I am a Hurricane Katrina survivor and I wanted to know if yall believe that our levees were blow up?

Question

Me and my family were still in the city for the hurricane. We werent really scared at first because after it stopped raining there wasnt any flooding or anything. Dont get me wrong the wind had done damage but it still didnt flood. Way after the strom was over water all of a sudden poured in the city and we were so scared for our lives. We were stuck there for about five days at the convention center thinking that anyday someone would be there to get us. We had to sleep on the ground with the fear of a family member not waking up in the morning. I just want to know what everyone thinks abpout the whole situation. Thank you in advance and may god bless everyone who is helping us out in our time of need.

Answer 1

No one blew them up. Ask the mayor of your city where the $$ went that was suppose to update the levee and make it stronger!!!

Answer 2

I never heard that the levees were blown up. I have heard that there were weak points where water seeped in underneath them, weakening the rock structure and causing failure of the levees. I have also heard that this sort of disaster was predicted years ago and not much was ever done about it. I am sorry for the suffering that so many had to endure, suffering that could have been prevented or at least lessened if governments (local and federal) had bothered to spend money where it was needed--instead of pissing it away on foreign wars and a multitude of other useless projects. I hope you are doing better now. Were you able to get back into your home?

Answer 3

The news reports I heard here in CA indicated that the levees were weakened by the hurricane, but were holding until a barge got loose, and damaged one, causing it to break, with the subsequent flood being too much for the others to handle. That is a reasonable explanation in my opinion. My personal belief is that Nature is bigger than the Government or any terrorist conspiracy. My family is overprepared for an earthquake, as a result.

Answer 4

You lived in a city below sea level that has been sinking at a measurable rate every year. In other words, you lived in a bowl surrounded by water. Water pressure is enormous. Just because the surge didn't flood you, it put enormous pressure on the canal walls. Plus, having a few huge barges slam into those concrete barriers didn't help much either.

Seriously, if you lived in earthquake country and you had a magnitude 7 rumble through and you survived, but then your house crumbles on top of you the next day, would that mean someone blew your house up?

Answer 5

The levee was weak and broke. Happens all the time. Same principal as dams breaking. No one blew up anything. It's amazing the city has existed as long as it did just because you have a lake over the top of you and are even below sea level.

It was a disaster waiting to happen. Another example is providence, RI. Although it is "inland" it's built on and over Narragansett Bay. In each hurricane the water rises and hence....up into the streets of the city.

But...that's the hazards of living in port cities.

Answer 6

I was here in new orleans during katrina also however I work in a hospital Ochsner to be exact and I was pregnant. It was a rough one I lost 7lbs in one week became dehydrated had to get IV fluids and so forth. The story does not add up to me either but I also heard that the 9th ward has oil and none of the officals has ever shared that with the residents and that is why they are giving those residents in the area such a hard time. That is the only area not rebuilding all the others areas are being restored. I am not sure what to think. Just pray and thank God you are still alive.

Answer 7

it is suspected that the hurricane was not actually as strong as they thought it was. That fualty design and not blowing this up was the problem. The designers were naval engineers and estimated that 1/ 1million levees would fail. Too bad noone explained laws of statistics over time to the poeple of New Orleans. 'what can happens will happen'. This is all i could find out...hope it helps

Answer 8

It is unfortunate, but the levees failed.
It started as a trickle and then more and more earth started to tumble away as the lake poured through. I saw the video shot from a helicopter myself.
I think that just like people who live with tornados in Iowa or earthquakes in California, you have to be prepared for events that can occur where you happen to reside.

Answer 9

I think your mayor should have been impeached, and you're not real bright for re-electing him. Same for the governor. Had they listened to the president and his staff, none of you would have had the problem, you'd have been evacuated. I was originally from there and so was paying close attention before it even hit - it was in the newspapers when your mayor and governor were called and asked ahead of time to start evacuating, and they said no.

There's where the blame lies, not with the federal government or with anyone else. And we won't even mention where the monies went that were supposed to go to strengthening the levies over the years. The graft and corruption of the state and local governments is one of the strongest reasons I left the state.

Answer 10

I don't know about the levees being blown up, but I do know that the government who took an OATH to PRESERVE, PROTECT and DEFEND the people and Constitution left you to drown. They call it a miscommunication with FEMA. I call it population control; illegal and immoral as hell, like everything else the Bushies have been doing....