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  • soko987soko987 member

    Okay. I'll go there:

    Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster.

    The breaking of the levees was a man made disaster.

    The response of the government ( or lack thereof) was a systematic disaster.

    The tone of this BPS, which indicates that the residents of New Orleans are somehow at fault for living in a city that is below sea level, is a moral disaster.

    Whoever wrote that BPS should be ashamed of themselves.

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  • hterry85hterry85 member
    I said I disagree...what part of the country ISN'T prone to some sort of natural disasters? If it's not hurricaines, it's tornados, floods, earthquakes, etc
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  • mickey1330mickey1330 member

    I massively disagree with this!!!  I was born and raised in New Orleans, and lived there during Katrina.  It was a horrible time! 

    Try being stuck in evacuation traffic by yourself with a 21 month old for 15 hours, to go a distance that normally takes 2 hours.  Or telling your son that he can't go home b/c they won't let you, or explaining that his stuff is gone. (I heard "mommy, i go swim!", and had to break his heart by telling him the pool went "bye bye".)  Not old enough to understand, and yet he knew something was different. 

    I never wanted anyone to feel sorry for me b/c of what we dealt with, but at the same time, to poke fun of what was a very difficult time for us, strikes a really bad chord with me.

     --steps off soapbox--

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  • monj76monj76
    imagemickey1330:

    I massively disagree with this!!!  I was born and raised in New Orleans, and lived there during Katrina.  It was a horrible time! 

    Try being stuck in evacuation traffic by yourself with a 21 month old for 15 hours, to go a distance that normally takes 2 hours.  Or telling your son that he can't go home b/c they won't let you, or explaining that his stuff is gone. (I heard "mommy, i go swim!", and had to break his heart by telling him the pool went "bye bye".)  Not old enough to understand, and yet he knew something was different. 

    I never wanted anyone to feel sorry for me b/c of what we dealt with, but at the same time, to poke fun of what was a very difficult time for us, strikes a really bad chord with me.

     --steps off soapbox--

    Wow, I cant imagine the stress you were going through. Thank goodness you and your family are OK.

    Effing crazy people.
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  • duchessII81duchessII81
    imagesoko987:

    Okay. I'll go there:

    Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster.

    The breaking of the levees was a man made disaster.

    The response of the government ( or lack thereof) was a systematic disaster.

    The tone of this BPS, which indicates that the residents of New Orleans are somehow at fault for living in a city that is below sea level, is a moral disaster.

    Whoever wrote that BPS should be ashamed of themselves.

    Yes

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  • Ivana_StolichnayaIvana_Stolichnaya member
    It's pretty insensitive.  I live in California where a major earthquake is overdue.  It can happen any time, rain or shine.  Am I packing up and leaving?...no.
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