OK whats the deal? I am seeing more Katrina documentaries on CNN and now they are showing people?

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living in FEMA trailers waiting Habitat for humanity to just build them a home? Do these people pay for these homes?
What is really going on? I have seen flooding more devasting in the midwest and dont see the govt and others just going in building those people free houses.
They all complain complain in New Orleans. No we see squalor on the camera and are supposed to feel sorry. Why dont these people get a freaking job and buy their own house. What, the "hurricane" destroy their ability to work too? All i see is many "near do wells" who are looking for a free handout permanantly from others. They should move if they cant find work there. No one forcing them to stay. When I ever needed a job I found one even if it meant to move. sorry the slothful never get my sympathy!

I have been through a devastating hurricane myself. so i am not a stranger to this type of disaster

****Y thanks for your concern
i am not always mad just concerned
thanks

Answer 1

did you ever have a feeling besides anger?

Answer 2

First off these ppl are working sweetie! They can't qualify for a Habitat for Humanity home if they are not. The homes are built by volunteers (you know, ppl who actually have compassion and a heart!). The recipients must also volunteer like 300+ hrs of their own time building their home. Then they have to qualify for a low interest rate loan. They get assistance w/ the down payment. This isn't a hand out son!!
PPL keep bashing the Katrina Survivors, but do you ppl realize that when we evacuated to Pennsacola FL that there were ppl living in FEMA trailers in parks and in the motels from Hurricane Ivan which happen a year before Katrina???????????
So, ppl on here need to first off research instead of assuming they know what their talking about. And, I'm sure the hurricane you've gone through was nothing like Katrina that killed almost 2000 ppl!! Also, remember that a majority of ppl were screwed by their insurance carriers. The insurance companies denied claims stating "They cannot determine whether it was the roof damage or the flood water that caused the water damage in the home" So the ppl who happen to maybe not have flood insurance because they weren't considered to be in a flood zone are told that it was flood waters so their claims denied! Which is B.S.! The pine trees took out the roofs before any flood water came in!
Ya'll need to get an education & a heart. Karma's a hell of a thing & hurts when you bit in the a$$- by it!!

GOD BLESS THE KATRINA SURVIVORS, STAY STRONG! MUCH LOVE!!

Answer 3

I agree / enough about Katrina. There was an article published that said enough money has been sent to Katrina victims to buy them two houses each and one honda car. Unfortunatly, a lot of the money got misued and never made it to the folks to which it was intended. This does not mean that the taxpayers / charity givers of this money did not give it with good heart . The wrong is on the hands of those who stole it. We do not have an obligation to give the money again. It is over , people lose houses everyday for a variety of reasons. There are 28 thousand foreclosures each week right now in the US. Do these people want new homes too ? They are victims of the banks right ? Are taxpayers / charities going to have to start funding that too ?

I genuinly feel bad for anyone that loses a home but the truth is although my heart is big my pocketbook is not big enough to support them.

Genourosity is nice but should not be expected. Help was intended to be transitional and short term/ to get people back on their feet not to provide for their long term financial security. 2 years later , it seems long term to me.

Answer 4

It is campaign time, lots of politicians find any and everything they can , to make false promises to different groups of people to try and get votes. That is what this is all about, politics and pretending they are the good guys and the one to vote for next year. Sorry to say but New Orleans is one of the places that has a lot of people on Government benefits, and it will never change there. My aunt lives in Tx. about 30 miles from the Louisiana line, she also says some of the same that you said. Right now, two years later, it is Politicians making false promises, again!

Answer 5

I think the local politicians in La are the ones that are making things take so long they are inept to do anything and lack leadership for progress to be made there, Missippi has got better leadership they are getting things done and Missippi were in direct path of Katrina.
Man two years and the Gov. and mayor of La. can`t get on the ball time to rid of them and get leadership to get progress there, cannot just throw money at them,the leaders just line there own pockets.

Answer 6

OK. They live in a city that is below sea level. They did not have flood insurance and the Village Idiot was elevated to the position of Mayor. I'm sorry but I'm sick of the people of New Orleans waiting around for the rest of the country to bail them out. I pay $400.00 extra a year for flood insurance, even though I've been told that the chance of a flood in my area is pretty remote. I believe it is called individual responsibility and covering all bases.

Answer 7

Um... It's the two year anniversery. So of course they're showing Katrina.

And yes, Midwest flooding is bad. It's been bad in Oklahoma this year. Katrina displaced hundreds of thousands. It was a massive event. It shouldn't be surprising that CNN is doing specials on Katrina two years after it made landfall.

Answer 8

You are so right, these people should not hide in the fact that they lost all they had including any source of income and stop free loading!! And i also agree that if they cant get a Job they SHOULD move and i dont want to hear any crying becasue they do not have the means to move. If you dont have the means to move , then GET A JOB!!

Answer 9

I personally suspect that the greatest damage Katrina did was destroying economic momentum...industry brought housing, housing brought support services (grocery stores, restaurants, etc.), support services brought additional workers (labor inflation), and now those extra services are no longer needed.
If that is correct than rebuilding New Orleans would require repeating a couple of decades of economic progress. (I don't really like calling that 'progress', but my vocabulary is limited)

Answer 10

It takes a long time to rebuild the 75,000 lost homes due to this catastrophic event. It's going to take more than 2 years.

Answer 11

Without some form of "disaster" the party of victimization wouldnt have a cause. and thats bad for business during an election year.....