disaster

Posted By: typnfool on 2005-09-04
In Reply to: he underestimated the damage it - would do

Why on earth would you think we are exempt from natural disasters? We are part of this planet just like everyone else. We have had several natural disasters in the 20th century alone. One was a huge flood in the same area where this hurricane hit. In 1927, thousands of people were killed by a flood and they actually put black Americans in concentration camps and made them do the physical labor of cleaning up the mess.

We've had earthquakes - not just the San Francisco one, but on in the 1880s or 1890s that killed tens of thousands people in the Midwest, mostly Missouri.

This mess is the result of FEMA and Homeland Security not doing their jobs, and the result of having so many of our National Guard serving in Iraq.

This is a tragedy for the people who are the immediate victims of the Hurricane, but also for our nation. We look like a bunch of nitwits who cannot even take care of our own people, but think we are fit to be the leader of the free world.

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Comment about New Orleans and Ray Nagin, the Mayor...sm - Dancin Shoes
- Nagin of New Orleans, no hero - suzyd
- Nagin - JAG
- manual - msbeanctr
- I've recently heard a LOT about corruption in NO as well, - not from NO or LA
- Did your husband know that the plans the mayor of NO used - kle
- New Orleans - sienna
- Also, wondering if people trust him...sm - HomeMT
  - put yourself in his shoes - - msbeanctr
    - and he as mayor of that city had no responsibility at all? - Why have a mayor then?
- We have had to endure so many of their false alarms about warnings - I blame Homeland Security
- I'm not surprised that the media is trying to "spin" him into a hero - sm
  - If he let the tourists "buy their way out", my cousin and her friends, along with - - You have no clue
    - Maybe ALL the tourists didn't have access to the mayor - but believe me, the ones who got out paid him off
- they did use public transportation though as part of the evacuation but housed those sm - agree with typnfool
- Aftermath - KS
- chilling article - msbeanctr
  - Excellent article. Here's a link to another one. - kle
- he underestimated the damage it - would do
  - Maybe he's not qualified for the job? - nm
  - natural disaster - Just me
  - disaster - typnfool
    - Well said. - and so true. (nm)
  - I just don't understand how they underestimated this thing (sm) - FL Resident
    - That's the difference between (sm) - Lori
      - Did you know.... - kle
        Did you know (sm) - Lori
      - Thanks for the link. Interesting. Looks like they skipped a couple of steps. (nm) - FL Resident
    - The political people knew what could happen if a hurricane hit New Orleans. sm - just my 2 cent
      - Ray Nagin is the one who showed true compassion - abc
      - it IS the mayor's fault and it IS Kathleen Blanco's fault - it's their responsibility
      - No, you are wrong - lm
        where did the allocated money go? - abc
      - fema - msbeanctr

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