re: Unreleased footage of hurricane Katrina from New Orleans fire department documentary

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it happened in 1965(just no media coverage),

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The water was not near as bad in 1965.

There was a ton of damage not related to flooding in NOLA. Sure it wouldn’t have been as bad, but to say “smelling like a rose” is a stretch. All of the east would have flooded anyway, there were tons of collapsed buildings, roofs blown off, commercial structures destroyed.

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lots of flooding due to pumps not being manned.

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Did that happen in Orleans Parish as well as Jefferson?
JP pump operators evacuated to Washington Parish because our fearless leader and public basketcase, Aaron Broussard, was unwilling to "sentence them to death".

Just like his wearing of basketball shorts and no toupee for an interview on national news, where he spoke of having to carry a plastic bag to shite in, Aaron was prone to hyperbole. Before his complete meltdown.

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lots of flooding due to pumps not being manned.

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Would not have mattered at all in New Orleans.
But yes Metairie flooding mostly can be blamed on pumps not being on.

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Along with one of my cousins, probably in Nov or Dec, we took an ATV ride down what was left of the highway to look at the damage. We weren't in Long Beach because a National Guardsman in a Humvee was at the border between PC and Long Beach. He told us we couldn't cross. I asked if we should go back to the house. He said No, we could ride around PC all we wanted, but that we weren't allowed into Long Beach. He didn't know why, but we weren't allowed in Long Beach.

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Yea the first few days, the only people that could get into LB were residents. Sadly, were were in that number. We evacuated to Hattiesburg to stay with my brother. Wasn't any safer there in hindsight. It was absolutely horrendous seeing the place you live in that condition. We lived about a mile off the beach in Long Beach, luckily north of the railroad tracks which acted as a levee. We still had 6 pine trees on our house though. Most of my best friends lived south of the tracks and lost everything. I can still remember finally making it down to St. Thomas on the beach with 4 or 5 of my friends and being absolutely shocked at what we were seeing. We had lived there for most of our lives and were completely lost. There were no landmarks, no houses, no nothing. I've been unable to find the exact report the last few years but it was documented that Long Beach had the highest surge at 36'. I've seen a few that say 30'+ but the one I saw was a map with the levels laid out across the coast. There are still slabs along the beach and just off that have never been rebuilt.

Someone else mentioned the silence and that still stands out in my mind. We were completely cut off from civilization for almost 2 weeks. It was pitch black and dead silent at night. Silence like you cant imagine.

My grandpa and cousin loaded up a 55 gallon drum of gas in the back of his GMC in Opelousas, grabbed his 1911, .357, and sweet 16 and headed east on I-10. National Guard stopped them at the LA/MS border and asked what they thought they were doing. My grandpa explained to them where we lived and what he was bringing us. Guards warned them that they were going to be a target once they got into the state and my grandpa showed him the 2 pistols and said "I kinda figured as much." Guard wished them luck and let them through.

We had no idea they were coming and when they rolled down our street and into our driveway, all of our neighbors were outside (cleaning up) just starring Ill never forget it. We were like "What in the actual frick are you doing!?"

WILD times

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quote:Does she live on Scenic? Yes.

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I think my brother was her neighbor. They stayed but got out right before the storm surge absolutely destroyed the house. He also destroyed a truck trying to get to a neighbor’s house that was set further back.

Is/was he a surgeon? They rebuilt about 50 yards back. Maybe a guy who owned a local specialty auto shop.

It was crazy how many people stayed. Most were older and longtime residents. I think they felt a false sense of security because their neighborhood didn't flood in Camille.

The strength of the water is very underestimated. My Aunt's house is probably set back close to 200' from Scenic. Not only did we find sections of boardwalk behind the house, but large chunks of asphalt from (presumably) Scenic Dr were scattered in the front yard and UNDER the house. Try dragging a ~3' x 3' x 2" slab of asphalt on your hands and knees from under a house. Crazy times!

I found a nice, largely intact fish cleaning station washed back to almost to 2nd St. Never could repurpose it. Too much other shite going on.

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I thought, "Lousiana has more airboats than they do people. The airboats will be out in full force performing rescues."

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You thought wrong

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The big failure was at the City and State level prior to the storm - nearly 1000 school buses that were left in the city could have been used for evacuating. There were more than enough resources available prior to the storm to get nearly everyone out that had the means the lack of mobilization and execution by the Mayor and Governor is perhaps the biggest failure of the democratic party placed upon it's people other than LBJ and the gun grab that took place in the after math. People should have gone to prison over that.

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Why are you so ignorant?

The city didnt have the resources to execute a massive evacuation plan to utilize the school buses..

First of all they only had 24 hours notice once the storm changed its track.....

Secondly....who was going to drive the buses?

You think the city or state could get 1000 bus drivers with Class D license's to NOLA and fire up these buses that had been sitting all summer since May?

Service, oil change, check the tires, etc. in a matter of a few hours?

And what about insurance???

Tell me what insurance company was going to cover 1000 school buses with 100 people on each bus?


Use your fricking head