I'm venting!!! Most people don't know that Hurricane Katrina's eye hit the gulf coast of Mississippi (Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian). The whole coast was wiped out! Have someone drop you off on a deserted sand beach with nothing in site and only your car keys; that's the MS gulf coast. This was a storm that literally sucked the water out of the bay and gulf sound, then threw it back in on 5, 40 foot waves; along with all of the debris.
New Orleans was not the prime site for the Hurricane. The Corp. of Engineers did not build the levees high enough and the City of N.O. didn't use the money appointed to keep the tax payers safe. Had they done their civic duty and the levees held, there would have been no damage.
The good people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast haven't done all of the crying and moaning as the City of N.O. and I suppose the "squeaky wheel gets the grease". There is another saying, "the squeaky wheel gets replaced".... God love us all. AMEN
2006-11-06 06:42:45 · 2 answers · asked by Sassy OLD Broad 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Yeah, parts of New Orleans can still be fixed. A lot of the Mississippi Gulf Coast just looks like a bomb went off.
2006-11-07 03:54:50 · answer #1 · answered by jugghayd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a native New Orleanian and my mother lives off the beach in Pass Christian. This isn't a "them against us "issue. We are all in this together. Both places have been forgotten by this country and this government. It is sad but true. We are left on our own with the resources available to us. It is not un-American to raise your voice when you see wrong. If you are unhappy with the media, target them. It is not New Orleans' fault the media is as awful as it is..
2006-11-06 23:12:14 · answer #2 · answered by jazz10002002 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋