rhetoric and public culture - Artifact

This picture of the aftermath of hurricane Katrina was displayed in a world newspaper. Hurricane Katrina's episode left many people homeless, injured, and even dead. Many people lost loved ones and all of their belongings. Many people had to relocate for quite some time while their homes were being fixed up. Many people could simply not return to New Orleans due to the sadness involved. Many people never saw it coming. And lastly, many people would call this a tragedy. 

Without much of today's technology, people around the world would not have been able to imagine the tragedy involved. It would have been difficult to view pictures without a camera. It would have been difficult to see helicopter video footage with a news station and a television. It would have been difficult for those who evacuated to evacuate if we did not have hurricane detecting devices. Without technology, this situation would have been completely different. I think there are many people who are thankful that technology was able to help out in this tragedy, even if it was not much help. 

On the other hand, there are certainly people who fill technology was not a help during this tragedy. For some, they cannot understand why technology could not have helped more. They do not understand why people go to school for years on end to study and learn, and the world can still not come up with a way to prevent hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. The fact is we cannot control every part of the PHYSICAL WORLD. Disasters such as these remind us that we do not have complete control over how the physical world acts. We must learn to tolerate its actions and do the best we can when they occcur.