What did hurricane victims learn from that experience?

Question

i am suppose to do a report comparing what happened to a poem by anne bradstreet but the teacher want things that only victim and people very close to victims would know

Answer 1

1. Respect for Mother Nature

2. Risk assessment - sometimes it's better to evacuate and "live to fight another day."

3. Preparedness/Self-sufficiency...when FEMA recommends that people store at least 5 days worth of water and supplies in hurricane-prone areas, they mean it...

4. Not all people are able to remain rational in a crisis situation. (My cousin was doing her medical residency in N. Orleans...had to move critical patients to higher floors when they realized the looters who were shooting at rescue helicopters wanted to get to the hospital pharmacy first...unable to defend themselves against bullets, the patients were moved from harm's way to let the looters get what they wanted without hurting anyone...)

5. Insurance isn't always a "sure" thing.

6. Building your house in a basin below sea level is an idea best rethought.

7. Don't assume that news reports are accurate. The National Guard rolled into N. Orleans with supplies long before they were credited for their efforts.

8. Charity isn't always administered in an equitable way.

9. Natural tragedy turns civilized society into Survival of the Fittest mindset.

Answer 2

To not live below sea level, to evacuate if they do, to not wait until the situation is life-or-death before trying to leave! If people had just evacuated, so much of what happened wouldn't have.

The sad thing is that I doubt very many of them (meaning the refugees) were taught a lesson by this. They want to go back and rebuild, just like they do after every other hurricane and flood. They never learn! Then they'll be complaining again when the next natural disaster hits and they lose everything...AGAIN!

Answer 3

I am from New Orleans and I have learned not to depend on our wonderful government. We didnt leave for Katrina because every year we leave and nothing happens and honestly we didnt have the money. So like many we decided to stay. Luckily we stayed with our family not to far from Baton Rouge and we werent that bad off. I dont think we will stay in the event of another hurricane because it is frustrating and heart wrenching to have to go through year after year. I still love my city and I dont think I will ever leave, but to witness the devastation that we have to deal with everyday it is hard not to want to sometimes.

Answer 4

From the look of the migration reports, "get the heck out of Dodge". Most of the Katrina victims have relocated all over the country now.

Answer 5

Run! instead of looting stores for a pair of Nike. And dont expect to be rescued by white folks until the fifth day when the rest of the world starts tutting.

Answer 6

That there is value in being better prepared and that you cannot "beat out" Mother Nature. It also should teach them what the result of "feel good" government gets you when the times get hard.

Answer 7

To listen to what they say, and evacuate. To live further inland from the hurricane coast. To not rely on the government to bail us out.

Answer 8

Not to take Mother Nature for granted.
Read your insurance policy.
If you live in an area that can flood BUY FLOOD INSURANCE.
Plan for these things; don't rely on someone to bail you out.

Answer 9

if you live on the gulf of Mexico you better have a plan how to get out of there if it another hurricane .because you can't depend on your government to help you .

Answer 10

That the U.S. government is so busy jumping right in to other countries business, that they don't have the desire, motivation, or wherewithall to help their own people. Especially if they happen to be poor people.