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                                <p>Imagine being trapped at home watching the floodwaters rise while letting out bloodcurdling screams for help. A neighbor hears your outcries and uses his canoe to row you to safety. People who’ve escaped are desperately scrambling to the nearest buildings to seek shelter, not knowing if their doors will open. A mother in the distance is wrapping her newborn in water-seeped blankets, just hoping the next sound she hears isn’t a cough. These aren’t hypothetical situations — instead they’re real events that’ll continue to loom in the memory of our nation.</p><p>It’s time to humanize the hurricane. Real people were and continue to be impacted by the devastation and destruction left by Hurricane Harvey. In fact, <strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-impact-by-the-numbers-trnd/" target="_blank">450,000</a></strong> people are estimated to need disaster assistance from FEMA. Their lives were drastically changed overnight, as some people have lost loved ones while others have lost their lives. The death toll of Hurricane Harvey has reached <strong><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/death-toll-harvey-rises-60-49617198" target="_blank">60</a></strong>, however, that number could potentially rise as the floodwaters recede.</p><p>I believe there are many reasons to care. For one thing, natural disasters are nondiscriminatory. Second, disaster recovery is often overlooked. Lastly, JMU preaches to “be the change,” so it’s time to step up. Having said that, these reasons revolve around an overarching theme — the importance of humanizing.</p>
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        </div></div></div><p>Non-prejudice, nonjudgmental and nondiscrimnatory are words you most likely wouldn’t use to describe a hurricane, but in fact natural disasters encompass all three of these attributes. This means a hurricane isn’t going to stop in its wake based on one’s socioeconomic status, gender, skin color and so on. In other words, once a hurricane hits, people from all walks of life face the same danger. Many are stripped of their belongings, their homes and are left with only the clothes on their back. People come together to help restore morale, in addition to help meet basic human rights: access to food, water and shelter for those in crisis. In fact, after tragedy strikes, a sense of unity is reignited in disaster-impacted communities, which is only possible if people care.</p><p>Hurricane Irma has already stormed the media. Florida Governor Rick Scott issued a state of emergency. As dire as this situation is, especially in disaster preparedness, it’s equally as important to focus one’s attention on disaster recovery. Today, the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans is still in the recovery stage, which is the foreseen future for Houston. Having said that, although there’ll always be another storm, <strong><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-impact-by-the-numbers-trnd/" target="_blank">according to CNN</a></strong>, 30,0000 Harvey victims are estimated to need temporary shelter. We can’t sweep disaster recovery under the rug — if we do, thousands of people will be left displaced and homeless.</p><p>JMU’s motto is “Be the change.” A famous quote from Mahatma Gandhi also says, “the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Both quotes emphasize the power of doing. To make a difference in real people’s lives, one must first genuinely care. To put it in perspective, CNN claimed Hurricane Harvey left 215,000 students out of school. Although this may sound like a dream come true, what about those students who rely on school for a hot meal? What happens to the students where school is the only safe space they have? When hearing about a disaster, it’s easy to only look at the statistics or weather patterns, but these are factors that shape real people’s lives. Humanizing a disaster is the first step in caring. The next step is asking, “What can I do?”</p>
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