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Why New Orleans
Posted on 7/8/10 at 9:12 am
Posted on 7/8/10 at 9:12 am
I keep hearing reports on WWL and seeing reports on national news about how New Orleans will recover from this disaster. Not to mention that CNN broadcast every night from New Orleans. I realize there are quite of few Oil/Gas companies in New Orleans, but it seems that cities like Lafayette, New Iberia, Morgan City, Fourchon, etc will be the hardest hit by the spill and the moratorium. Why is there so much focus on New Orleans and it's "second" recovery effort after Katrina? Is it simply because it's the largest city near the action? I'm not hating, just asking opinions.
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Posted on 7/8/10 at 9:14 am to Douboy
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I keep hearing reports on WWL and seeing reports on national news about how New Orleans will recover from this disaster.
Link?
Posted on 7/8/10 at 9:14 am to Douboy
To the rest of the country, LA == New Orleans. Was the same after Katrina. Nobody talked about how Biloxi would recover.
Posted on 7/8/10 at 9:20 am to MountainTiger
after Katrina; Biloxi was DESTROYED, Houma was flooded just as bad as NOLA, and Plaqumine and Jefferson was hit hard!
all we heard about was awww poor new orleans
then Rita comes and wipes out SW Louisiana, whats reported? Awww poor new orleans
all these other places rebuilt themselves and were back up and running in less than a year! not new orleans though, cause they waited for the handouts
all we heard about was awww poor new orleans
then Rita comes and wipes out SW Louisiana, whats reported? Awww poor new orleans
all these other places rebuilt themselves and were back up and running in less than a year! not new orleans though, cause they waited for the handouts
Posted on 7/8/10 at 9:51 am to mylsuhat
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after Katrina; Biloxi was DESTROYED, Houma was flooded just as bad as NOLA, and Plaqumine and Jefferson was hit hard!
Houma did not face near the flooding of N.O.
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all these other places rebuilt themselves and were back up and running in less than a year! not new orleans though, cause they waited for the handouts
Fck you. Go take it up with the media that loves to make for the best news story. That is why they focused on a few whiney arse minorities most of the time when the stories are reported about "waiting for handouts".
N.O. was up and running after 5 months and has had a stunning turnaround considering 80% of the city was under water.
I hate these stupid reneck petty comparisons about who suffered worse and who "pulled themselves up by their bootstraps" after each storm.
Posted on 7/8/10 at 9:54 am to notiger1997
quote:did you see it? probably not b/c it wasnt on TV
Houma did not face near the flooding of N.O
quote:i know it isnt everybody and people did do stuff themselves, i respect that
Fck you. Go take it up with the media that loves to make for the best news story. That is why they focused on a few whiney arse minorities most of the time when the stories are reported about "waiting for handouts".
N.O. was up and running after 5 months and has had a stunning turnaround considering 80% of the city was under water.
but all you saw were people bitching that no one was there to help them
quote:its reality though
I hate these stupid reneck petty comparisons about who suffered worse and who "pulled themselves up by their bootstraps" after each storm.
Posted on 7/8/10 at 9:56 am to mylsuhat
this is not an attack on any one person in particular. Just how the media shows (or doesnt show) and how everyone else see's it
Posted on 7/8/10 at 9:58 am to mylsuhat
The media does alot of stupid stuff and really pisses me off. Their job is to make stories and make them look as crazy and headline grabbing as possible. They quite reporting factual news many years ago.
Posted on 7/8/10 at 10:05 am to mylsuhat
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did you see it? probably not b/c it wasnt on TV
I remember seeing a little of it. Did a significant part of the city go under 8 feet of water and it sit there for 2-3 weeks? I think not.
It really is ashame that so much focus was on N.O. It sucks, because the whole region was so fcked up. They should have focused more on that aspect and maybe more people would understand why when every relative who lives within 100 miles of you faced big problems, it isn't so easy to come back in two days and start rebuilding.
I don't have time to go into it, but it is just fcking retarded when people compare stuff like the Iowa/Nashville floods to what happened to the gulf coast and how the rebuilding took place.
Posted on 7/8/10 at 10:14 am to notiger1997
quote:by Houma I mean Terrebonne Parish (its one in the same around here for some reason
Did a significant part of the city go under 8 feet of water and it sit there for 2-3 weeks?
) but a vast majority of it was 8' under but it drained out quicker and 1'-3' satyed for a while longer
Posted on 7/8/10 at 10:18 am to notiger1997
My personal opinion is that the news media are in New Orleans because it's the closest city, it has the creature comforts they would prefer (although they would never admit this) and it allows for shots of the Mississippi River, the GNO bridge, etc. If they were out in the hinterlands, folks would expect shots of thick oil fouling the beaches/marshes every day, and we all know that it just isn't happening that way (which is not to diminish the disaster, just pointing out that, say, a beach at Grand Isle can be oiled pretty badly one day and not on another).
I can understand the frustration with the post-K focus being on Katrina but do recall that NOLA is where the majority of the deaths occurred and where the water stayed the longest. It made a lot more sense for NOLA to be the focal point then than it does now.
I can understand the frustration with the post-K focus being on Katrina but do recall that NOLA is where the majority of the deaths occurred and where the water stayed the longest. It made a lot more sense for NOLA to be the focal point then than it does now.
Posted on 7/8/10 at 10:45 am to mylsuhat
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Houma was flooded just as bad as NOLA, and Plaqumine and Jefferson was hit hard!
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then Rita comes and wipes out SW Louisiana, whats reported? Awww poor new orleans
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all these other places rebuilt themselves and were back up and running in less than a year! not new orleans though, cause they waited for the handouts
False. Fasle. False. False.........
Posted on 7/8/10 at 2:08 pm to mylsuhat
I did relief and recovery work on the Mississippi Gulf Coast starting 4 days after Katrina and continued to go for months. I also visited New Orleans several times starting in December and connected with people doing recovery work there.
I can tell you that the MS Gulf Coast, as bad as it was, had it much easier than New Orleans, because 5 miles from the beach, things were pretty much normal after they cut down some trees and got the power back up and running. They had a massive base with Home Depot's, Lowe's, and Wal-Marts to work from. We set up a work camp in Waveland and worked on houses and you could get to things a lot faster than in NOLA.
In New Orleans, it was October before a lot of people could come back. The I-10 bridge over Lake Ponchartrain was out for weeks. The city was under water for like 6 weeks. You are comparing apples to oranges. New Orleans is basically an island and 80% of it was flooded and uninhabitable for weeks and weeks. Ocean Springs, MS had power back on for its businesses by FRIDAY after Katrina hit on MONDAY. Huge difference.
And, I have family in South Mississippi and live in Alabama, so I am not biased for New Orleans, even though I am originally from there. I'm just telling you what I saw.
I can tell you that the MS Gulf Coast, as bad as it was, had it much easier than New Orleans, because 5 miles from the beach, things were pretty much normal after they cut down some trees and got the power back up and running. They had a massive base with Home Depot's, Lowe's, and Wal-Marts to work from. We set up a work camp in Waveland and worked on houses and you could get to things a lot faster than in NOLA.
In New Orleans, it was October before a lot of people could come back. The I-10 bridge over Lake Ponchartrain was out for weeks. The city was under water for like 6 weeks. You are comparing apples to oranges. New Orleans is basically an island and 80% of it was flooded and uninhabitable for weeks and weeks. Ocean Springs, MS had power back on for its businesses by FRIDAY after Katrina hit on MONDAY. Huge difference.
And, I have family in South Mississippi and live in Alabama, so I am not biased for New Orleans, even though I am originally from there. I'm just telling you what I saw.
Posted on 7/8/10 at 4:18 pm to notiger1997
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They quite reporting factual news many decades ago.
FIXED
Posted on 7/8/10 at 8:50 pm to Douboy
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ot to mention that CNN broadcast every night from New Orleans.
I think the Fourchon Hilton was all booked up is why.
But yes I agree
Posted on 7/8/10 at 8:56 pm to Kajungee
Why New Orleans? Because it's a major city that gets national attention. That's not rocket science.
Take Katrina for example...MISSISSIPPI is the state that got hit. New Orleans had levee breaches. Mississippi has no major city near the gulf. They get no attention and are left in the dark. If you are a Louisianan you'd best be glad you have a New Orleans or you'd suffer the same fate. Life ain't fair but YOU gotta make it happen as best you can.
Posted on 7/9/10 at 8:23 am to Kajungee
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I think the Fourchon Hilton was all booked up is why.
Then why not Lafayette? They have plenty of hotels there. Even Morgan City or Houma??
Posted on 7/9/10 at 1:55 pm to Douboy
Unfortunately because 99.5% of the country has never heard of Morgan City or Houma and a good 80% think Lafayette is located in Indiana.
Posted on 7/10/10 at 4:34 pm to Douboy
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WWL
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New Orleans
Let it sink in.
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