Hurricane Katrina
cabelle:
My daughters' school has collecting voluntary donations for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Besides all the loving kids who have emptied their piggy banks many of us parents have also donated as much as we can. Prior to the disaster our school had planned a blood drive for September 12, you can bet it's still on. Hubby & I will be there to give our pint and I am certain that many other residents of our area will be there too. There was also a telethon by our local news station yesterday and the amount pledged was encouraging news, about $1,600,000.
I was so discouraged by the slugishness in an appropriate response. My husband & I along with many other friends we spoke with felt so helpless seeing all of the suffering. I can't understand why it took so long to pull it together. I just hope that things will get better from here. All of the residents in New Orleans and the other Gulf areas will continue to be in my thoughts and I will do whatever I can to help them get their lives back.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: reggikko on 2005 September 02, 00:38:10
Well, it's certainly better than living in a freaking HOLE in Montana.
You're just jealous my hole is much cooler than yours. I bet you wish you had a nice hole to hide out in.
Quote from: reggikko on 2005 September 02, 00:38:10
BTW, Pescado, you can kiss my fat New Orleanian Ass. BASTARD. :P
Nyah, nyah. You're just jealous. And you have an ugly butt.
Quote from: reggikko on 2005 September 02, 20:50:16
Another cousin, who lives in a rural area about 75 miles from New Orleans, lost his home to a fire after a tree knocked a power line onto his roof. They lost everything.
Pssh. Power lines fall over all the time. That's what you get for building your home out of flammable materials. If I had a penny for every time a power line fell over here, I'd have enough copper to make my own power lines! And I'd make sure they wouldn't fall over!
Quote from: reggikko on 2005 September 02, 20:50:16
There is no flooding and no anarchy going on anywhere near my home. As Veilchen said, Southern Louisiana is my home and my love. I would never leave it. My family has been here since the early 1720's. We've survived a lot and we will continue to do so.
NO ANARCHY? Dammit, why can't I ever have any anarchy going on around here? I've been waiting for some anarchy for years now. Anarchy is fun! When else can I finally put all this ammo to use? Oh, well. Here's to hoping a disaster happens here, so I can laugh at the locals who didn't invest in a nice bunker. And partake in some anarchy.
Quote from: sandilou on 2005 September 03, 00:15:40
The US government's response seems unbelievably slow; US troops need to be brought home to support US citizens in New Orleans. It disastrous that the manpower is not in place where it is needed most.
What did you expect? The government can never do anything fast. If you call the police and order a pizza right afterwards, your pizza will arrive first. If something catches fire, you're going to be out of marshmallows by the time the fire department arrives.
kim:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2005 September 02, 20:06:08
I just hope that now your president has finally got involved that things will speed up a little,
now, see, that's humor. that's truly fucking funny. gwb walking around in front of cameras making semi-intelligent noises that he doesn't understand, which is okay because he doesn't mean it anyway, is not getting involved. getting involved was when his policies took money that would have gone toward enhancing flood protection and sent it, along with 1/3 of the LA national guard, to Iraq. which hopefully wasn't about the oil, because...
Odyssey, does your dad have anything to say about the major oil production that used to take place in the gulf before all the platforms drifted away?
'sokay though, pescado's truck prolly runs on something from a Montana open pit mine that used to be a mountain. nothing touches him.
SimsHost:
The second worst part about this whole disaster is the sleazy politicians and "celebrities" who are seeking personal profit from the grief of people in Louisiana and Mississippi by using it as an exuse to take pot-shots at the president.
The worst part is the sensationalist "news" media giving these insane swine a public forum because they are "celebrities." We should demand equal time on CNN for non-celebrity crazies!
JM, if you want to use up some ammo, there are some targets for you.
Get real, Kim. The president declared a state of emergency in Louisiana and Mississippi and mobilized the effort before the storm even hit. These are people we're talking about, not magic machines that suddenly appear at the push of a button.
The speed and magnitude of the response to this emergency, from all parts of America, is without precedent or parallel in all of recorded human history. Never have so many done so much so quickly, and such an extreme expression of ingratitude on the part of the politicians claiming to represent the people of New Orleans is also without precedent or parallel.
Folks, when ya'll get home, fire those bastards. They are disgracing the great state of Louisiana.
Meanwhile, you're welcome to enjoy the hospitality of Houston (where I was this morning, working my day job) and Dallas (where I am tonight, in my house up north for the long weekend). We're glad to have you!
Innocent bystanders might be interested to know what the "news" media are not reporting because it doesn't support their political agenda. Every television station, every radio station, every church, and everybody else I've seen in Texas from Dallas to Houston are organizing relief efforts and collecting donations to help out the folks displaced by this mess.
Beyond that, why are these greedy sleazebags whining at the federal government in any case? Why should people in Idaho and Montana pay the extra cost of hardening New Orleans against a hurricane? Let those who want to live in New Orleans pay the cost of building facilities for a hurricane zone; it's what everybody else on the Gulf coast does. If they don't want to pay those costs, they should move to Boise or Billings where they don't have to worry about hurricanes.
Sheesh. I've lived in border counties for more than thirty years, just 25 miles from the Galveston sea wall, and this is the first time I've heard anybody whine at the federal government for not doing what we have already shown that we can do for ourselves.
kim:
Quote from: SimsHost on 2005 September 03, 03:53:01
We should demand equal time on CNN for non-celebrity crazies!
...
Get real, Kim. The president declared a state of emergency in Louisiana and Mississippi and mobilized the effort before the storm even hit. These are people we're talking about, not magic machines that suddenly appear at the push of a button.
yes, we should have some air time too.
yup, the president's declared a lot over the past 5 years. pretty near all bullshit. but he's got you fooled, so carry on soldier.
three closing words. james lee witt.
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