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CaptainJSparrow · 2005-09-05, 12:17 AM

Lemmy, I never said "it serves them right." My point is, they should take it upon themselves to watch out for themselves...we can't blame the government for all of our problems. I mean, should the government take away all of our kitchen knives because some folks use them to hurt themselves, to commit suicide, or to commit murder? Alot of these people REFUSED to get out. Then, you see them waving flags on the news and say it's the governments fault. Hopefully, those white flags that they're waving will be flags of surrender saying "Ok, next time they say leave, re: MANDATORY EVACUATION, I will take it upon myself to go to a designated place of shelter, catch a ride, do something to get the hell out of there.

You know, my uncle told me that he wasn't evacuating...he said that his house had withstood hurricanes for 26 years. At 1 am on Monday he told my aunt, that if they survive this one they will never stay when there is an evacuation again. I almost begged him on the phone to evacuate. Thankfully they survived, with just minimal damage to their house.

I agree that in a perfect world the government should do as you mentioned. This world is not perfect. As free citizens, we should take it upon ourselves to be as responsible for our own well being as is humanly possible. IMHO these folks did nothing of the kind...they thumbned their noses at the government, and it's warnings, and now they're paying the price for their actions.

I've seen first hand that the government is responding. I've seen the military already involved. I've seen the police from lots of other states. I've seen the commandeered busses. I know of one company that chartered a number of busses to go get some of their employees and the government commandeered those busses... it basically said, your people are Ok where they are (ie they'll live) so we are taking these busses to help get out folks that are in more danger. I also know, for a fact, that one company had some employees that voluntarily stayed to "mind the store". As the water started rising because of the broken levee, they got worried. The company hired helicopters to go get the employees. The plan was to land on the top of the Tulane Medical Center's Parking garage (which has a heliport). The guard there, freaked out because of the national media's predictions of rioting, refused to let these employees get to the helicopters. These guards even flagged away the helicopters. Our governor called in and told these people to let those helicopters land. The employees were flown to private jets and taken to safety.

C'mon now, again, sure it's a disaster, sure some folks got killed. It is sad, but it is a part of life. I just say, that the majority of folks that got killed, they could've avoided it had they listened to the government. Hence, it is their own fault.

2005-09-05, 12:17 AM	#59
CaptainJSparrow You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Louisiana Posts: 511	Lemmy, I never said "it serves them right." My point is, they should take it upon themselves to watch out for themselves...we can't blame the government for all of our problems. I mean, should the government take away all of our kitchen knives because some folks use them to hurt themselves, to commit suicide, or to commit murder? Alot of these people REFUSED to get out. Then, you see them waving flags on the news and say it's the governments fault. Hopefully, those white flags that they're waving will be flags of surrender saying "Ok, next time they say leave, re: MANDATORY EVACUATION, I will take it upon myself to go to a designated place of shelter, catch a ride, do something to get the hell out of there. You know, my uncle told me that he wasn't evacuating...he said that his house had withstood hurricanes for 26 years. At 1 am on Monday he told my aunt, that if they survive this one they will never stay when there is an evacuation again. I almost begged him on the phone to evacuate. Thankfully they survived, with just minimal damage to their house. I agree that in a perfect world the government should do as you mentioned. This world is not perfect. As free citizens, we should take it upon ourselves to be as responsible for our own well being as is humanly possible. IMHO these folks did nothing of the kind...they thumbned their noses at the government, and it's warnings, and now they're paying the price for their actions. I've seen first hand that the government is responding. I've seen the military already involved. I've seen the police from lots of other states. I've seen the commandeered busses. I know of one company that chartered a number of busses to go get some of their employees and the government commandeered those busses... it basically said, your people are Ok where they are (ie they'll live) so we are taking these busses to help get out folks that are in more danger. I also know, for a fact, that one company had some employees that voluntarily stayed to "mind the store". As the water started rising because of the broken levee, they got worried. The company hired helicopters to go get the employees. The plan was to land on the top of the Tulane Medical Center's Parking garage (which has a heliport). The guard there, freaked out because of the national media's predictions of rioting, refused to let these employees get to the helicopters. These guards even flagged away the helicopters. Our governor called in and told these people to let those helicopters land. The employees were flown to private jets and taken to safety. C'mon now, again, sure it's a disaster, sure some folks got killed. It is sad, but it is a part of life. I just say, that the majority of folks that got killed, they could've avoided it had they listened to the government. Hence, it is their own fault.