In 3 Minutes it went From the Ground to the Roof

[JasonC]

1861-1865

[george graves]

This thread is needs this guy,

and well throw this guy in for fun...

[Jscotty]

I don't think that anyone is blaming the government for the consequences of the storm as much as they are blaming the government for how they are handling the situation.

Storms and disasters that we have had in years past have always been followed up by swift action from the federal government. I think back to Hurricane Andrew and 9-11. In both situations the gov't was there within hours with plenty of bottled water and other relief supplies. After Katrina, a bunch of supplies were just sitting on loading docks all over America. Like Jason said, there are a zillion fema trailers about to be auctioned off while there are still people down there without homes.

Oh, and when I went down there last month there was public housing that was fully intact and not affected by the storm. I was later told that these people were told to evacuate and they locked up all of the buildings. 2 years later they still are not allowed to return.

[Vedubin01]

ok guys this is funny and will take some time to read though the post. But a guy in LA spotted "Lootie" the black guy with beer in the bucket pic. He talked to him and even got a picture. Check it out!

Meet Lootie!!!

http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=609467

[Jon325i]

I got your chocolate city Blunt.....



And this thread wouldn't be complete without this one.....



Of course, this should've been mayor Nagin's slogan the day before the storm hit....



Jon

[e30prideTN]

And we was expecting them to be shipped down there and to be used. But instead they are sitting allover the country not being used. Alot of them are sitting here in Cumberland at the old PPG plant.

Same here; Fleewood head quarters are here and there was a big lot with FEMA trailers that never got used.

[JasonC]

Same here; Fleewood head quarters are here and there was a big lot with FEMA trailers that never got used.

Did you work for Fleetwood too? Or is the plant/HQ by you?

[Tree18is]

thank you

Plus what do you expect when you build your house below sea level with the water being held back by levees. Any way enough being heartless, yeah it sucks for all the people affected, they gambled and lost.

i think you hate the world just as much as me..

[FL318is]

I am from Florida. Been through a boatload o hurricanes. The secret to surviving them is, LEAVE. You can always come back later. We are in central FL and all we do is get in the car and drive. BTW, we don't wait until the last minute.

[BDSax]

I am from Florida. Been through a boatload o hurricanes. The secret to surviving them is, LEAVE. You can always come back later. We are in central FL and all we do is get in the car and drive. BTW, we don't wait until the last minute.

i stay. but im in a save house that isnt in a low level flood zone and prepare.

[ivo316]

I know this may seem cold-hearted on my part, but a hurricane is something that just doesn't spring up on you suddenly like any given earthquake out here in Calif. For several days before Katrina made landfall, the citizens in its potential path had lots of time to gather their valuables and get out of dodge to higher ground. I think the whole mess that was left in its wake just sucks and a lot of peoples' lives have been forever changed, but you can't say they didn't know ahead of time.

Jon

Are you sure the authorities warned them in a proper way ???? or they filtered information until it was too late, as usual ?

[Jon325i]

Are you sure the authorities warned them in a proper way ???? or they filtered information until it was too late, as usual ?

Authorities? Who needs their messenger to tell you to leave when it was plastered all over TV and radio? I remember watching the progress of this storm on the Weather Channel at least 4 days before it made landfall....4 days?!?! I'm sure the locals were hearing about a lot more than me - yet many of them stayed put. I guess they were hoping 'da gubment' was going to furnish them a car with a full tank of gas and printed up MapQuest directions on the best way to get out of town.....they were so accustomed to getting everything else handed to them.

Jon

[AndrewBird]

I agree that the people had plenty of time to get the hell out. That being said, why should the government come in and help THEIR screw up?

Really, if you didn't want something like this to happen, you should have moved to someplace where it COULDN'T happen.

[BeirBrennerE30]

I knew a girl that went to Tulane... she got the hell out in plenty of time. She wasnt even from the area and she knew enough to say " hey i probably dont want to be here for this"