re: Who here remembers Hurricane Katrina and the Superdome?

Hurricane Katrina coverage, nationally, was when I first realized and decided that national main stream, media was a joke and it was time to cut the cord.

Local coverage was constant and it was exhausting and I have zero doubt hurt recovery in the long run BUT people wanted to hear and see everything they could.

It became impossible to escape and everything everyone talked about and I am just thankful I didn't have kids during that time.

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Hurricane Katrina coverage, nationally, was when I first realized and decided that national main stream, media was a joke and it was time to cut the cord.

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Me too….

Not only nationally but local as well….

I was in Springfield watching WBRZ, the anchor woman, whoever it was, kept saying look at the 17th St canal flooding the city which the video they were showing was clearly the break in the industrial canal.

That’s when it hit me that the news people are just a bunch of idiots, from the teleprompter readers to the producers feeding them the BS.

As I remember right before the storm hit all then Gov Blanco did was ask for prayers. No plan of action was stated. I am not against prayers but the Governor should have had more than that to offer on her press conference. I saw Metairie in the immediate aftermath. It boggled my mind the amount of general destruction. Of course the MS coast and NOLA were much worse off than Jefferson Parish but still life altering changes. Personally, living in Destrehan Ida was a much worse event for me. Big hurricanes are nothing to take lightly. Now that I am old I will just leave if a big threat is coming. I don't have the need to see one in person ever again.

The thievery of the NOPD was amazing.

Many good cops there including Compass, and the spokesman that committed suicide, but there were a lot thieves wearing badges.

That and the outright gun theft from law-abiding citizens should give everyone pause.

Don't count on LE to help in times of crisis.
They panic just like the general population.

Will never forget this NBC report that caught the police looting….

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Nola was nice and quiet and safe after the city began to reopen and businesses returned. Nagin didn’t like that.

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Don't count on LE to help in times of crisis. They panic just like the general population.

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Disagree. Some NOPD did leave, but there were hundreds of LE from other parts of Louisiana and all over the country in New Orleans within days to help. Outside LE also helped in Baton Rouge and other areas with patrol and evacuees. Most volunteered to come.

Individuals and small groups absolutely the stepped up and were truly heroic and selfless in the aftermath of Katrina. The poster you responded too says don’t depend on LE, which he’s 100% correct on. When shite hits the fan as badly as Katrina, being prepared and as self sufficient as possible is the first best course of action.

And tell us what you did for anyone and what you know about any of this...
You write like a turd who sat at a distance doing nothing but now shows up with a big mouth.
Nobody worth a crap would show up in this thread spouting this garbage.
I had family who were broke from previously evacuating 3 times and barely managed to leave before Katrina. Lost everything. Then FEMA lied about everything and left them even deeper in debt for many years.
And here you are operating your mouth without engaging your brain.

Amazing that after all these years, conservatives still go to bat for W. The federal response was woefully inept. I’m not even sure that Bush or “Brownie” would disagree almost 20 years later.