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  • buddhagoudabuddhagouda

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      People did die in other states, property was damaged, but none of it was preventable, as much of the death and destruction was preventable in NO.

    That I completely agree with. 

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  • mrs_sherodmrs_sherod member

    Let me just say this, I have family who lives in NO.  They left, came here to Maryland and stayed until they were able to go home.  They have since rebuilt and are fine.  While they were here, they received many donation from people...people just giving them money...no asking.

    You may be tired of hearing about Katrina because your town wasn't publicized, but welcome to the wonderful world of media!  I get sick of hearing about natural disasters that happen in other countries and how the US went overseas to help out.  WTF...why not publicize our own tragedy!  If you don't like what's being said, crawl into a hole and don't come out until the media has completed their stories! 

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  • buddhagoudabuddhagouda
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    I'll admit - I have no idea of how evacuations work. I live in NH and we got snow storms and ice storms. Our orders during storms like these are to prepare in advance and stay indoors.

    But, I'm assuming that people were informed it was MANDATORY (that's a key word right there) to evacuate and that people were also informed that because it was mandatory, that there would not be any emergency services provided during and immediately after the storm. 

    I understand how people can get jaded (snow storm's get no reaction out of me anymore). I just can't fathom how people would ignore orders and then complain that there was no services being provided since no one was supposed to be in the city.

    Yeah, if you've never experienced trying to evacuate and entire city, a large portion of whose population do not own cars, you really have no leg to stand on in this argument. 

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  • heatherf307heatherf307

    It's very easy to sit back and say what you would do in certain situations, but it's a completely different thing once you're in that situation. For the record, the buses they had were not ready until after the storm, so if a person couldn't get out in the first place, they were still stuck. Everything was so unorganized that families were split up, and went to different cities. DH and his brother were in the Superdome, and they got split up. DH came to Texas, while his brother was taken to Baton Rouge. When asked where the buses were going, people were told that they were getting out of NO, and to sit down and shut up. Literally. When DH got off the bus, you want to know how he knew where he was? He saw a Houston Police Officer and asked him.

    I thank God that I was able to get out with my family. I begged DH to leave with us, but he told me that he needed to stay to help however he could, and I love him for that, even though I was a nervous wreck until he called me a week after Katrina hit. Longest week of my life...

    Also, I think most Katrina victims, no matter what state they're from, would agree when I say we don't want anyone's sympathy. We want people to understand what really happened and to remember it so that this never happens again. Sure, there are people taking advantage, but what else is new? The majority of us are hardworking people who just want to provide for our families. Shame on you if you label us all as lazy.

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  • sleepingbeauty825sleepingbeauty825 member
    imageheatherf307:

    It's very easy to sit back and say what you would do in certain situations, but it's a completely different thing once you're in that situation. For the record, the buses they had were not ready until after the storm, so if a person couldn't get out in the first place, they were still stuck. Everything was so unorganized that families were split up, and went to different cities. DH and his brother were in the Superdome, and they got split up. DH came to Texas, while his brother was taken to Baton Rouge. When asked where the buses were going, people were told that they were getting out of NO, and to sit down and shut up. Literally. When DH got off the bus, you want to know how he knew where he was? He saw a Houston Police Officer and asked him.

    I thank God that I was able to get out with my family. I begged DH to leave with us, but he told me that he needed to stay to help however he could, and I love him for that, even though I was a nervous wreck until he called me a week after Katrina hit. Longest week of my life...

    Also, I think most Katrina victims, no matter what state they're from, would agree when I say we don't want anyone's sympathy. We want people to understand what really happened and to remember it so that this never happens again. Sure, there are people taking advantage, but what else is new? The majority of us are hardworking people who just want to provide for our families. Shame on you if you label us all as lazy.

    That would be so scary.
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  • smileyonesmileyone

    DH and I just saw this documentary.  It was on the national geographic channel.   It's a first hand account of the people that were unable to leave the area because they were so poor they didn't have the means to do so. What was really sad, was the 911 calls. One woman had 8 children and when she called they told her that they weren't rescuing anybody.

    https://www.troublethewaterfilm.com/

     

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