In your opinion, was Hurricane Katrina a big problem for you?

Question

Was Hurricane Katrina realy that bad to you? Even for some people that did not live in that area, was it still a big part of your life?

Answer 1

I live in West Virginia. To me, Katrina brought some much-needed rain and some lively entertainment about how Blacks behave when the electricity goes out and the public services stop working. The spectacle included instant Black warlords trying to grab city blocks for turf, Black gunmen ambushing ambulances and relief supply trucks, Black snipers shooting at helicopters sent to rescue flood victims from rooftops, Black policemen looting the department stores, and a Black mayor trying to hide his own incompetence by railing at that of the federal government.

Even funnier was the way Blacks abused the federal relief system. Blacks were getting into line repeatedly for those $2000 FEMA credit vouchers; one of them was caught as he attempted to secure his sixth card. Black inmates at a nearby Louisiana prison were getting FEMA cards and federal home restoration grants by using fake New Orleans addresses. A young Black teenager tried to convince the social workers that he was the father of four children and therefore needed the maximum benefit amount.

Black families receiving free emergency shelter in luxurious hotel suites were simultaneously receiving federal money so that they could rent temporary housing, so the money got spent on beer and cigarettes instead.

After the refugee Blacks were shipped to Houston TX and other cities, bringing a national crime wave in their wake, other Blacks, who were never anywhere near Katrina, started getting into line for a FEMA card. Black women began spending the federal money at high-end department stores, such as Neiman Marcus, buying pricy non-essentials such as Louis Vuitton handbags. Black men began using their FEMA money to buy alcohol, drugs, and prostitutes. Black parents started renting their children to Blacks who had no children of their own, so that they could claim them to the caseworker and get increased benefits (i.e., the same kids were used by many different sets of phony "parents.")

The government's stupidity was on grand display. It was funny, sort of. Even if it was expensive to the taxpayer. Do you want to know what the government's response was to the massive Black fraud abuse of FEMA credit vouchers? They switched to cash grants by direct deposit. The fraud went on as before, but it became less conspicuous, which meant that the government was thereafter embarrassed less.

The biggest hero during the crisis in New Orleans floods that followed Hurricane Katrina was National Guard Sergeant Garland Ogden. He got the White people, including some British and Australian tourists, out of the Superdome before the Blacks could kill them. America still has some good men left.

The direct hit from Katrina occurred in St. Bernard Parish, not in New Orleans. In St. Bernard, the destruction was more complete and the flooding more extensive, as compared with New Orleans. However, St. Bernard Parish was mostly White (90%), while New Orleans was mostly Black (73%), which might explain why federal rescue and relief efforts by-passed St. Bernard on their way to New Orleans. Yet who complained that they were slighted by the government due to their race? The Blacks did. The Whites, who could have made that complaint truthfully, did nothing of the sort, but were as orderly and as mutually helpful as they could be. And that's a racial difference you can depend on to appear, again and again, when a crisis occurs.

Answer 2

I'm sorry I intended on answering your question but then I was side tracked BY THE MOST IGNORANT, RACIST, DISRESPECTFUL thing I've ever read. There was nothing entertaining about Katrina, what's entertaining about people dying, KIDS dying? Every race has their bad seeds so I would love to know what this guy sat here and wrote an essay on "blacks" and how funny it was to watch the way they reacted to losing their homes, their families, their pets, all they've ever known? When you through a bunch of grieving, hungry, hot, tired, sick, miserable people who have just lost everything into one place there is going to be trouble regardless of the race. Sure there were people who abused the system but if he thinks that he can actually sit here and convince anybody with even a little sense that all of the people who abused the system in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina were "blacks" then he's obviously not as knowledgeable as he thinks he is.

Now on to answer your question, I was not physically affected by hurricane Katrina but I felt very bad for the people who were. The stories that were covered by the media down there were heartbreaking to watch. I can't even begin to imagine what any of those people had to go through, and I'm still wondering why we're calling them refugee's they were American Citizens weren't they?

Answer 3

It's a big deal because of the population of the area at risk, the economic sector in the risk area, the flooding potential, and the fact that you guys are not accustomed to hurricanes. That being said, those of us who live in the South along the Atlantic and Gulf coast don't get why it's being treated like the apocalypse. Seriously, as someone that has been through Tropical Storm Claudette (79), Hurricane Alicia (80's), Tropical Storm Allison (01), and Hurricane Ike, I do not understand all the hype, except maybe to get people out of evacuation zones because they don't really know what hurricanes can do.

Answer 4

It was a part of my life in a couple of small ways. At work, I helped with efforts to create a computer network to allow people to contact family and friends from whom they had become seperated. Like most people, I saw extensive coverage of the storm and its aftermath. However, I would not say that it was a "big" part of my life, and certainly in no way was it as tremendous an event as the people who were directly affected by the storm.

Answer 5

Other than higher gas prices I wasnt personally effected. I live in the north east and I dont even know anyone in that part of the country. I feel bad for those effected but it didnt alter my day to day life.

Answer 6

No. I lost my place in flooding (up North, not Katrina), nobody shed any tears for me, I had to pay for the clean-up myself. I was homeless for 4 months and lived in a wrecked place for 6 months. I'm finally done paying for it 6 years later. I have no sympathy for those whiners.

Answer 7

Although I feel sympathy for those who were affected, it did not cause any problems here in the northeast. Not even a small part of my life was changed.

Answer 8

It wasn't a problem to me personally, but I was very much aware of the problem it caused to a lot of people.
I think it did cause an increase in gas prices, so that did affect me some.

Answer 9

It wasn't a bad thing really for me because non of my family live there or nothing. I still feel sorry for all the loses though
even though I dont come from there. Its still sad when you think of it.

Answer 10

I was without power for several days and had a lot of major clean up to do. But I got off easy compared to a lot of people.

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Answer 11

Huge problem in Florida first of all its terrible all those peoples lives... its a terrible tragady... BUT! It did bring up gas prices