Katrina a year later?

Question

Reactions, anyone?

Answer 1

Personally, I feel that the correct protocol was not taken. Many residents of New Orleans did not have power up to 10 hours before the storm so how could one possibly evacuate. Also, it was not the hurricane that caused all the disaster it was the lack of responsibility of the engineer who waited 40 + years to adhere to the codes and upkeep of the levees. When the levees broke that's when all hell broke loose. That's why people blame the govt. Do you believe if the Statue of liberty needed upkeep or maintenance it will be ignored for 30 + years or even the White House. i don't think so? Ignoring the levees was just the political agenda of the big time builders to rebuild New Orleans as a Casino district. they were just awaiting something to destroy and clear as many poor and minorities as they could without paying them off to move. Gentrification, look it up!!

Imagine your 16 year old cousin picked up for a possible suspect for vandalism on Aug. 28, 2005 just because he fit the description of a young black male with a red t-shirt and blue jeans. He sat in a holding cell for 48 hours. Due to all the drama with Katrina he was not given the phone call nor did he get evacuated. As the water grew him and other whom were stopped or detained by the police just set in a cell while the water was rising. They all drowned many were not even convicted nor did they committ crimes (runaways, profiled suspects) See the media left out so many things and you have the audacity to say its whining many people died slow and painfully, watching there lives pass by why the water rose. Our gov't who say the work for all people have their political agendas and the caliber of people whom made up New Orleans did not make their agenda!! And Katrina was an aid in whipping out what they see as the bottom percentage!!

I'M NOT A VICTIM BUT I HAVE COMPASSION FOR OTHER MANY OF MY FRIENDS AND THERE FAMILY STAYED WITH ME FOR MONTHS WHILE THEY TRY TO PIECE THERE LIVES BACK TOGETHER JUST IMAGINE YOUR LIFE ON A BLACK BOARD FULLED THEN ITS ALL ERASED AWAY!! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL??

Answer 2

Katrina was a very devastating storm and people needed help to get their life in order again. But after a year they should be doing something for theirselves to get their life in order. Our government can only do so much. Two years ago our home for 33 years burned to the ground and we had no insurance. I worked part-time at a Dollar General and received a few sacks of clothing from Salvation Army. If it had not been for family and people we didn't even know, we would have had a harder time getting our life in order again. But we bought clothes, toothbrushes, and everything you need to survive one paycheck at a time. Katrina victims can do the same. You can't expect the government or anybody to keep giving because of a natural disaster that will happen again. Sure they had to relocate but life goes on..........They better be thankful they made it out alive!

Answer 3

My husband and I are survivors of Hurricane Katrina from Waveland, MS. This is something that the people of the Gulf coast will never get over. We lost everything. Unlike N.O. the levee didn't break here, we don't have levees. Five Major 35'tidal waves hit the coast along with tons of debris. People are still trying to reclaim their lives in Waveland and Bay St. Louis, MS. It's a crying shame. So, at this time last year, 9:00 tomorrow AM, my husband and I were clinging to a styrophone icechest in 12' of salt water (we were not in a flood zone) where we stayed for 6 hours. We watched everything we owned be destroyed. We decided we wouldn't let FEMA get in the way of starting a new life and we didn't. We moved from the area and started over, which is hard to do when you're in your 50's. But we'll never get over it. Never. I'm so grateful that we're still alive and thank everyone for every prayer, for volunteers and for neighbors that all pulled together during the hardest times. People are still living in tents in Waveland, MS. Pray for them, please, and try to understand the devistation we've been through. God Bless.

Answer 4

It's pretty easy to want to forget about it. Sure people can say get over it. But I'm guessing everyone here who says forget about it didn't experience it. I'm sorry, but if I had to wait 5 days to get federal aid, something my taxes pay for, I'd be angry, too, and I wouldn't want to forget it. If my city government lied to me saying I was safe from flooding when I wasn't, I'd be upset. If I lost everything, I wouldn't forget it. And I don't think we should. What happened last year was a wake up call, for every one of us. It's sad that it takes tragedies for us to learn something. But it does. And apparently, a lot of us haven't learned anything. Hey, answer lady, if your kid drowned down there or a damn tornado hit your town, you wouldn't want people to forget about it. I think it's heartless to say get over it. How could you? No one says that about 9-11, the alleged reason why we are at war today. And I don't want to forget the day proof of our weaknesses as a people were given given to us. We should examine that event, learn from it, and correct our mistakes. That's what history's all about. And that goes for every event our culture lived through. Besides, as an American, and a human being, I learned something from it... The human condition. Katrina is one of those events that define us as a country... and shows us how far we have come, and how far we have to go. I hope you remember it, and I hope that memory will stay with you, because things like that really do put us in a whole different perspective, and show us that, yes we are human, and we do have room for improvement.

Answer 5

I think we as Americans are so focused on our own lives that we think something is so tragic but its not real until it directly affects us. I think it is awful the way America has supported New Orleans. A lot of hype in the beginning but now its like "Oh yeah, did they get everything done?" A lot of Americans don't care unless its closer to home. Or they fill like they can not help because they don't have the money or the time to volunteer. But the best gift anyone can give is prayer. Living in America is a blessing but at the same time, its a curse. We are very ungrateful and can be very selfish and thoughtless.

Answer 6

It's still a sad event. People still need to help clean up New Orleans. I think since it's not on the news like it was when it happened people stopped caring and that isn't right at all.

Answer 7

Well since Katrina ended a year ago...

Answer 8

Live in the present.

There's another storm approaching Florida or Alabama. Get ready, everyone.

Answer 9

Our country should be very ashamed. I'm very ashamed for our country.

We break our necks helping other people in other countries and we have American citizens living in "tent-city".

It's sickening....our priorities are very screwed-up.

Answer 10

and bush is still making promisses he can't keep