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Sky Dog: Lessons From Katrina eBook
by Jeremiah Hensley
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Sky Dog: Lessons From Katrina Summary
| FROM THE PUBLISHER When the Spaniards invaded America, they also brought horses with them. The American Indian, before the invasion, had never seen a horse before, but they did have dogs. When they first looked at the horses that the Spaniards were riding, they had to look up to see the horses. By looking up, they also saw the sky; thus the term sky dog. When trying to understand what occurred in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, the key is to understand that, just as the American Indians misperceived what they were looking at while viewing a horse, what the American public saw in the aftermath of Katrina was also a misperception of what was actually transpiring. Just as the American Indians were unable to perceive that a horse was not a dog, what was being perceived as aid to the victims of hurricane Katrina, was only a mirage, or smoke-screen. A lot of truths did evolve in the aftermath of Katrina. One obvious truth is that our country is not very well prepared and organized in the event of a major disaster. Another truth is that there seems to be a sense that the cities of the Gulf Coast region of the United States are viewed as expendable as far as their right to exist is concerned. One government official went as far as to suggest that we write off New Orleans. I know how absurd this may sound, especially since we decided to stay the course in the rebuilding of Iraq. Sky dog is a way of perceiving things, without having true knowledge of the thing that is being perceived. The purpose of Sky Dog is to present the truth, so that we can be certain, that it never happens again. |
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