Are you as ticked off as i am that almost a year latter no real progress has been made in repairing Katrinas d

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amage . IT was not just a bunch of blacks it was tens of thousands of whites too and they are all being ignored .
Insurance refuses to pay .many are still home less and the problem is not going away .
IT needs to be addressed by someone responcible enough to handle a job of this nature .
AND the all we can do is being done crap is getting on my nerves and i live in east central florida .
SO i do not have an ax to grind .MY God those people have suffered and the whole mess is blamed on the blacks .
!,000,000 white folks can not get any help .WERE screwed by Insurance companies .
THE rich can rebuild but the working class will rebuild the rich safe up and rebuild there own in time but this is just wrong .America should of seen to it that steps were taken to insure the communities were aided and restored .less then 2% of the community's have been repaired leaving 98% of those affected with nothing but what they managed to pull together on there own .
WHERE was america .

Answer 1

This is one of the reasons why many of us consider giving the US government more power or control or responsibility for local matters is a bad idea. The fedgov is probably the least efficient and least capable organization for local work.

That is why I am against many aspects of federal disaster management and relief. It is rife with incompetence, inefficiency, mismanagement and corruption. And, worst of all, it is unconstitutional.

Answer 2

I was upset for all the people katrina has affected. The devastation is beyond comprehension if you have not been there to see it. I went to New Orleans about 3 years ago on business, I am sorry to say I was not impressed with the area in general...when you can ride down a street and see a big wall keeping the ocean back ..that is not a comforting thought...Even though I see all the people that are hurting and wanting to return to rebuild, my opinion remains unchanged. It is money wasted to rebuild there. You don't build a city which is 75% or more below sea level anyway, and expect it to withstand natural elements such as hurricanes..floods...typhoons...etc...no matter how much the people of new orleans want it back..there are other places ..safer places to build your new life.

Answer 3

To respond to the previous poster, so its like the people's fault that the levees were not properly reinforced, which caused the massive flooding through NO?

This is one of those classic examples of how this nation has a long way to go in terms of dealing in a proactive matter on race.
Its not surprising that the "least of these" are always made out to be scapegoats, but what people either don't want to admit is that
the "least of these" are not always black and brown, many times it is also white. I'm really not sure what difference it makes, though

I can't say I'm ticked because I'm not surprise at the response, in part of the systemic problems that plagued FEMA.

Answer 4

What I am sick of hearing is Katrina -- the same level of concern was NOT at all given to those of us who started being survivors of the Massive Major Hurricanes in 2004 -- and where I live it has been hit with MULTIPLE Major Hurricanes since that time.

And yes, I did take a BIG financial Hit -- but so did everyone else. We, the survivors did NOT get the amount of help that 'Katrina' survivors did -- we did NOT complain, we did our own work, cleaned up our yards, did the waiting for the contracting to replace our roofs, tore apart the damage and stacked it for removal, etc etc etc -- including picking up chain saws and cutting through and apart everything blown apart by the storms.

Yes, we also experienced plenty of time without power -- and it is the responsibility of the homeowner and/or resident to ensure their Hurricane Supplies are in their Homes -- NOT the government!!!!! This is a matter of personal responsibility and must remain so.

Answer 5

Dude I am going to meet you on common ground on this one! I am living and working on the MS Gulf Coast (Bay St. Louis and Waveland MS) Everything you have said is true and to the point. But the local government and state government officals are at fault to (both parties) A lot of money has been set aside for rebuilding but for some reason the greedy hands get it before the needy hands!!! I agree with you 100%

Answer 6

No matter where the ball bounces, the fact remains that New Orleans is doomed as a city. It is below sea level in a current of rising waters. The Fed government wants to rid the areas of poop and worthless so the rich and Halliburton can inherit the waterfront property for their investors

And why should we citizens pay to make life easy for these that want to thumb their noses at common sense and living below sea level?

Answer 7

Nope, it's not even a thought. Why should I care. It's been known for years that New Orleans was a dangerous place to live being that it's below sea level and very close to the ocean and Mississippi river. It's time to move on and get over it

Answer 8

I built my house in a flood zone and when Charlie passed over my house I lost everything, first to wind and then to flood. Life comes at you and you need to be able to take care of it. I haven't gotten any help from the government and I don't want any.
I got a job and took care of my family, it required moving to a new location. Government control is not the answer.

Answer 9

I'm sorry but I shouldn't have to foot the bill for them we housed them and feed them for months. As a tax payer I think my money has been given away to freely and those people made the choice to live there and they need to deal with the insurance company's and get out of my pocket

Answer 10

i agree. i would move there to help rebuild like my best friend did but i cant lift more then 20 pounds. the government has screwed these people over so bad because they are more worried about what is going on everywhere else in the world