Blog 5 revising based on blog 4 comments

I don't believe New York's response to Hurricane Sandy was adequate because the storm appeared October 22 and they didn't begin with emergency plans until the 28th leaving people homeless. While they were trying to fix the city by making repairs such clearing up the streets, fixing train paths and rebuilding government facilities to ensure they will continue to gain and make profits, people were left wondering when will we get the assistance we need. We can relate this to the Shock Doctrine's "Blanking The Beach" where Naomi Klein focuses on the disasters people faced during a tsunami in 2005. We learn that militarized gentrification played a big role in the people's experiences. When I say militarized gentrification I mean leaders and government officials  ability to take over with no regards for the people who are their. They will not give a thought to other people's needs other than their own. The leaders of Sri Lanka accused "their elected representatives of abandonment, corruption and spending aid money meant for fishing people on dowries for their daughters and jewelry for their wives"(Klein 68). In other words instead of using aid money to help people in need, they would take that money and spend it on themselves and their families. A lot of people suffered because they were not on the list of importance. As long as the things that keep money flowing in their pockets were ok, they could care less. What they don't realize is the people they are refusing to give the proper assistance to are the same people who keeps the city in business. You could fix a million places and build new sites without the people they tend to throw under the rug, they will not gain or make much profit at all.