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re: Mississippi and Hurricane Katrina: the forgotten Landmass
Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:30 pm to MightyYat
Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:30 pm to MightyYat
quote:And the evacuation plan wasn't so great and came too late (in my opinion).
Yep. The evacuation plan called for the use of school buses to get people out but Mayor Dipshit put the plan into place too late and the buses were scratched because the roads were already a cluster frick.
New Orleans evacuation for Katrina:
vs Rita evacuation in Houston:
I know it isn't apples to apples, but you must admit just having half of the traffic headed out was pretty stupid.
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Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:34 pm to MightyYat
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Yep. The evacuation plan called for the use of school buses to get people out but Mayor Dipshit put the plan into place too late and the buses were scratched because the roads were already a cluster frick.
Ehhh, most the people who stayed weren't getting into a freaking schoolbus to go God knows where, unless at the point of a gun - which wasn't happening under anyone's "plan."
Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:36 pm to Gaston
Katrina killed 235 people in Mississippi. About a dozen in my small town of Ocean Springs and 100's later the following year who just couldn't deal with stress of losing everything being fricked by snake Farm etc. We lost about 20% of our population initially.
I don't think Katina didn't kill a single person in New Orleans. The levee failure killed thousands. Whether that was COE fault or whatever, it was clearly a sub standard levee.
So we were damaged by a Catastrophic Cat 4 storm while New Orleans was damages by Catastrophic engineering failure.
I don't think Katina didn't kill a single person in New Orleans. The levee failure killed thousands. Whether that was COE fault or whatever, it was clearly a sub standard levee.
So we were damaged by a Catastrophic Cat 4 storm while New Orleans was damages by Catastrophic engineering failure.
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:40 pm to Hammertime
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Um...some people had no means to leave. Some people didn't want to leave pets. Some tried, but turned back because the traffic was so bad. There were plenty reasons people couldn't leave
Never said anything to the contrary. Just stated that we are acting as if the city "treated it's citizens a certain way". There's always been the belief that no one cared about those people and we were okay with them dying in the storm. I'm just saying that it's not exactly fair to say that the government didn't step up and basically undertake a rescue of the most massive scale probably ever seen. Should have been more prepared, no doubt. But I also don't think it's fair to treat them like murderers either.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:41 pm to Placebeaux
quote:
Plaquemines Paris didnt get shite.
The 19 people that lived there were justly compensated.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:44 pm to TutHillTiger
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About a dozen in my small town of Ocean Springs
I'm from there. Town really lucked out overall relatively speaking. That quick elevation change from the shoreline was a huge help.
Pretty wild time thinking back on it.
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:46 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
I agree one of only downtown's to completely survive. People in Gulf Park estates, Gulf Hills, and along the beach didnt do as well.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 1:53 pm to GetCocky11
that's the way it was when it happened---all about NOLA and hardly a thing about where she came on land.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:01 pm to TutHillTiger
quote:
So we were damaged by a Catastrophic Cat 4 storm while New Orleans was damages by Catastrophic engineering failure.
I can't argue this... If the levees don't fail, N.O. is spared a lot of death and destruction.........
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:08 pm to TutHillTiger
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I agree one of only downtown's to completely survive. People in Gulf Park estates, Gulf Hills, and along the beach didnt do as well.
Are there a ton of empty lots still around on the MS coast?
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:14 pm to GetCocky11
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Are there a ton of empty lots still around on the MS coast?
Yes, still a lot of slabs also.
LINK
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 2:17 pm
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:16 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
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Yes, still a lot of slabs also.
How hard is it to rebuild down there? Just went on Zillow and saw some lots that you can get for dirt cheap considering that you are on the coast.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:18 pm to GetCocky11
Insurance is the biggest obstacle. It is terrible expensive and very hard to get quality insurance.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:19 pm to GetCocky11
Still tons of abandoned lots/slabs all over the coast
It's still very apparent a massive hurricane bit that place
It's still very apparent a massive hurricane bit that place
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:19 pm to Gulf Coast Tiger
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Insurance is the biggest obstacle. It is terrible expensive and very hard to get quality insurance.
That's what I thought. Feel bad for those landowners. They're pretty much stuck with the property for now if they've decided to settle elsewhere.
I see construction ready lots going for <50k that would fetch 200k-300k in the SC lowcountry given the proximity to the beach.
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:19 pm to CaliforniaTiger
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that's the way it was when it happened---all about NOLA and hardly a thing about where she came on land.
Where did "she come on land" exactly? It was one of the largest storms to ever hit the gulf coast. It was up the mouth of the river's arse first pushing so much water around and then just slowly moved north. Mississippi was technically her 3rd landfall after Florida and Buras.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:22 pm to GetCocky11
Just in case you forgot what it was like:
Collection of satellite photos - click large boxes on map, will take you to subset collections - click on smaller boxes on map
Collection of satellite photos - click large boxes on map, will take you to subset collections - click on smaller boxes on map
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:38 pm to GetCocky11
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see construction ready lots going for <50k that would fetch 200k-300k in the SC lowcountry given the proximity to the beach
Some good investments for sure.
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:45 pm to udtiger
This may deserve it's own thread. Just something random I've been thinking about lately. How much different would it have been if smart phones were everywhere like they are today? If you remember, texting wasn't nearly as popular in 2005 as it is today. That was the only way I could keep in contact with my family because calls just weren't going through. Plus you have things like Facebook and Twitter now so information would've been everywhere.
This post was edited on 8/25/15 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 8/25/15 at 2:46 pm to MightyYat
quote:
If you remember, texting wasn't nearly as popular in 2005 as it is today. That was the only way I could keep in contact with my family because calls just weren't going through.
I wonder for how many people that experience was the first time they ever texted. I know it was for me.
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