Hurricane Katrina: 4 years later.
By ParaTed2k
@ParaTed2k (22940)
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
August 29, 2009 11:50am CST
It's been 4 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the US gulf coast. Prs. Obama marked this day by talking about the continuing recovery of New Orleans. Why is it that all the cities that were hit harder by Katrina, and then hit by Hurricane Rita were fully recovered long ago?
More money was sent to New Orleans than has ever been spent on any disaster area in the history of the US. More money has been spent on New Orleans than every other city hit by Katrina and Rita combined. Yet New Orleans is the city that isn't recovered yet?
Today marks another 4 year anniversary. 4 years ago, Mayor Nagin committed the biggest act of mass murder in the history of the United States. Mayor Nagin refused to follow the New Orleans Comprehensive Emergency Management plan. He did follow it as far as evacuations, but after the hurricane went through, no assessments were done on the area before he gave the "all clear" and released people back to their homes.
Then the levies and floodwalls broke.
Over 700 deaths occured, most of whome died as a result of the flooding, not the hurricane.
The people of New Orleans rewarded Nagin for his acts of murder by re-electing him.
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@piasabird (1737)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Um ... I can't say why I think the reason he was re-elected is. 
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
30 Aug 09
He was elected because he, and the incompetent press were successful at lying enough to deflect blame to Prs. Bush, instead of the murdering drunk, Mayor "School Bus" Nagin.
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@psychotaz206 (2086)
• United States
30 Aug 09
in my oppinion it was both of there faults and bush even said he should of acted faster on that but the mayor should of did a better job on checking things out before he let people go back in, as far as them reelecting the mayor i have no clue on that one.
@piasabird (1737)
• United States
30 Aug 09
It would appear a “memo” has surfaced, advising the black community to unite behind one black mayoral candidate.
[i]"Time is of the essence because in order to defeat a Norwood (white) mayoral candidacy we have to get out now and work in a manner to defeat her without a runoff, and the key is a significant Black turnout in the general election;
The reasons support should be given to Lisa Borders is: 1) she is the best black candidate in the race who has a chance to win the election because she can attract downtown white support; and 2) based on polling data drawn from a host of sources between May 2009 and July 2009, the numbers suggest Borders is growing stronger as we move closer to the election, while the most recent polling data suggests that the other black candidates are falling further behind over the same period."[/i]
http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2009/08/27/the-memo-about-to-shake-the-atlanta-mayors-race/
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@Netsbridge (3253)
• United States
30 Aug 09
Although it can be tough to start allover, I think that the prolonged effect of Katrina on some New Orleanians is probably the result of government dependency.
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@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
30 Aug 09
Yup, the racist drunk Mayor "School Bus" Nagin got his wish.
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@Maggiepie (7816)
• United States
30 Aug 09
[b]Well, you know the answer, of course. New Orleans has for many decades been run by corrupt liberals, producing a mindset in its populace of entitlement.
I still sent lots of goods when I saw what was happening. My heart still does go out to the people trapped in such an evil system. They truly do "know not what they do."
Nagin does, though. He'll answer for it, too, eventually.
Who was it--Jefferson?--who said, "I tremble for American when I rember that God is just."
Maggiepie
"WHERE'S THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE?"[/b]
@matersfish (6306)
• United States
30 Aug 09
From what I can tell, in most other areas struck by disaster, the people band together to get things done. In New Orleans, it seems as if the lion's share of citizens are waiting for government, insurance companies or Brad Pitt to get in there and rebuild their communities.
I'm sure this isn't the case across the whole city. Many people are probably busy trying to rebuild their lives. But with so much money spent and so much time, you do have to wonder what the hold up is.
Money, manpower and time -- what else is needed? More money? That never works.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
30 Aug 09
True. They have been taught from birth that if there is a problem, there is a government entity whose job it is to fix it.
Another sad fact is, the victims of the hurricane shouldn't have been moved to other states. The people should have been able to stay in the area and help with the recovery. The people with the most invested in the recovery were removed from it... leaving only the people who didn't want to help.
