re: Over 1,800 people died in Katrina

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atomic bombings killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 

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Ground war would of killed millions so bombing was the better alternative.

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50% of the people who died in NOLA were elderly and that doesn't include handicapped or younger persons who for whatever reason were physically not able to travel.

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OK? WTF are ya'll after? It was a NATURAL DISASTER , 10 years ago (or will be 14 days from now, when this thread should have been made) more important issues for people to "stop and think about"

ETA:: 20 days for ann. of when it hit, 14 from when it formed

New Orleans had several days of warning and the Democratic mayor and governor sat on their arse and did nothing to evacuate or safeguard the population.

Well, Ray 'Chocolate City' Nagin did get his own arse to safety.

Think about that for a second.

SO WHAT....

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New Orleans had several days of warning

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Define several...

NOAA didn't think the storm was headed to New Orleans until Saturday morning, their original landfall was the panhandle of Florida, it hit early Monday morning... A little knowledge is a dangerous thing...

Do a little research before spouting stupid statements...

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NOAA didn't think the storm was headed to New Orleans until Saturday morning,

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Not true at all. I was down on the prior Thursday doing hurricane prep because the chance was there. People were leaving town on Friday.

I actually told some tourist to stick around because it will be fun to ride the storm out. They were going to move their flight up from Tuesday to Satuday.

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Not true at all. I was down on the prior Thursday doing hurricane prep because the chance was there. People were leaving town on Friday.

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The Saints played in new Orleans either that Thursday or Friday

It didn't even enter the gulf until Friday, August 26th

Yea, that makes sense. Friday night was when we found out

Think we found out leaving the game actually

Monday August 29
At 3 a.m., Katrina makes landfall as a Category 3 hurricane at the Southwest Pass at the mouth of the Mississippi River
Metro-area emergency officals hold status meeting
At 6 a.m., 317,000 households are without power
At 7 a.m., water reported coming over the levee in the 9th Ward
At 8:45 a.m., six to eight-foot flood waters reported in Lower 9th Ward
At 9 a.m., winds rip hole in roof of Superdome
At 9 a.m., eye of the storm passes to the east of New Orleans central business district. Windows in high-rise buildings blow out
11 a.m., NWS reports a breach in the Industrial Canal levee, emptying Lake Pontchartrain into the neighborhoods of Eastern New Orleans, the Lower Ninth Ward in Orleans Parish and all of St. Bernard Parish
2 p.m., breach in the 17th Street Canal is confirmed. Flooding of Lakeview, Mid-City, Broodmoor, Gentilly result over the next 48 hours.
2 p.m., flood waters in the Lower Ninth Ward reach 12 feet in some areas
Flood waters continue to rise and it becomes apparent that it is a worst-case scenerio
Tuesday August 30
9 a.m., Times-Picayune employees evacuate newspaper building in delivery trucks as water rises a foot an hour
Local media reports that Martial Law is declared in Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines Parish
Looting reports go national presenting New Orleans as a lawless and violent haven for those still trapped in the city
Flood waters continue to rise throughout city
Wednesday August 31
Flood waters reach an equlibrium as the "bowl" of the city is now even with Lake Ponchartrain
Some neighborhoods under as much as 20 feet of water
Hellish scenes reported from those stranded in the Superdome: assaults, rape and suicide reported though later most dismissed
Estimates of 30 days before city can be pumped out
Thousands stranded in houses, on roofs
Approximatley one million people with power in metro area
Media reports that thousands are stranded in the New Orleans Convention Center without food or water as a steady stream of people, many from the flooded Central City neighborhood, trickled first toward Lee Circle and then to the Convention Center, hoping to be saved from increasingly desperate straits
Thursday September 1
Corps of Engineers begins to build dam to stop levee breach at the 17th Street Canal
More than 10,000 people have been rescued in St. Bernard Parish
Times-Picayune asks, Where is the calvary? as still no federal help has arrived
Governor Blanco demands "no less than 40,000 troops"
Mayor Nagin lambasts federal officals in a tirade for their lack of effective response
First 5,000 of approximatley 23,000 evacues arrive at Houston Astrodome by bus
Bush seeks $10.5 billion storm-relief package
Friday September 2
7,000 soldiers moved in on the Convention Center of 15,000 angry refugees and a boulevard littered with putrefying corpses
Fires break out in various warehouses across the city
Bush tours area, says what is wrong "we're going to make right"
Mayor Nagin predicts electricity to be out in city for three months
Airport becomes way station for refugees
Thousands of refugees still in Superdome, Convention Center and I-10
Saturday September 3
FEMA says storm overwhelmed agency; outrage grows in Washington
Authorities beging to regain grip on city with military's aid
President Bush ordered 7,200 additional active duty troops to the region, for a total of 30,000
Rape, gunfire reported at Convention Center
Law enforcement agencies fielded about 1,000 distress 911 calls Saturday
St. Bernard rescuers find 31 dead in nursing home
Death toll expected to be in thousands, though nothing offical yet
Last of evacuees taken from Superdome and Convention Center
Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard breaks down on "Meet the Press" and tells how a colleague's elderly mother died in her home Friday after waiting four days for rescuers that never arrived
Rescuers continue to pluck residents from hellish waters
Sunday September 4
Estimated 2,000 people, many of them with serious medical problems, were still housed inside Louis Armstrong International Airport
Monday September 5
16,000 National Guard troops dedicated to search and rescue mission
Jefferson Parish residents allowed in for look and see
Agencies begin trying to save stranded pets
Corps of Engineers shifts work to dammning London Avenue Canal
Mayor Nagin says more than 10,000 could be dead
Makeshift morgue set up in St. Gabriel, La. to handle 140 bodies per day