Am I Wrong?

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by fpsoxfan

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.

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

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.

Oh C'mon. Are you that naive to think it was easy as that. Hello? The liberal media just panders to people like you. I'm not completely insensitive, but much of what happened in New Orleans was avoidable. CHOICES!!
Good Choices, Good Consequenses. Bad Choices, Bad Consequenses.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by fpsoxfan

Oh C'mon. Are you that naive to think it was easy as that. Hello? The liberal media just panders to people like you. I'm not completely insensitive, but much of what happened in New Orleans was avoidable. CHOICES!!
Good Choices, Good Consequenses. Bad Choices, Bad Consequenses.

I'm as conservative as the day is long. I've been through upper Michigan "snow-outs" and also SoFlorida hurricanes, going 5+ days in each with no electricity. The aftermath of a serious hurricane is FAR more serious than that of a blizzard. Like I said, it ain't close.

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

I'm as conservative as the day is long. I've been through upper Michigan "snow-outs" and also SoFlorida hurricanes, going 5+ days in each with no electricity. The aftermath of a serious hurricane is FAR more serious than that of a blizzard. Like I said, it ain't close.

Well, OK. Like I said I'm not going to try to equate the two, but the blame game that went on after this was just crazy. I'm not big on running to the Federal governments defense, but this idiot Mayor and even bigger idiot governor almost lost their fingers from pointing the blame so quick. There were definitely mistakes made and it was a tragedy unmatched by much in the history of our country, but I don't feel the least bit sorry for one single sole living there today.

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by fpsoxfan

Well, OK. Like I said I'm not going to try to equate the two, but the blame game that went on after this was just crazy. I'm not big on running to the Federal governments defense, but this idiot Mayor and even bigger idiot governor almost lost their fingers from pointing the blame so quick. There were definitely mistakes made and it was a tragedy unmatched by much in the history of our country, but I don't feel the least bit sorry for one single sole living there today.

What about the flounder?

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

What about the flounder?

[FGFan]

Interesting to see what this thread has to say. Well I guess some one from here should respond. I hardly watched yesterday and knew it would either be wonderful things happening or just horrible. I did catch the woman from St. Bernard Housing project whining that they are not rebuilding it. But those are the ones that get attention, mainly hard working people have picked up and regained their lives whether it be in NOLA, or the Miss. Gulf or moved over here to my side of the lake.

So now here's my take on things, from someone that lives here.

Katrina is not just New Orleans it is a 90,000 sq. mile area from Louisiana thru Mississippi and into Alabama, we just get all the attention. Then came Rita to wipe out the rest of the gulf and part of Texas. You should see what is going on in western Louisiana and Eastern Texas.

I will tell you that most of you never want to see the things I saw in the aftermath of Katrina, EVER.
And I will never understand many things that happened, from people not leaving to the government not coming for 4 days. We can get to Achea in 24 hours but couldn't get to the Superdome. I saw the busses lined up on Tuesday in LaPlace and not moving. I watched the helicopters not come until Thursday nite 4 days later.
We have multiple generators so I watched the whole thing on TV, didn't miss one minute, in air conditioning and stocked up for a CAT 5. We knew over here that when they said NOLA was spared the levees would probably fail.

It has been a failure of every governmental agency from the Fed down to our State and local government. Private industry and volunteers are the ones that keep things going. NO red tape just hard work.

However, how anyone can say a major metropolitan city of the United States and one of the oldest settlement in the US should not be rebuilt, well I just don't get that at all.
I expect the people experiencing flooding in the midwest would want their homes and towns rebuilt. Or the people who have losses from mudslides, earthquakes and fires every year. Almost every place in America has some kind of vulnerability. You should hope it never happens to you.
New York and Philly could easily flood in a Cat. 5, should we not rebuild?

I live on the northshore was never going to experience flooding from the man-made disaster of the levees failing, but I'm only 30 minutes out of NOLA, I'm the next town on the interstate. They all came here.

They only show the people biatching because the rest of the hard working folks dont have the time.

Until it happens to you, you don't know how you will think or feel. How many of you responded? I know a few on here that did. Are you prepared? While the pundants from local, state and fed fuss, the citizens suffer.

Easy for those that said it is all the mayor and the governor. Having travelled the world I never dreamed the lack of response and preparedness in the US could happen like this. I've been in military coups and the US came immediately half a world away, but couldnt get to NOLA.

But you should be very aware prior to Katrina no US government agency was ready for a disaster of this magnitude. Now agencies are realizing they are not prepared. You should be very afraid and get prepared. Are you FEMA certified in the event of a disaster of any type in your area, I AM.
We can bomb and rebuild Baghdad every day, but part of America should just die out.....I just don't get it.

For those that responded here and get it, we thank you !

All I can say is....
Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans....I DO.
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Oh and to respond to the topic of the thread, yes you are wrong.