What?!

I have had it with some people calling into Radio Stations and saying stupid things I'm going to paraphrase a quote someone sent me from a radio show they are listening to, 'Comparing SD to New Orleans is like comparing apples and Porsches, all the lily white people live in SD.' EXCUSE ME!?!?!? Someone needs to remind this person that the Myth of California is just that. Just because they're showing pretty homes on television, doesn't mean that is what everyone's house looks like, they just get the most coverage, because they are expensive luxury homes and fairly unique among the tract homes that dot the city. I think the reason the listener who made the comment was upset, is because San Diego really did step up and take a lesson and evacuate as they were asked to do. The people in New Orleans had several days of warnings and by the time Katrina struck, they were unprepared, because they thought it was another false warning. If I live in Hurricane territory and I have time to leave, you bet my butt is out of there. I don't care if I have to camp somewhere on higher ground, it's better than sitting on my roof waiting for someone to come get me, or in this case, for a fire to send me to God in a poof of smoke and ash.

Admittedly, I am biased. I grew up in San Diego (College area, then Rancho San Diego/Spring Valley) and if there is one thing I know about my city, it has a tendency to be a friendly place to go. I'm not saying everyone there is nice, because I don't think there is anywhere in the world where there isn't at least five cranky people, but there are good people and hard working people and smart people there and those who evacuated were smart. The mayor pretty much shut the city down so emergency crews and evacuees could make their ways to their destinations safely. He didn't say "STAY OFF THE ROADS!" he said he thought it would be a good idea to keep the road ways clear for very important things…obviously if you have to go to work, you have to go work. San Diego is ranked high in tourist destinations, but the people's safety visiting and local, was priority.

What I love the most are those who answered the call of the city officials and are volunteering to help. I wish I could be a part of it, but I can't get down there because of the freeways, so I watch from afar as the city I love so much, burns. Granted, I have lived in Orange County for eleven years, but SD will always be my number one. It's where my family is, where many wonderful memories are. Its home, and those of you who want to make a nasty comment about it, think before you open your mouth. California is a wonderful place to live, North or South and it has its low income areas, it has its high income areas and it has its middle income areas. What it doesn't seem to have, at least not at the moment, is a great amount of ignorance.

I have news for whoever made the comment, San Diego is extremely diverse and it's not just the "lily white people" who drive Porches, if anyone works hard, they can afford to drive whatever they want even a Porsche.