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Dear FEMA

Remember Hurricane Katrina? It was one of the biggest stories of 2005? Remember how the whole world was focused on the tragedy? But we move pretty quickly in this society. Oprah bought some iPods for those who helped the victims. Copycat Dr. Phil bought some washing machines for the actual victims. It was time for the news media to turn to a new story.

Sadly,the problems are not really over. There is still turmoil going on the lives of Katrina victims. These problems are not ones of natural disaster, but of bureaucratic red tape.

Luckily, a blog titled DearFEMA has been set-up to help those in need. DearFema describes itself as:

A public archive of visitor submitted open letters to FEMA, public officials, insurance companies, and other public and private agencies. If you or a loved one were affected by the recent hurricanes and feel that you are getting ‘the short end of the stick’ from anyone this is the place to make it public. Submit your open letters and we will publish them. It is our hope that by bringing the stories of our visitors into the public eye we will shame public officials, FEMA, insurance companies, and others into doing the right thing.

Some of the letters are heart-breaking, some just angry, but DearFema is one way blogs are being used as a tool for advocacy and citizens’ rights.

Thanks to Steve at Cool Website Ideas.

This entry was posted by Courtney Gidts on Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 at 3:45 pm and is filed under Underrated. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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