New Orleans hit

lately this has been a big issues that everyone in my company is talking about.. It kinda sad to see human race going thru all this.. But I find something even more sad than the diseaster.

1st - Why does the national guards need to bring along their arms? It just doesn't make senses at all. Granted that they may be under fire by people there.. But if you coming here to bring some help & carrying rifles and stuff - Aint you scaring people of?

2nd - From what I understand, it took about 3-5 days for the national guards & see some relief helps going on.. This is bad.. Think about what is going to happen if it is a terror attack or some invasion from another country?

3rd - Not sure if it is true.. But they have been warn about this 3 years ago & nothing is done or what.. & the system they have currently are really messy

I'm so glad that my home country at least try to do something about it even when no one knows when it going to happen. We have Civil defense having exercise practice in nation wide level. Our building are compulsory to widthstand at least some level of earthquake or sort.. Oh ya.. since they are facing all these natural diseaster every year.. why allow houses to build in woods??

Even thou i here for almost 2 years.. Sometime i really cant figure what their mindset & culture.. I remb having an incident when I just arrived & it kind funny that one of the movie did play out the exact scenario I had. Cant remb the movie name but it about a tourist who got stuck in the airport & trying to fillup some forms to get something done.

Anyway it happens that I was told to apply for Social Security ID when 1st arrived. So when it is my turn to be served, I explained & show this lady what i had to say or brought along on that day. Instead she told me need to fill form A.

So filled form A & get back to the Q again. Again when it is my turn, same lady say need form B also. Nabei.. cannot tell me in 1 session meh? So lan lan filled form B & back to the Q AGAIN.. And guess what the same lady told me when she saw all the forms? I didn't have some doc along with me. Cannot apply. WTF.. I filled & Q.. filled & Q again & now you said cannot apply? So difficult to tell me everything at 1 go meh?

One thing I notice about here is.. They do things just enough for whatever task they assigned to.. Will never go extra miles on it. Also if there's no system or process, they will not do. One more is they always complicated stuffs to the extend that common people wont understand bit at all. Just ask any american abt their Tax system.. Super complicated.. Sigh.. Well - if you are in Rome, do what romans do.. So nabei.. but still lan lan...