Empathy and Questioning

 

Empathy comes through questioning:

 

How many  people had to evacuate?  How many of these people had their houses burned?  How many of these people had a friend or a relative where they could stay?  What happens to those without friends of relatives in the area?  How many of these people had their place of their jobs burned?  How many of these people are now unemployed?  How many people can exist more than one month without an income?  How many people will want to reconstruct their homes?  How many people will want to reconstruct their homes where the infrastructure (e.g. gas stations, schools, churches, hospitals, etc.) is decimated?  How many people will want to reconstruct their homes before there are work opportunities?  How many people will have to move permanently in order to get another job?  How long will it take for someone to move away and find another job?  How many people have enough money to tide them over until they get another job (in the  neighborhood?  Or some other city?)  How many companies will want to reconstruct the infrastructure before people move back into the neighborhood?  How long will any reconstruction take (one year?  Two years? Three years?)  How many companies are going to want to  reconstruct before people  move back into the neighborhood?  Which will come first, companies with jobs?  Or people living in the new neighborhood?  How long will it take for people to get insurance money to reconstruct or relocate? 

 

Note:  Los Angeles is  supposed to host  the Summer Olympics in 2025. 

 

Does LA have the resources (time and money) to  reconstruct the infrastructure, the homes, the places of business, etc. AND also the infrastructure and venues for the Olympics?  Is Gov Newsom’s positive comments about the Olympics based on his personal attitude?  Or based on realistic facts about the reconstruction of the neighborhoods?  How much longer will the fires continue before they can get an accurate appraisal of the plans for reconstruction?