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Big Brother
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Posted 8/30/2005 11:47 PM (GMT -5) |
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damn man sounds like you got issues with bush more than hurricane katrina you pissed at bush about this?
if so you shouldn't be cause he actually declared a state of emergency in this case TWO days before the first raindrop fell. FEMA the red cross and rescue workers were on site way before any of this happened so what does that have to do with 9-11? |
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Big Brother
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Posted 8/31/2005 12:01 AM (GMT -5) |
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relax coco nawlins will be back i garanteees it, you cant keep a good city down--i've been there before and i promise you they'll be partying before they are even close to being put back togetgher--great town with great people, wish them nothing but the best........... |
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onlòóker
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Posted 8/31/2005 12:57 AM (GMT -5) |
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I remember that. You couldnt hardly see the sun out here in vegas. All that smoke was covering the sky here. |
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cossi
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Posted 8/31/2005 4:38 PM (GMT -5) |
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I hate to be a cynic in a time like this, but WHY THE HELL did those people stay in New Orleans or wherever when they were told days ahead of time to evacuate or go to the Superdome? And now some are complaining because there are no supplies, no police, no help... WTF are they there for in the first place? And those that are complaining about the Superdome facilities - it got hit by a freakin' hurricane! Of course the roof is going to leak, the A/C is going to go out and toilets are going to overflow! How are the emergency aid people supposed to stop that from happening? Maybe I'm a curmudgeon, but how can people "complain"? |
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RPM
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Posted 8/31/2005 4:44 PM (GMT -5) |
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TOW
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Posted 8/31/2005 4:50 PM (GMT -5) |
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Well,
if you guys watch TV you might find the answer....that 20% of the population that remained in NO is either people who didn't have the means or the money to get out of town....let's not forget that the evacuation order was given 24 hours before Katrina hit....evacuating 500K on such short notice is simply impossible.
Yes, there might be some "assholes" that wanted to ride the storm for the thrill of doing it....but the vast majority of the people still trapped in NO are simply poor.... |
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RPM
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Posted 8/31/2005 4:51 PM (GMT -5) |
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tow,
they could have gone to one of the shelters.... |
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TOW
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Posted 8/31/2005 5:03 PM (GMT -5) |
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Which one, the Superdome ? That appears to be the only one that was made available and reading current reports about that place I'd rather take my chance on a roof.... |
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RPM
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Posted 8/31/2005 5:35 PM (GMT -5) |
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tow,
actually there were at least 10 shelters the news was directing people to. not sure how the others faired, but anything would have been better than ending up stuck in your attick hoping a helecopter and a guy with a saw were coming. |
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wantitall4moi
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Posted 8/31/2005 5:49 PM (GMT -5) |
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It wasn't the hurricane itself that caused the problem, it was the levee breaking. Now, had they come on and told people that the levee was 90% surely going to break then I would have thought a lot more people would have gotten out. Granted some are poor, but almost al of N.O is below the poverty level. I find it hard to believe that the loacl buses and probably some national ones weren't letting people on for free just to get them out of there.
I grew up in NE and lived a few years in Fla, so I have seen my fair share of hurricanes. The storms are bad, but the toatl idiocy of not building that levee up to 25-30 feet is what really caused the problems here, had that thing been built right none of this would have happened. When you have a city that is BELOW sea level it might help to go above and beyond what people think is safe. Like a 250 lb guy using a rope that is safe up to 250 lbs as a life line.
The French Quarter on Canal St is open for business, pretty much. Why? Because it is above sea level and is not getting flooded like the low lying areas. Now I haven't watched the news so much so it might be getting some flooding now, but had the levee held everything would be OK right now. Aside from the "normal" hurricane damage. In terms of actual storm damage this thing wasn't even that bad. NOwhere near Camille, not even close to Andrew either in terms of property losses from actual winds and weather. However the by product has basically wiped out that city, and it wil basically have to be leveled and rebuilt from the ground up, literally. IF they can even reclaim it, which at this point is 50/50.
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TOW
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Posted 8/31/2005 5:50 PM (GMT -5) |
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I think this tragedy has tought all of us something more important.....last year Jeanne and Frances "bruised" Miami....back then I decided to ride out the storm at my place despite the evacuation orders....I though I would have been safer there than anywhere else. Both storms hit the Coast well north from where I was yet my idea to underestimate the risk of not listening to an evacutation order could have turned into a HUGE MISTAKE.
Better safe than sorry. Should we have other evacuation orders down here in South Florida I will move out of here at the speed of light. |
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cossi
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Posted 8/31/2005 6:06 PM (GMT -5) |
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Though I do have an issue with some of those who chose to stay on their roof or in their attic, my -bigger- issue is the -complainers-.
I don't want to be insensitive to those who don't have the means - that, I can understand - but how in the world can they then COMPLAIN about it!? Who can possibly be at fault for their plight? It was a natural disaster that was forecast?!
People did their best to forewarnm, made available shelters, but people after the fact are now whining and bitching about the aftermath. That, I have a -serious- problem with |
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TOW
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Posted 8/31/2005 6:23 PM (GMT -5) |
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Luckily I have never experienced a major catastrophe, however I was in close proximity of an area that had experienced a major earthquake in 1980 (South of Italy). Being there a few days after the facts allowed me to fully understand the frustration that builds in the minds of a major natural disaster.
I think I can best describe it as a mix of anger and impotence. People that have been that close to death because of a natural cause really flip. I see your point cossi, but I can understand the mental status of those survivors in NO. |
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