President Obama Nods to....Orleans..

[AmericasBrave58]

President Obama Nods Towards New Orleans - Swampland - TIME.com


That's nice!!! now what about doing what Bush and FEMA didn't, and help the people of the GolfStates recover, and bring back some Sunshine and hope into their lives?Bush was a Screw up and so was that Mike dude that was fired from FEMA!!!!.

 

[WillowTree]

President Obama Nods Towards New Orleans - Swampland - TIME.com


That's nice!!! now what about doing what Bush and FEMA didn't, and help the people of the GolfStates recover, and bring back some Sunshine and hope into their lives?Bush was a Screw up and so was that Mike dude that was fired from FEMA!!!!.

How much money has been sent to aid New Orleans? Where did it go? Mississippi managed not to whine,, I think they pretty much did for themselves..

 

[uptownlivin90]

President Obama Nods Towards New Orleans - Swampland - TIME.com


That's nice!!! now what about doing what Bush and FEMA didn't, and help the people of the GolfStates recover, and bring back some Sunshine and hope into their lives?Bush was a Screw up and so was that Mike dude that was fired from FEMA!!!!.

How much money has been sent to aid New Orleans? Where did it go? Mississippi managed not to whine,, I think they pretty much did for themselves..

They whined far more then you think, and there's still parts of the gulf coast that has damage. Of course, hurricane damage on a US coast is nothing we as a nation haven't been through before...

...a whole major city under water and tens of thousands trapped for up to four days without food, medicine, or water. Not so much.

 

[Ravi]

Mississippi suffered nothing in comparison.

That said...the freaking Aints are in the Superbowl...what else do they want???

 

[Yurt]

Mississippi suffered nothing in comparison.

That said...the freaking Aints are in the Superbowl...what else do they want???

you're unbelievable

 

[Ravi]

So?

Mississippi suffered nothing in comparison to New Orleans.

 

[WillowTree]

President Obama Nods Towards New Orleans - Swampland - TIME.com


That's nice!!! now what about doing what Bush and FEMA didn't, and help the people of the GolfStates recover, and bring back some Sunshine and hope into their lives?Bush was a Screw up and so was that Mike dude that was fired from FEMA!!!!.

How much money has been sent to aid New Orleans? Where did it go? Mississippi managed not to whine,, I think they pretty much did for themselves..

They whined far more then you think, and there's still parts of the gulf coast that has damage. Of course, hurricane damage on a US coast is nothing we as a nation haven't been through before...

...a whole major city under water and tens of thousands trapped for up to four days without food, medicine, or water. Not so much.

Show me!

 

[WillowTree]

So?

Mississippi suffered nothing in comparison to New Orleans.

 

[Avatar4321]

Mississippi suffered nothing in comparison.

That said...the freaking Aints are in the Superbowl...what else do they want???

Mississippi was actually run by competant leadership.

 

[Vel]

President Obama Nods Towards New Orleans - Swampland - TIME.com


That's nice!!! now what about doing what Bush and FEMA didn't, and help the people of the GolfStates recover, and bring back some Sunshine and hope into their lives?Bush was a Screw up and so was that Mike dude that was fired from FEMA!!!!.

Just how many years are the rest of the country supposed to support the Katrina "survivors"? I'm so damned sick and tired of the perpetual victim status accorded to those that endured Katrina. Yes, I feel bad for anyone that lost family or their home but we are nearing 5 years after the hurricane and it's time those people waiting for someone to hand them their lives, to start making some efforts to take charge of it themselves.
Katrina is but ONE disaster to befall this nation and unlike some other disasters people had 5 days warning to get the hell out of the hurricane's path. Many of those sitting on a fucking bridge for days crying that people weren't helping them fast enough, CHOSE to stay there and in effect placed other people's lives in danger because of their stupid choice. And those that want to spend their time blaming the fucking federal government, should save a dose of blame for the lowlife mayor that instead of demanding that people evacuate and providing the transportation out, let the buses sit. Save some blame for the dumbass Governor that seemed paralyzed by her indecision and let people die because of it. Then you can assign the feds their part of the blame for the stupid decisions they made. Enough already. Mississippi and Alabama managed to get recovery efforts underway. The midwest recovered from massive flooding. The south recovers on a regular basis from tornados. The west from fires. It's time for New Orleans to do the same.

 

[US Army Retired]

So?

Mississippi suffered nothing in comparison to New Orleans.

Those photos ARE of Mississippi. Biloxi to be exact. Everything was wiped off the foundations by a monster surge. Those people were washed out to sea unlike New Orleans folks.

 

[Yurt]

So?

Mississippi suffered nothing in comparison to New Orleans.

apparently ravi thinks the damage isn't that bad

 

[Big Black Dog]

When you really stop to think about it, it was not a terribly bright thing to do when they built a city below sea level that close to the ocean. I'm not so sure rebuilding it is very bright either. That's just me though. I don't like to get my feet wet.

 

[uptownlivin90]

How much money has been sent to aid New Orleans? Where did it go? Mississippi managed not to whine,, I think they pretty much did for themselves..

They whined far more then you think, and there's still parts of the gulf coast that has damage. Of course, hurricane damage on a US coast is nothing we as a nation haven't been through before...

...a whole major city under water and tens of thousands trapped for up to four days without food, medicine, or water. Not so much.

Show me!

Was born in Okolona and raised in Yazoo City most of my young life. Wanna hear me whine?

 

[blu]

ravi showing just how dumb he is again

 

[WillowTree]

When you really stop to think about it, it was not a terribly bright thing to do when they built a city below sea level that close to the ocean. I'm not so sure rebuilding it is very bright either. That's just me though. I don't like to get my feet wet.

ocean on the south,, huge lake on the north,, below sea level it's a disaster waiting to happen,, Galvaston Tx. same way,, speaking of Galvaston, not much whine there, they are rebuilding and doing it quietly.

 

[Claudette]

When you really stop to think about it, it was not a terribly bright thing to do when they built a city below sea level that close to the ocean. I'm not so sure rebuilding it is very bright either. That's just me though. I don't like to get my feet wet.

ocean on the south,, huge lake on the north,, below sea level it's a disaster waiting to happen,, Galvaston Tx. same way,, speaking of Galvaston, not much whine there, they are rebuilding and doing it quietly.

Yep. NO is 9 feet below sea level to be exact. The the powers that be in that lovely State removed every one of the natural barriers that may have protected the City. No matter how good your levees are being 9 feet below sea level is a disaster waiting to happen. NO didn't even take a direct hit. Mississippee did.

Down here in Florida we got 4 hurricanes in one year. We copted, as we always do. I imagine there was some whining but then we are all human.

 

[Ravi]

9 feet below sea level...what an idiot, it certainly isn't.

And it was the feds that screwed the port city up.

 

[Claudette]

9 feet below sea level...what an idiot, it certainly isn't.

And it was the feds that screwed the port city up.

My apologies Ravi. Its not 9 feet below sea level. Its 5. Either way its someplace I'm not interested in living and I live in florida.


The elevation of New Orleans runs from 5 feet below sea-level to 17 feet above sea-level.
This is from Answerbag.

How far above or below sea level is New Orleans? | Answerbag

 

[WillowTree]

9 feet below sea level...what an idiot, it certainly isn't.

And it was the feds that screwed the port city up.

Whine Whine Whine,,

It takes Scott Kiser only a split second to name the one city in the U.S., and probably the world, that would sustain the most catastrophic damage from a category-5 hurricane. "New Orleans," says Kiser, a tropical-cyclone program manager for the National Weather Service. "Because the city is below sea level-with the Mississippi River on one side and Lake Pontchartrain on the other-it is a hydrologic nightmare." The worst problem, he explains, would be a storm surge, a phenomenon in which high winds stack up huge waves along a hurricane´s leading edge. In New Orleans, a big enough surge would quickly drown the entire city.

Long before settlers decided that the shores of the Mississippi would be a nice place to raise a family, the river regularly topped its banks, heaping silt and mud onto surrounding wetlands. After a particularly nasty flood in 1927 that killed 300 people and left 600,000 homeless along the length of the river, city leaders in New Orleans decided to construct levees-some up to 25 feet high-to contain the swelling river during heavy rains. Residents had also been battling yellow fever, a viral

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