common sense?

Question

i am looking for one person who would like to have a debate on katrina i drew the card that said that it was the peoples fault (please don't yell at me i drew the card ) please no swearing or yelling we will have to e-mail back and forth . . i am sure that i will make you mad but please relize just not me . i don't belive in the point i just have to make it please be nice

Answer 1

I'm afraid that while I have common sense, I also am highly opinionated which usually isn't a good combination because one always overrides the other. However, I do wish you the best of luck!

Answer 2

I can tell you first hand that every year that a hurricane threatened New Orleans we were told by the Corp of Engineers that the levy's were fine..one in the North Eastern part of New Orleans leaked each time and multitudes of citizens would sandbag and spend numerous hours and days watching it while others would evacuate...No one could have fathomed that Katrina would go into Lake Ponchartrain..that is virtually unheard of...for a hurricane to go into a Lake like that..unfortunately, it is a huge lake..and again, who would have dreamed it would find a body of water like the Pearl River and head North destroying so much of Slidell and other towns north of that...It was a freak act of nature..New Orleans rarely got hit by hurricanes, because of the geographical area..Biloxi , would get it first..houses along highway 90 in Biloxi that were hundeds of years old, that withstood man hurricanes and that withstood Hurricane Camille at 210 MPH are now gone....but just like the hurricane that went into Mobile Bay...a very freak act of nature..virtually unheard of...the levy's and flooding are the fault of the government in New Orleans...and the State..the terrible destruction actually from the hurricane...in other areas near New Orleans..(not the levy's) is extremely sad...so many people who thought they were off the coast enough and had been for years ..who were always sheltered by the fact that they were about 1 - 2 hours from the actual gulf coast line...safety in being just a little north of the coastline...when the flood occured in 95 in Slidell from rainfall, many of the towns just 15 minutes North were not touched ...who would have thought it would be so devastating?..No one could have prepared for the numerous tornadoes or hurricane flooding that occurred...New Orleans ..with the exception of the Lakefront should have never been so devastated..but, was, because of the levy's because the government in the City chose not to keep up with the levy's..Perhaps if past Mayor Mark Morial would have spent more on the levy;s instead of making sure he got a convention center built and named after him, so many people would not be so devastated... Charity Hospital is one of the biggest losses there is...A legend in our time..the oldest hospital in the nation and the number two trauma center for ER in the nation..all that gone..what a waste...the children, the elderly, and the animals..who depend on us to help them..who cannot speak for themselves...those are the ones we should care about the most...

Answer 3

my thought thay werent worried at first ,cause they had sat and seen so many storms before katrina .thay just didnt take warning like lots of folk thats my thought .aand it was an auful mess and they had to blame somebody ..But i did see on the tube where all kinds of people were getting money how come some got and others didnt one dude which is in the pokie now he got $30,000 out of the government and he was going to get a sex change.i seen that on tv..I do know that it was a terrible tragedy for them but th folks that could should have been boarding busses and things .man i dont know ,if that poot head could get $30,000. out surely others could have got more .seems like they would have been happy in the trailers i know some had a bunch of people in one trailer .i am so feeling sorry for the lives lost but im sure there is some that didnt care which way the wind blows .

Answer 4

Katrina- was an act of Nature...- as expected, predictable & natural as a snowstorm in March. That thousands of people unthinkingly chose to build a city below sea-level on the Gulf Coast- was an act of Human Nature, a classic case of unthinking mindlessness- typical of our species. Need we say more? So who do YOU think was to blame for Katrina?

Answer 5

If you mean the people who were caught or lost property....

The strongest arguments against those who refused to evacuate is that they had the option to leave, and sufficient warning to do so. Therefore, they assumed the risk of staying, and must abide by the consequences of their choice.

As far as property loss, people in the region knew that hurricanes were common. They knew flood damage and storm damages was common. Anyone who didn't have insurance again chose to assume that risk, and again must abide the consequences.

Answer 6

While I truly grieve for the victims...Here is a scenario... Godzilla is seen on radar coming at you at a pretty fast rate and already gorilla raped at least one other community. You have this much time (x hours, x days, x min.) to haul tail outta there... Godzilla could give two s**ts about your circumstances & you cannot change it's mind, reason it or stop it. Decide. Sounds kinda cut & dry?

Answer 7

The hurricane is not the "peoples fault", not getting the heck out is their fault, at least for most persons

Answer 8

Awwww, dear........I wish I had the time to email you about this to help you with your project.......I just doubt that I could give you the info that you need as in I am a full time mom with a full time+ job.........Sorry hun.........Good luck!!!!!

Answer 9

sorry I don't have any common sense