FEMA; they are there to help, even though they did drop the ball after Katrina and Rita. I do have one beef, and that is people who think that FEMA is just there to bail them out. And I'm not just talking about in the gulf coast. It happens up here is Iowa. About 6 years ago the Chicago Tribune did an article about the number of people the live on the Mississippi River in Illinois and Iowa who do not have flood insurance after the Floods in '93. I was alarmed by how many of these people said, "Well, it's too expensive, so if another flood happens we will just get money from FEMA again." WHAT?!? I'm sorry, I think that is ridiculous! I think that it should be a one shot deal, ok; oops you didn't know that you did have insurance for . But ten years down there road and they same thing happens again, FEMA shouldn't bail you out a second time. I know, I'm being harsh, but people need to take personal responsibility. I have my whole life!

One other thing that really bothered me about a lot of post here are the religious people who want to put a curse/pox on Diane Alden for expressing her opinion. Geez, aren't we being nice, thoughtful and good Christians. Please, practice what you preach!

Final point, if you are going to call someone else an idiot, check your spelling! You look like the idiot when you are belittling someone opinion and misspelling easy words! I'm Dyslexic, and my spelling is HORRIBLE. Two words... spell check!

Thank you for listening.