Is This Kansas

This reading to me is about a relation between big national events and smaller regional events.  This story is close to me because I live just north of Iowa City and I remember seeing and hearing these events.  It was big news in The Corridor until the floods in '08.  The point that the author makes is that a town that is nothing but party 24/7, doesn't even stop for much human compassion or personal gain.  While their town was damaged, they refused to change their way of life.  They still focused on the party aspect of their life.  The author says that this is a different event then what happened in New Orleans.  The people there quickly took advantage of opportunities to loot and make personal gain.  Granted, Katrina was a much larger event and it had widespread attention.  The people of New Orleans, and the rest of the country were quick to start helping them rebuild.  I know this because I went down there with my church.  But back in Iowa, people didn't rush in nearly as fast to help out after the storms probably because they knew that the college kids just wanted to drink.