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re: Who here remembers Hurricane Katrina and the Superdome?
Posted on 6/17/24 at 11:53 pm to Nado Jenkins83
Posted on 6/17/24 at 11:53 pm to Nado Jenkins83
As bad as the stories of the Superdome were, the nightmare fuel for me were accounts of families stuck in their homes with rising water. Some were able to get out of the attic.
Can’t imagine seeing my family threatened by a situation I had no control over in the moment.
Can’t imagine seeing my family threatened by a situation I had no control over in the moment.
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Posted on 6/17/24 at 11:58 pm to BluegrassCardinal
quote:I believe you meant weren't able to. I remember seeing the news networks showing the helicopters and FR taking axes to roofs where people were stuck in their attic. I can't even imagine being in that situation. I did wonder though why people didn't climb out of their windows and get onto the roof?
Some were able to get out of the attic.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 12:05 am to MSUDawg98
That hurricane and its aftermath wasn’t political at all, to make it that is uncalled for.
What happened was unexpected and brutal and though only viewing it from afar on tv it looked like a 3rd world country with horror stories everywhere. People stuck on rooftops and bridges and the stories coming out of the super dome were horrific.
People were dying, yes dying with little hope. There were many heroes in the form of American citizens going down to help and provide supplies, food and water and many in other states taking people in who had evacuated.
Americans wanted to help other Americans like this country has always been but the magnitude of the situation was overwhelming. The only thing we can hope for is we learned a lesson from it and folks will take these things more seriously and get the hell out before hand. It shouldn’t be forgotten.
What happened was unexpected and brutal and though only viewing it from afar on tv it looked like a 3rd world country with horror stories everywhere. People stuck on rooftops and bridges and the stories coming out of the super dome were horrific.
People were dying, yes dying with little hope. There were many heroes in the form of American citizens going down to help and provide supplies, food and water and many in other states taking people in who had evacuated.
Americans wanted to help other Americans like this country has always been but the magnitude of the situation was overwhelming. The only thing we can hope for is we learned a lesson from it and folks will take these things more seriously and get the hell out before hand. It shouldn’t be forgotten.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 12:08 am to Pascal59
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I remember it did a little kick-out when it rounded the tip of Florida
We signed papers on our first house the morning of Friday August 26, 2005. A week later an insurance claim on a house we had owned for 3 days before Katrina came around had been submitted. That storm was the beginning of the end for homeowners insurance in Louisiana, first it was flood now almost 19 years later it’s everything when it comes to homeowners insurance.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 12:25 am to Clark14
quote:I was not making it political. I was stating a thought that is generally accepted. (I'm a 2x Bush 43 voter/1x Jeb voter & lifelong Republican.)
That hurricane and its aftermath wasn’t political at all, to make it that is uncalled for.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 12:40 am to MSUDawg98
Bush couldn’t do a damn thing until the Governor requests help.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 12:42 am to Clark14
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There were many heroes in the form of American citizens going down to help
Posted on 6/18/24 at 12:54 am to Capt ST
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Bush couldn’t do a damn thing until the Governor requests help.
Between Bush and Blanco it just proved that state and federal weren’t prepared for a real natural disaster. Between Bush flying over and Blanco thinking Bogalusa was in Mississippi just showed how out of touch politicians truly are. That’s not a left VS right political battle, but it clearly demonstrates the difference between normal people and what happens when politicians reach a certain level.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 2:19 am to The Scofflaw
I had just moved out here to Las Vegas. To this day, one of the most surreal experiences that I've ever had was watching the news at a restaurant while having lunch and trying to distinguish familiar landmarks that were now underwater. My mind was playing games as I knew that this was really happening yet at times, I'd step outside to see that things were fine where I was, almost like a bizarre denial process.
Months later, I was finally able to connect with relatives who were living in Pearlington, MS at the time. They told me that it looked like an atomic bomb hit there and that they were effectively cut off from civilization for 2 weeks before any kind of help made it to them.
New Orleans blew a massive post Katrina opportunity to really better itself. Now, it's being irreparably damaged by Political Katrina in the Mayor's office.
Months later, I was finally able to connect with relatives who were living in Pearlington, MS at the time. They told me that it looked like an atomic bomb hit there and that they were effectively cut off from civilization for 2 weeks before any kind of help made it to them.
New Orleans blew a massive post Katrina opportunity to really better itself. Now, it's being irreparably damaged by Political Katrina in the Mayor's office.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 5:32 am to The Scofflaw
Already posted
This post was edited on 6/18/24 at 6:45 am
Posted on 6/18/24 at 5:36 am to The Scofflaw
I remember Nagin ranting on the radio about Bush not doing anything, helping people evacuate, etc. He was in Dallas. Then seeing national news a helicopter view of acres and acres of abandoned busses that flooded in the parking lots that could have been used to evacuate people, but Nagin didn't do it. He looked like a total buffoon on national news. I also remember the city flooded largely because the people who were supposed to man the pumps bailed and left. And THAT'S why the levels failed. The levee water saturation on the city side was the contributing cause while the root cause was the pumps were abandoned.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 5:53 am to SouthEasternKaiju
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Never forget the fleet of school buses unused and swamped in a parking lot. Each one of them could have been loaded up with citizens and taken to a safer spot than parked under water. But such was the leadership in NOLA then.
Dems only care about blacks when busing them to the polls.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:15 am to The Scofflaw
I remember the local, state & fed’s springing into action to confiscate guns.
I’ll remember the destruction of property and my rights. My right to have legal firearms was destroyed along w/self defense.
I’ll NEVER forget what they did!
I’ll remember the destruction of property and my rights. My right to have legal firearms was destroyed along w/self defense.
I’ll NEVER forget what they did!
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:41 am to jmarto1
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I remember getting into it with Steve Harvey
How did that play out? Some idiots made an unsubstantiated claim that W 'blew up the levees' because of who it affected - mostly poor & black. The obvious conclusion was that it was done ON PURPOSE to rid NOLA of enough black (Democrat) voters that it would somehow turn the town back to voting white and Republican.
Well?
And of course, as with 9-11, setting up enough charges in the right place would go totally unnoticed.
Also, some claimed they heard booms when the levees broke. Which totally wouldn't happen when that much stress and power suddenly collapsed a structure, and all that water came pouring through.
Nope. It HAD to be that dastardly W. Again.
Even worse is when ridiculous fever dreams like this get traction is when celebs like Steve Harvey, Kanye and others pile on and amplify these accusations. None of which are ever backed up or proven.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:48 am to Capt ST
Bush couldn’t do a damn thing until the Governor requests help.
—FACT. I watched Nagin live on CNN saying he was at the first Bush/Blanco meeting. Bush said to her, “I can have federal troops here as soon as you ask for them.”
And Blanco said, “I need 24 hours to think about it”.
—FACT. I watched Nagin live on CNN saying he was at the first Bush/Blanco meeting. Bush said to her, “I can have federal troops here as soon as you ask for them.”
And Blanco said, “I need 24 hours to think about it”.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:52 am to SouthEasternKaiju
You should understand that many people had fled multiple times due to false alarms and exhausted their money. I knew of some people who had evacuated 3 times and were literally hurricane broke.
Give them a break from your snark.
Give them a break from your snark.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:54 am to The Scofflaw
Katrina was real. Covid/BLM was man made.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:55 am to The Scofflaw
Pepperridge. Farms remembers all those busses that say in water while people could of been transported out of city.
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:56 am to Rabby
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Give them a break from your snark.
No.
Every resident in NOLA knows the dangers of living in an area which is below sea level. And what could possibly happen if a massive storm makes landfall in the vicinity.
That's life on the Gulf coast.
It's like living near a volcano. For all the times it doesn't erupt, when there's a chance it could and all you can do is whine about 'here we go again!' and then it DOES go off, it's no one's fault but your own.
Because nature is going to nature and doesn't give 2 fricks how much you're inconvenienced.
This post was edited on 6/18/24 at 7:11 am
Posted on 6/18/24 at 6:57 am to 87PurpleandGold
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I also remember the city flooded largely because the people who were supposed to man the pumps bailed and left. And THAT'S why the levels failed
You need to take some more memory pills and try this again. LOL
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