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re: National Geographic out with new 5-part doc on Hurricane Katrina
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:05 pm to grizzlylongcut
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:05 pm to grizzlylongcut
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?Among the 971 deaths from Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, 51% of the victims were Black (non-Hispanic/Latino) and 42% were White (non-Hispanic/Latino).
New Orleans is predominantly black, but the death rate was not in the same proportion....whites died out of proportion. This disaster WAS NOT about race, it was an equal opportunity tradgedy...you would never know this watching this very lop sided documentary...
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Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:07 pm to profdillweed
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What I kept asking myself while watching the series, was how could they not drop pallets of water, baby formula, diapers, and even Port O Potties, or just basic human toiletries and medical supplies etc.......
If they can lower swimmers to rescue people from the rooftops, they surely could have dropped some basic survival supplies
Drop them where and communicate it how?
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:13 pm to lsupride87
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Newslfash, black peiple were mainly the ones involved with Katrina.
What a stupid fricking piece of shite you are.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:29 pm to Havoc
If only the levees didn’t fail….. Katrina would have been just another storm.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:30 pm to lsupride87
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Newslfash, black peiple were mainly the ones involved with Katrina. Just kinda how it went . You think there were a lot of white peoples who stayed to interview?
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:22 am to lsupride87
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Do you just not like seeing black people?
I’ve watched multiple episodes and so far it “isn’t just about race”. Yes, they are showing mainly black people. But they aren’t making it about race
Newslfash, black peiple were mainly the ones involved with Katrina. Just kinda how it went . You think there were a lot of white peoples who stayed to interview?
You seem really smart.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:36 am to dukke v
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Katrina would have been just another storm.
Tell that to the Superdome, They Hyatt and Canal Street
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Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:39 am to deeprig9
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Drop them where and communicate it how?
They had communication via vhf radios and such......they could have dropped supplies anywhere between the Superdome and the Convention Center......hell they could have dropped them on the fricking interstate, they same place they were dropping people
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:41 am to Dixie2023
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I was referring to Memorial Hospital where the doctor was charged with murder but thankfully the grand jury refuse to indict her. I think they did the best they could stuck in the hospital following the aftermath of Katrina.
Watch the docu "Five Days at Memorial" and tell me Katrina only affected black people
Posted on 8/1/25 at 9:04 am to NatalbanyTigerFan
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So, where is Ray Nagin now?
My bet would be he's a lobbyist somewhere
Posted on 8/1/25 at 9:20 am to profdillweed
I did! It was horrifying. Katrina certainly did not affect just black people. But I guess the media prefers to dwell on black people bc that’s what sells. It also didn’t affect just NOLA. But, again, that’s what sells. What Memorial and Charity experienced was worse than the Dome and convention center in what they experienced. Or just as bad. Those medical folks were heroes. I know a chaplain who was stranded at Charity for a few days. He wrote a book.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 9:55 am to profdillweed
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Tell that to the Superdome, They Hyatt and Canal Street
Thats a typical damage from a passing blow for a cat 3 impacting poorly built or non storm rated structures.
The firemen in episode one even call out the fraud that led to much of that from the lakeview condos they stayed in:
"The supposedly cat 4 windows started blowing out". The city was slow to adapt south florida storm code rating requirements and it seems some people were looking the other way by installing windows that didn't meet them to cut corners or most of that damage never happens.
Keep in mind S FL implemented that back in 1993 and Katrina hit more than 20 years later.
New Orleans is damn lucky they didnt get what the MS Gulf Coast got and that the storm weakened, 50-100k people mightve died if it hadn't turned.
The levee issues and failure of the civil government to implement the hurricane plan that had been handed to them a full year early is what killed all those people.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 10:11 am to Dixie2023
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What Memorial and Charity experienced was worse than the Dome and convention center in what they experienced.
It was horrible. In regards to Memorial, this is one aspect of the aftermath that I think the government as a whole dropped the ball on. The military can mobilize pretty quickly on the other side of the world, but couldn’t get to that hospital after three days and help with evacuations.
I had a friend that was a nurse that had to stay there with her two young kids and they ended up being taken to the Convention Center at some point. She was one of the few whites there and they had to sneak out and get on a truck to get out of town. She had nightmares for a long time about that experience.
This post was edited on 8/1/25 at 10:30 am
Posted on 8/1/25 at 10:25 am to tide06
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Keep in mind S FL implemented that back in 1993 and Katrina hit more than 20 years later.
That math aint mathin
Posted on 8/1/25 at 10:29 am to notiger1997
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the government as a whole dropped the ball
This from the top to the bottom until Gen Honre showed up
Posted on 8/1/25 at 10:48 am to Keith13
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That math aint mathin
You sir are correct, it was 12 years.
My mistake for posting during a conference call.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:14 am to Keith13
Fla made some huge major code changes after Andrew in 1992-1993
That was over 30 years ago
That was over 30 years ago
Posted on 8/1/25 at 11:17 am to notiger1997
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It was horrible. In regards to Memorial, this is one aspect of the aftermath that I think the government as a whole dropped the ball on. The military can mobilize pretty quickly on the other side of the world, but couldn’t get to that hospital after three days and help with evacuations.
I'm going to do a thread nearer to the anniversary, later this month. I'll explain in more detail then.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:01 pm to notiger1997
Wow. So you are familiar with this horror. I’m glad your friend and kids got out. Your friend is a hero. I pray her nightmares have ceased.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:17 pm to Violent Hip Swivel
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This post was edited on 8/5/25 at 10:39 pm
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