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Old 08-30-2007, 04:01 PM
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I live in the middle of Upstate, NY. Upstate received a record amount of Lake Effect snowfall duiring a four day period this past winter. I'm not going to equate this to what happened in New Orleans, but let me tell you something....It was bad. People were without power, utilities, and couldn't get to the store. Why? NO roads. Have you seen the pictures?? It was REAL BAD. Did they complain?? No. WHY? These people are not lazy. They look out for one another. Was there looting? None. Why? They wouldn't. You take these same people from New Orleans and put them in this environment. It would be just like the flood. Now, as I said before, I feel bad for the elderly and the disabled, but being fat and lazy is not a disability.
Being snowed in, cooking on a grill and keeping warm by the fireplace is not exactly the same thing as taking your last breath in the attic as you drown with your face against the rafters. I'm sure 99% of the people in N.O. would have gladly burned a couple pieces of furniture in lieu of drowning to death. It's not the same. It's not close.
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