Mayor: Katrina May Have Killed Thousands

[ODShowtime]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
Pretty much. Hurricane Hugo.

Any other questions?

Yeah, was your entire city was flooded? Did you prepare at all?

[scorpioboy33]

yah I know there must be reasons and media biase...ever hear something in the news about murders, crime and think oh no here it comes and than bingo....black etc etc etc....I am prob. just being to influnced by what I read watch etc...

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by scorpioboy33
opps just one more thing....could it be that some people didn't leave because they considered the possiblity of taking advantage or was it just not possible to leave?

No. Most people don't leave because they just don't take the threat seriously.

I imagine there are some who can't afford it but just think: New Orleans has had it's brushes with hurricanes before. Nothing major has happened. This is/was nothing new to alot of those people. Yeah, some left, some bought their "hurricane supplies" for a few days. But that's about it.

[scorpioboy33]

Originally posted by ODShowtime
The poor are generally doing the worst through this, like most times. They have less education to convince them to flee and less resources to help them flee or stock up to survive the aftermath.

What education do you need to leave when you hear...get the fuck out? Was there not safe place within the city for people to go

[scorpioboy33]

yah know thats why I love this place seriously...you can learn alot of shit and question stuff without racist or other generalizations always being thrown out...sometimes I lose site of it

[Nickdfresh]

Looting material goods (non foodstuffs and survival material) is bullshit and there is no excuse for it!

[Nickdfresh]

How will they get the floodwaters out of a city below sea-level?

[Warham]

I asked the same question, Nick.

Some guy on FOX said they'll have to pump it out.

Sounds like it'll take years.

[FORD]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
I think we can judge them.

They are criminals. It's that simple.

Looting for the sake of food and water is one thing.

Steeling armloads of Nikes and TV's and electronics is another.

The police prohibit looting because it actually ENCOURAGES further crime later on. They rip each other off, stab each other, shoot each other, etc.... all in the name of a hundred dollars worth of merchandise.

If they want to clean out the food stores...fine.

Cleaning out retail stores is NOT fine.

In a case like this, I'd count clothing with food. If these people have lost their homes, then they probably don't have any changes of clothing either. Don't tell me you would deny your kid a dry pair of shoes if you were stranded in a flooded city.

TV's and computers that's ridiculous, because you can't plug em in, and you aren't going to be able to sell them on the street to someone who can't plug them in either.

In either case, the stores are insured, and whatever they had probably wouldn't be sellable after the flood anyhow.

[Warham]

A former congressman suggested that the governor institute martial law down there until they can get it under control.

[diamondD]

Originally posted by Nickdfresh
How will they get the floodwaters out of a city below sea-level?

They've had pumps for years to do it, but unfortunately they are so old and out of date that they aren't effective. People have known this would happen for years, but they've always put it off as something in the future.

[Warham]

This doesn't even begin to take into account the filth in the water (rampant diseases, carcasses, raw sewage). The sewage system is most likely trashed. They'll have to completely overhaul it. Like Bush suggested, it'll probably take years.

If they hire the contractors that handled the Big Dig, it'll be ten to fifteen years.

[FORD]

I'm sure Cheney's typing up the no-bid Halliburton contacts even as we speak.

[DLR'sCock]

New Orleans is finished, this is history. It will take years and years to rebuild, if they do so....

I love New Orleans. I love Decatur St. The Abbey, the Hideout, Molly's, Checkpoint Charlie's!!!!

[scorpioboy33]

So people will not be able to live there at all? Like the whole fucking city...amazing. Is this going to really affect the whole economy?