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Even though I am evil, I lost many servan-I mean friends and relatives in the uhh...thing. What were we talking about again?

I hate how I am finding many people saying "they deserved it". So basically, people are saying they deserve to die since they were born in Louisiana/Mississippi in a poor family and unable to leave the state (I know this doesn't necessarily apply to every single person there). And I read earlier, specifically DK's post, that they should build better defenses since they are in a hurricane area. Defense against a hurricane is difficult, and besides, what would they do? Spend a lot of money on making walls that "could" cause even more damage? I just wish that more people were actually sympathetic. After all, the majority of the people stuck there were unable to leave.

Yes that is the problem that must people dont understand is that some people dont own cars or have relatives in other places to go as there entire life is base in that city so what else would they do but hope and pray. It will take Months maybe years for New orleans to ever go back to normal i mean they say that children will be out of school for months and the only time repairs will truly begin is when the levys that were broken on several areas have to be rebuilt and water pumped out plus they have sewage,snakes, and disease from the dead that if they dont recover fast enough my cause the problem to grow. It Also makes me sick that americans would sink so low to rob in a city that was just struck with such a disaster i mean ive heard people who have stolen a mail truck and drove around with Rifles. People are on top of roofs of banks defending them from robbers and over such disgusting scavengers of this Country. Dont judge other countrys for its only the 4th day you may never know whos really helping or giving aid in the present or Future(They can only help if America lets them and does america care about its pride more then its citizens?) Yes Gas prices are going up so watch how you spend your money if you do own a automobile.

The death toll was probley below 50000 and above 1000. But all the $#!T thats happening around the world and people say "They told them already and they didn't listen". Even though they should of left. Really the stuff is gonna get messed up anyway. But even I would stay because I dont want anyone to jack my $#!T up or jack it for that matter.



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Good Lord. "300 Iraq hardened national guardsmen with shoot-to-kill orders." Maybe it is necessary though. 'Tis a dark day in America's history indeed.

also the people that didnt die but lost a family member are suffering the most.

Our enconomy is taking it's toll, too. Damn...
New Orleans is anarchy. What do you say to that, nuclearrabbit?

This is the first time I've actually been upset over a disaster...this is too much...

Jesus.

The worst part is it wasn't suppose to even be this bad



weather channel channel 7 you've betrayed me

WHAT!? The death toll is most likely around 1000. Thousands less than WTC. Think realistically, people down there know what to do when a hurricane comes now and they are usually prepared.

I'm sure they were thinking 'I bet this is below sea level ... I wonder if we should be thinking about hurricanes - a not well known natural disaster at this period of time - before we build this'.

Oh right, because American media definately ignores all the other disasters worldwide. Open you eyes and see that you are wrong. The media in the US is not ethnocentric, or at least not the media I watch and read.

something that really pissed me off is when i was seeing the news a guy says "This cant be happening, im american" sooo.. thats mean hes superior to everyone else? also everyone that lives in America is an american not just USA people i hate people from usa sayin im american... America is not a country, well atleast he saved his life



how a better house of a better material (better than wood and some others things..) cause more damage...?? they REDUCE it, a better house is harder to destroy .

hopefully u guys dont argue for what do i think...

A lot of people are placing blame on the people that live there for being stupid enough to live there in the first place. Has anyone addressed the fact that most of the people who live there were BORN there? And that's all they know. It wasn't really their choice. For alot of them, leaving was not an option cuz they had no where to go, no money to leave, no car, etc.

All I pointed out was that the building designs are the same cheap crap built all over North America. After every disaster, they rebuild their houses with wood and bricks. You think they'd have learned by now.


They could have made modifications after they knew.

Wow. To some of the asses out there.

DON'T TURN THIS INTO A AMERICA VS ALL THREAD

God damn, some of you really need to shut up and lay of USA, stop posting all the crap in here.

Americans are humans. You are humans.

it's a bad thing, but it happend.

And I'm sure they did, but you're implying the move the entire city or should have never built one there in the first place. Its just like saying 'don't live in the south because of hurricanes'.

Well to that anyone could easily start saying 'don't live in the west because of earthquakes, don't live in the midwest because of tornado's, don't live anywhere because of so-and-so natural disaster that potentially occurs there'.

If we could not live where we wanted to or could adjust to, what would be the point of living and any form of civilization anyway? Condemning people becuase of where they live is pathetic and immature. Some of them have no choice, and some could have been there becuase of an obligation.



Amen.



And 9/11 didn't affect you at all?



Indeed.



Well, technically people of the States are Americans. It just that we sometimes think we are the only ones who matter.



Well it is centralized around the States in the US, just as local news focuses on the local news unless something big happens. We can't always stop to think about the poor guy who's suffering because of situation whatever. We've got our problems. Although we should stop to think about them. If some don't wanna help, and they can't help themselves, who can help them?



For the most part you are correct. Although there is the uber-wierd instance that we would never predict would happen in a thousand years come and cause more damage becuase of the materials used. But of course it would have to be small incident to change how we think, and anything that unoccuring would likely to be big anyways. You are correct.

Alright heres a little update if you donate to the red cross do not send supplys to Reliant Stadium they are full and do not have enough people to deliver the supplys to other locations.
I live near houston so I get this stuff on our news, not sure if you guys do to.

Exactly what I was getting at.

The local news always has an international portion, same with local news papers, but they generally leave most of the international news to the big guys like CNN or FOX.

Oh' yea thanks
j/k w/e

Sad world, usally if the weather people say if its like a class 4 or higher. Its a good idea to head far west for awhile.

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But there are some downright idiotic people left in New Orleans, such as snipers who don't let people out of buildings, looters who take stuff such as jewelry, TV's and other electronics, and expensive clothes and shoes from like Foot Locker and other such stores, and armed gunmen who shoot at rescue helicopters.

New Orleans is going to be transformed into a lake partially.
They need to use pumps nonstop to make it inhabitable again.
My mom predicts that in the end there will be lakes where the poor black people used to live and the richer areas will be pumped dry and thoroughly cleaned up.
She's probably right. The government is pretty racist like that.

Hopefully people won't be stupid and will decide to give the earth it's first abandoned city (Sci Fi stories come to life ) and rebuild someplace else less vulnerable.
There's no point in rebuilding a city if it's going to be destroyed every 100 years or so (maybe less).

I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT MARTI GRAS@!@@@#!#@#$@#$%@#$%@#
lol

They can't accept the fact that the city is completely destroyed and that they don't have to go back. Pumping out water is just going to waste more money. I say it should be left as is and everyone should just be compensated and get on with their lives somewhere else.

I am Japanese and i have been sending supplies to the Katrina victims all the way over to New Orleans from Japan I meditate every day hoping and praying everyone is ok i do not really get news on what is happened i just know it is happing if you guys can PM me news it would be great!