The wildfire in California is getting all the attention from the U.S, but Katrina did not.?

Question

what do you think?

Answer 1

I live in Tennessee, most of my family lives in Oregon, and I have friends in other states. Everyone talked about the devastation shown on the television channels, the radio coverage, and how they were going to help the survivors of the disaster. There is still some spotty coverage of the devastation.
I don't know if you just have a short memory, or what. There was extensive coverage of the hurricane's destruction, as soon as power and gas were available, and it showed a lot of the people involved.
The fires are not being covered as many hours a day like hurricane Katrina, even in Oregon, I just asked my family. The news on the fires gets covered during regular news segments, not all day long like Katrina was.
The wildfires are really bad, so let's not forget that forests, animals, people's lives and homes are being destroyed. Hurricane Katrina only lasted a couple of days with her major whomp on the south, then left. These wildfires are not going away. The Santa Ana winds combined with the drought, are making things worse for California.

Answer 2

What? At the time, Katrina DID get total national media attention. And two years later, everyone is still talking about Katrina. I'm beyond bored with it.

The wildfire in California is happening right now and it is affecting a much larger area than Katrina. The fires back right up into the mountains and spread all the way down to the ocean. Hundreds of thousands of people have already been evacuated from their homes (and this number is growing rapidly) and unlike Katrina, there is nowhere for them to evacuate to because the spreading fires have them blocked in. And there is also the issue of the massive smoke contamination causing hazardous air quality, which has the potential to spread all the way across the country because of the high winds. Katrina didn't have that problem, nor was there the issue of being burned to death.

Answer 3

California is not entirely rich or famous people. There a lot of middle class people here. The thing about Katrina is that people can't stop it, but with fire. It possible to stop it.

The person above me: There only 4 or 5 famous people house that might be burn. That not even getting a lot of attention here unless you live in LA. Most are residents' houses.

True, the news is going all day long here.

Answer 4

Katrina got attention - the problem was that no one in the media could get near New Orleans - and those there had no power for reporting. It was days before anyone could report anything.

Fire is devistating but years from now - Katrina will still be the worst disaster in the US and many won't remember the fires fo 2007.

A bigger story is the staff infection that anti-biotics can't stop - if that spreads there will be a pandemic.

Answer 5

You gotta be kidding me. Katrina was a media and government circus. It's all we heard about for over a year. Liberals are still whining about it. And the lazy class is still waiting for more handouts. California will rebuild and recover with little problem. They work.

Answer 6

Katrina got a lot of attention.

Access and communications jammed New Orleans up initially, a situation that SoCal has not experienced -- yet.

Answer 7

Katrina did.

Answer 8

New Orleans is black and Democrat. For two days no attention then meager help. California (Rich Republicans) White, The USA Governement (Bush and Governator from Calif) jumped in right away. If the fires were in a minority area one would hear little of the fires.

Answer 9

Of course California is gonna get more attention, especially when it has to do with homes of the rich and famous..Isn't that just Pathetic?????..It is such a shame that the media is so biased.

Answer 10

And what about these incessant turtles in Michigan!?