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re: Upcoming 19th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:24 pm to notiger1997
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:24 pm to notiger1997
I didn't bring Baton Rouge in this conversation I was mentioning Houston and the refugees did indeed drag down Houston and don't tell me that they didn't, I lived here , and worked in the public sector, and the effect was damaging its irrefutable
This post was edited on 8/27/24 at 9:26 pm
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Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:24 pm to Dixie2023
quote:lol I didn’t ruin BR either
Not all of us ruined BR.
That Friday before Katrina I had my 36 week check to - I was pregnant with our second child, the oldest had just turned 2. My husband got home from work and said we have to leave. I said ok - put stuff on the bed because I never guessed we’d have 12-15 feet of water.
Been in Baton Rouge for 19 years, I still hate it.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:26 pm to notiger1997
quote:I’m the one that posted it before anyone else did because I’m an evacuee.
Only took three replies for this bullshite to start.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:27 pm to GreenRockTiger
quote:
Been in Baton Rouge for 19 years, I still hate it.
Why don't y'all go back to Nola?
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:27 pm to Northshoretiger87
Lootie is my boy
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:28 pm to OWLFAN86
quote:did they really? How?
did indeed drag down Houston
It didn’t help the Houston police department was in shambles when the evacuees were placed there.
The people I know who were moved to Houston moved back to NOLA within 2 years
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:29 pm to GreenRockTiger
It was the influx in a certain type of people, is all I mean
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:30 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:because my husband is not from there and it’s not important to him
Why don't y'all go back to Nola?
This post was edited on 8/27/24 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:31 pm to LSUSportsFan2000
NOLA gonna get another one sooner than later.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:31 pm to LSUSportsFan2000
Yes we know
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:33 pm to HoboDickCheese
quote:yeah, I’ve heard it.
It was the influx in a certain type of people, is all I mean
But there are parts of Baton Rouge that have been terrible forever, Houston, too
I just want to know how exactly the certain type of people ruined the cities where there were already that same certain type of people.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:33 pm to LSUSportsFan2000
We luckily didn’t get hit hard at home, but I had evacuated with my parents to Monroe.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:35 pm to GreenRockTiger
quote:well,, in my personal experience Those that came and stayed in Houston for an extended period of time had very different expectations of Govt aid/programs
did they really? How?
Even though federal programs were much the same in type/title the local management and implementation of those programs were vastly different than NOLA/LA
and the people from specifically New Orleans came here with this sense of entitlement that did not change and put massive strains on the system
The schools in attendance zones where housing vouchers were most used experienced considerable behavioral issues, law enforcement noticed crime spikes in corresponding zips codes
This post was edited on 8/27/24 at 9:43 pm
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:40 pm to LSUSportsFan2000
Keesler AFB as a tech school student.
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:42 pm to Northshoretiger87
Lootie. Get it right man!
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:43 pm to OWLFAN86
quote:what sort of programs?
implementation of those programs were vastly different than NOLA/LA
quote:or was it just prejudice?
sense of entitlement that did not change and put massive strains on the system
Yes, people from NOLA should’ve evacuated, but they were promised one thing and then just had lost everything. The sense of entitlement stems from long before Katrina, and that wasn’t something that was going to change. The storm wasn’t even that bad in New Orleans and wouldn’t have been an issue if the levees would’ve held up. The government was responsible for ALL of that.
And if evacuees were put into Aldine school district- seems like they would’ve fit right in
I’ve got to stay out of the Katrina threads because it is obviously still a sore spot with me.
This post was edited on 8/27/24 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:55 pm to GreenRockTiger
quote:housing for one For some of the poorest in New Orleans that fled to Houston they found housing in much nicer neighborhoods they were just giving housing vouchers and the apartments around the city were accepting them
what sort of programs?
so a lot of these people found themselves in a much nicer neighborhood and then once ensconced did not want to leave
Whether it was after school programs , food programs, church /community ran chatiable efforts which might have used government money but as in many places they were implemented by churches
a lot of the refugees found themselves in neighborhoods/school districts in Houston /Harris County that were substantially nicer than what they left but their behavior did not change
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:56 pm to LSUSportsFan2000
We took in Tulane refugees who got to take pass/fail in engineering courses.
I also recall my aunts volunteering at the Astrodome and describing scenes that would make you puke. The animals in there had a total disregard for the volunteers (e.g. shitting on toilets, not throwing trash away, complaining about food etc)
I also recall my aunts volunteering at the Astrodome and describing scenes that would make you puke. The animals in there had a total disregard for the volunteers (e.g. shitting on toilets, not throwing trash away, complaining about food etc)
Posted on 8/27/24 at 9:59 pm to Hou_Lawyer
quote:this was a big one we had people demanding steaks
complaining about food etc)
i shite you not
Posted on 8/27/24 at 10:03 pm to notiger1997
quote:
And Baton Rouge was a wonderful beautiful place prior to Katrina, even though they were the nations murder capital per capita in the early 90’s.
BR had problems already but it was never the murder capital of anything. The population was about the same in the 90s and murders were way lower than they are now.
John Parker caused that more than Katrina though.
This post was edited on 8/27/24 at 10:09 pm
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