Look at me, I'm Sandra D.

That is, if "D" stood for destruction.

As funny as all the Grease spoofs have been during the coverage of Hurricane Sandy, it is a natural disaster that should not be talked about lightly. Ten people in NYC have already lost their lives. Nationally, over 20 people have been killed by Sandy. There are millions of dollars in damages and reconstructive costs.

In this recent coverage, we have heard plenty about damages, destruction and death. We have watched live radars of the storm. But what slipped mainstream media's news radar that directly affects those being rained upon by Sandy's unforgiving wrath? The fact that Governor Romney reportedly wants to eliminate funding to FEMA.

According to the Huffington Post, Governor Romney wants to allow states and private sector groups to take control of disaster relief as of a GOP primary debate last year. When asked recently what he would do and if he was going to go see some of the storm damage, Romney ignored the questions-- 14 times actually.

“Governor Romney believes that states should be in charge of emergency management in responding to storms and other natural disasters in their jurisdictions,” said campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg in the Huffington Post article. “As the first responders, states are in the best position to aid affected individuals and communities and to direct resources and assistance to where they are needed most. This includes help from the federal government and FEMA.”

But how will this help the average American? If relief aid is privatized, isn't there a chance of an increase in price, which could be detrimental to a family who has just lost everything from a disaster?

And who are the people who usually stay or are living in the lower areas prone to flooding? People in poverty. But we don't talk about poverty in mainstream media, as pointed out in IC Senior Mariana Garces's article on Fair.org. So I guess it makes sense that we would not talk about how cutting FEMA would affect people in poverty because we don't address poverty in general. Yes, that is completely rational.

Sarcasm aside, this is a huge issue we need to address not only in election 2012, but also with news coverage in general. For now, I guess I will continue to go to independent news outlets like Huffington Post who will give me more of the whole story on Sandy and its greater implications.