Where do you think about when you hear "Hurricane Katrina"?

Question

I live in the Mississippi Gulf Coast...I did before, during and now after Hurricane Katrina hit. Being a part of it the whole time and just today hearing about a song/video that U2 and Green Day did about Katrina and New Orleans got me thinking again. Of all the people out there who do not live in "affected areas" of the hurricane, when you hear or read the words "Hurricane Katrina", just WHERE, not what but where do you think of first? Now that I've asked that I'm going to rant a bit...keep in mind, the hurricane did not hit New Orleans, the damage done there, although it could have been affected by the high winds and rain, it has been proven that just a really big rainstorm could have done the same...Ray Nagin even admitted that NO's issues were a DIRECT result of human error and stupidity and not neccessarily the hurricane. Other celebrities have said the same but still bothers me to think that so many people still believe the hurricane "hit" New Orleans, b/c it didn't.

Answer 1

Well, you are not going to like my answer. I live in Canada, and all this time I thought Katrina hit New Orleans. You have educated me on this matter. I thank you for that, but now you have me really thinking. Why didn't we here (in Canada) get the whole story? All we've heard is New Orleans this, New Orleans that. That makes me wonder about the integrity of the media, why did they pour these images of the Superdome into our homes and not make hardly any mention of the areas the storm hit dead on.
On a side note, glad that the directly hit areas did not suffer the same fate as New Orleans.... or am I misguided by the media about that as well?

Answer 2

I have also heard this and I must say the other areas hit directly by hurricanes pull it together and have gone on as it is the nature of your area. 2 years ago Gulf Shores Alabama was hit and with in a year were up and ready to go, no whining, no sob story .
Florida got hit 5-6 times last year and what news coverage did they get after the initial storm? Oklahoma with tornadoes or other states hit by mother nature have built back with out excuses and blame.
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Answer 3

I think about the coast (I was stationed in Pensacola for 8 months back in 1985)... I think of ALL the area. We used to drive to LA (I forget the parish) cause a fellow student lived there and his folks would invite us over for weekend BBQ's and cute girls at their farm. We avoided New Orleans... I hate crowds and big cities

Respectfully, I ignore New Orleans' damage for the most part... it's just too much coverage of whining celebrities, politicians, and race-excuseists about events and incidents that were the result of a stupid and corrupt local and state government.

I note the pains the insurance companies are causing with their BS regarding "surge-damage" vs "wind damage" to those along the coast.

I think the BEST celebrity impression for the coast is Jimmy Buffet's song/video "Bama Breeze"... it points out the damage wasn't JUST in New Orleans.

Answer 4

What I think about is the resiliency of those in Mississippi, Alabama contrasted with the welfare state that exists in Louisiana. Mississippi was harder hit by the brunt of the storm and yet the storm made apparent the absolute corruption in Louisiana politics. Why the US taxpayer had sent money enough to supposely beef up the levies and the state of Louisiana and corrupt pockets got the money instead. Why NOLA is so wrot with welfare recipients who are helpless is beyond the pail. It comes from creating generations of dependents, Dependent on government. Dependency of this kind is like addiction. people need to break the addiction.

I don't live in the affected area, I see things from an observer point of view. And Louisiana is the most corrupt state in the nation.

Answer 5

It "hit" New Orleans because Pass Christian and Bay St. Louis aren't recognizable.

I think about Illinois. My family and I evacuated there post hurricane. I still remember the night in our hotel room in Alabama, getting our first showers, and sleeping in clean sheets (to which my mom said "Don't worry, I have enough grime under my toenails for all of us!" We woke up the room next to us when we laughed!)... and feeling the air conditioning! What a dream land!

Once we got to Illinois, I just loved the 70 degree weather and the sweet people there. I missed my iced tea and going down Highway 90 everyday, but the friends I met there were unforgettable.