Katrina aftermath - what the fuck???

[Halfdeck]

Originally Posted by emmanuelle

The south will rise again, just like Atlanta.
Southerners are incredibly proud and independant

Hurricanes Cindy and Dennis were expected to be severe, and did not live up to their hype. When the warnings came for Katrina, they were not taken seriously enough.

Forget about racism, who is at fault and everything else that armchair analysts seem to be preoccupied with. Get yourself over to the redcross site and see what you can do to be part of the solution. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected in that region alone, not to mention the entire continent's economy.

Everyone joined together when 9-11 happened, and even for the tsunami crisis. America needs to pull itself together again for one of it's own. The longer we argue and delay help, the more people who die.

Well said. I admit I'm not overly charitable by nature, but I cruised on over to redcross.org and donated after reading your post.

[Useless]

The more I watch the coverage, the more it saddens me to see that our government is, for all intents and purposes, allowing people to starve and to die from dehydration. This is one sorry state of affairs. You cannot tell me that there is no way to reach these people. If a damned news crew can film them, then why can't the national guard get in there with food and water? It's sad that it requires armed people to restore order, but that's what happens when you allow people to feel abandoned. Mob rules will always take over in the absense of authority.

[spookyx]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

The more I watch the coverage, the more it saddens me to see that our government is, for all intents and purposes, allowing people to starve and to die from dehydration. This is one sorry state of affairs. You cannot tell me that there is no way to reach these people. If a damned news crew can film them, then why can't the national guard get in there with food and water? It's sad that it requires armed people to restore order, but that's what happens when you allow people to feel abandoned. Mob rules will always take over in the absense of authority.

so true UW. and about the guns... if my family was stuck and starving, I would prolly grab one too.

[Kinky]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

The more I watch the coverage, the more it saddens me to see that our government is, for all intents and purposes, allowing people to starve and to die from dehydration. This is one sorry state of affairs. You cannot tell me that there is no way to reach these people. If a damned news crew can film them, then why can't the national guard get in there with food and water? It's sad that it requires armed people to restore order, but that's what happens when you allow people to feel abandoned. Mob rules will always take over in the absense of authority.

one reason is that most of our national guard is in Iraq fighting for "freedom" and dubya isn't smart enough to figure out where to get the manpower to help...

it was also nice to see him take a low pass real quick over in air force one to check the damage instead of actually giving two shits and getting in a chopper and visiting the damaged area... so many people said he was "a great leader" after 9/11 well what the fuck happened? he is a friggin' retard with a perma smirk

[Tubey]

Originally Posted by kinky

one reason is that most of our national guard is in Iraq fighting for "freedom" and dubya isn't smart enough to figure out where to get the manpower to help...

it was also nice to see him take a low pass real quick over in air force one to check the damage instead of actually giving two shits and getting in a chopper and visiting the damaged area... so many people said he was "a great leader" after 9/11 well what the fuck happened? he is a friggin' retard with a perma smirk

It is taking longer than it should but you just can't send in 30k troops onto bourbon st, you have to know where to send them to make them effective. The devastation doesn't just start at NO either most of the roads are AFU to get them there. It does take a little time to get the troops called in and loaded up planned out as far as where they are going to sleep and how they are going to get fed as well. The airport is being used to stage rescue ops of the living if the pres stopped there it would hault operations (due to security reasons) for hours while he was there and I don't believe anyone would like to stop rescue ops so I believe he made the right choice not to stop in and take a peek. Tues the Coast Guard alone did over 1700 rescue missions not including the other branches of the service. In short the whole area is a mess and it is a HUGE mess. Roads are destroyed bridges out, people shooting, looting, and running around like crazy. I think this is the first time since the civil war that an entire city was ever evacuated.
I think we should figure out how to fix the problem not who to blame.
Just my $.02

[Trev]

Originally Posted by kinky

one reason is that most of our national guard is in Iraq fighting for "freedom" and dubya isn't smart enough to figure out where to get the manpower to help...

Exactly. I heard they were calling up Coast Guard reserves. Even that takes time. They have a huge hospital ship coming. From Baltimore.................... it should be there in 3-4 days. Everything should be there in 2-4 days..... but meanwhile.......