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Does this make any sense?
Ant:
--- Quote from: $ on September 09, 2005, 02:59:53 PM ---People knew of the storm at least 5 days ahead of time, but instead of walking and maybe getting somewhere higher, they stay in the city and get fucked.
--- End quote ---
Walking to where? Out of the state of lousiana? You wanna call these people stupid and at the same time say something as dumb as what you just wrote. What were people without cars supposed to do, just pack up and go on a 100 mile hike out of town with their kids? What about elderly people?
Here is a better idea, people knew about it 5 days ahead of time, how bout someone from the govt... err i dunno, a member of the Bush Administration, Homeland Security, or FEMA get some buses together and send them down.
Low Key:
--- Quote from: Ant on September 09, 2005, 03:10:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: $ on September 09, 2005, 02:59:53 PM ---People knew of the storm at least 5 days ahead of time, but instead of walking and maybe getting somewhere higher, they stay in the city and get fucked.
--- End quote ---
Walking to where? Out of the state of lousiana? You wanna call these people stupid and at the same time say something as dumb as what you just wrote. What were people without cars supposed to do, just pack up and go on a 100 mile hike out of town with their kids? What about elderly people?
Here is a better idea, people knew about it 5 days ahead of time, how bout someone from the govt... err i dunno, a member of the Bush Administration, Homeland Security, or FEMA get some buses together and send them down.
--- End quote ---
As much as I agree that the government screwed up, there is such thing as personal responsibility. People need to take care of themselves when things don't go their way. If they were on higher ground, whether they walked 5 miles or 100 miles, they would have been safe. There is incompentence on both sides of the fence here. Just because you hate the Bush administration, don't let that blind you.
TeeRaySix9Teen:
--- Quote from: Ant on September 09, 2005, 03:10:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: $ on September 09, 2005, 02:59:53 PM ---People knew of the storm at least 5 days ahead of time, but instead of walking and maybe getting somewhere higher, they stay in the city and get fucked.
--- End quote ---
Walking to where? Out of the state of lousiana? You wanna call these people stupid and at the same time say something as dumb as what you just wrote. What were people without cars supposed to do, just pack up and go on a 100 mile hike out of town with their kids? What about elderly people?
Here is a better idea, people knew about it 5 days ahead of time, how bout someone from the govt... err i dunno, a member of the Bush Administration, Homeland Security, or FEMA get some buses together and send them down.
--- End quote ---
whats crazy is, its obvious that the LARGE majority of people who stayed were either poor or elderly. So in some of these peoples opinions....every poor and elderly person in New Orleans must be stupid, because they all stayed. lol. Thats some investigative thinking for your ass. Maybe....just maybe, there is more to it then..."theyre all just stupid". Like Ant said, poor people OBVIOUSLY dont have the means to evacuate like the richer white people in Louisiana did. If they did...then they would have.
Low Key:
But neither the governor or the mayor did anything either. I don't know who posted the picture of the bus yard flooded, but those could have been easily used to evacuate those who were unable to move themselves (i.e. the elderly).
TeeRaySix9Teen:
--- Quote from: $ on September 09, 2005, 03:19:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: Ant on September 09, 2005, 03:10:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: $ on September 09, 2005, 02:59:53 PM ---People knew of the storm at least 5 days ahead of time, but instead of walking and maybe getting somewhere higher, they stay in the city and get fucked.
--- End quote ---
Walking to where? Out of the state of lousiana? You wanna call these people stupid and at the same time say something as dumb as what you just wrote. What were people without cars supposed to do, just pack up and go on a 100 mile hike out of town with their kids? What about elderly people?
Here is a better idea, people knew about it 5 days ahead of time, how bout someone from the govt... err i dunno, a member of the Bush Administration, Homeland Security, or FEMA get some buses together and send them down.
--- End quote ---
As much as I agree that the government screwed up, there is such thing as personal responsibility. People need to take care of themselves when things don't go their way. If they were on higher ground, whether they walked 5 miles or 100 miles, they would have been safe. There is incompentence on both sides of the fence here. Just because you hate the Bush administration, don't let that blind you.
--- End quote ---
the Storm wasnt what flooded New Orleans...the levee system failing is what did. How would all these people know that the levee system, that is there to prevent flooding...would collapse?
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