I'm with 98 on this one.

 

If you're looking to bash the folks of NO, go ahead. However, bring an example that is appropriate or at least somewhat similar.

 

I already did. All the other areas in LA, MS, FL, AL that also got wiped out, but you don't hear about because they immediately pulled themselves up by their bootstraps...

BRJB - what is your answer to the problem, then?

I guess my question to ask is this:

 

How many business' were destroyed in the last couple of weeks in Denver? How many lost their infrastructure to operate and accomplish their task?

How many warehouses were destroyed? Restaurants? Tourist spots?

Has the power been off for weeks there?

 

Really, I don't see either of these the same at all. When Katrina hit the industry of that area was obliterated. How do they get back up and work in 2 days? What does a restaurant do in New Orleans if there is no one allowed in to come and eat, let alone have the money to pay for it?

 

Sorry, but 98 is dead on, these are 2 entirely different creatures.

I guess my question to ask is this:

 

How many business' were destroyed in the last couple of weeks in Denver? How many lost their infrastructure to operate and accomplish their task?

How many warehouses were destroyed? Restaurants? Tourist spots?

Has the power been off for weeks there?

 

Really, I don't see either of these the same at all. When Katrina hit the industry of that area was obliterated. How do they get back up and work in 2 days? What does a restaurant do in New Orleans if there is no one allowed in to come and eat, let alone have the money to pay for it?

 

Sorry, but 98 is dead on, these are 2 entirely different creatures.

 

Good post - nicely said! :thumb:

There's no comparsion between these two storms.

Katrina completely crippled the Gulf Coast.

It has had a long lasting, sad effect on thousands of unforunate people.

 

Snow melts in a few days.

I agree that Katrina was a disaster of much greater magnitude. However, this storm has had a significant impact on a very large number of people.

 

 

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/01/D8MCRS3G5.html

I agree that Katrina was a disaster of much greater magnitude. However, this storm has had a significant impact on a very large number of people.

 

Certainly none of us are making light of the serious nature of the two blizzards experienced in Colorado. However, making a comparison with Hurricane Katrina in any way is going very far overboard.

Certainly none of us are making light of the serious nature of the two blizzards experienced in Colorado. However, making a comparison with Hurricane Katrina in any way is going very far overboard.

Exactly. Like I said, in a month but probably two weeks, you won't even be able to tell it happened.

 

They will be rebuilding NO for years.

This is a formula e-mail. It was sent out not long ago with some other event as the focus. Someone made it up to take a jab at the hurricane victims, and it keeps getting revived over and over.

 

To constantly compare every big wearther event to a disaster like Katrina is terribly disrespectful to those who lost everything in those days.

 

I just don't understand why people do this...:confused:

If I remember correctly, New Orleans wasn't the only place that saw devastation by hurricane in 2005. Yet its the only place that seems to have made no head way in rebuilding. Maybe they need to take some of the people off of "weeping and gnashing of teeth" duty and put them on construction teams.

If I remember correctly, New Orleans wasn't the only place that saw devastation by hurricane in 2005. Yet its the only place that seems to have made no head way in rebuilding. Maybe they need to take some of the people off of "weeping and gnashing of teeth" duty and put them on construction teams.

 

You're right that it wasn't the only place, but there are bigger issues at foot than just rebuilding property where it originally stood. Something has to be done about the levees, and far too many people have been relocated and begun rebuilding their lives in other parts of the country now. Many had nothing to begin with, and can't just "up and leave" to go back to even less.

 

It's a whole lot bigger issue than just rebuilding, IMO.

You're right that it wasn't the only place, but there are bigger issues at foot than just rebuilding property where it originally stood. Something has to be done about the levees, and far too many people have been relocated and begun rebuilding their lives in other parts of the country now. Many had nothing to begin with, and can't just "up and leave" to go back to even less.

 

It's a whole lot bigger issue than just rebuilding, IMO.

I found this statement interesting when almost 100% of this country was built on the concept of people moving with almost nothing but the shirt on their back and making something out of it.

You're right that it wasn't the only place, but there are bigger issues at foot than just rebuilding property where it originally stood. Something has to be done about the levees, and far too many people have been relocated and begun rebuilding their lives in other parts of the country now. Many had nothing to begin with, and can't just "up and leave" to go back to even less.

 

It's a whole lot bigger issue than just rebuilding, IMO.

The levees are a problem, but I really question that the damage caused by the breaches was that devastating. I doubt that it was worse than the Great Flood of 1993. After all, the breeches didn't let go a tidal wave. They just leaked out and seeped into the city. New Orleans suffers more from apathy than natural disaster.

The levees are a problem, but I really question that the damage caused by the breaches was that devastating. I doubt that it was worse than the Great Flood of 1993. After all, the breeches didn't let go a tidal wave. They just leaked out and seeped into the city. New Orleans suffers more from apathy than natural disaster.

To build upon this, Falmouth suffered a devastating flood in 1997. The Corps of Army Engineers came in did a study and said that another flood probably maybe even greater will happen again. Nothing has been done about it because they said it wasn't cost efficient to do anything about it. (Basically make a U with your fingers and imagine a town right smack in the middle of that U and that is Falmouth. Surrounded by water on 3 sides with only one exit out of town that does not go over either one of the branches of the Licking.)

 

Falmouth just doesn't make the news and it cannot be seen as a race issue, so the network news is not interested.

 

Me. I live on a big hill away from the river now. I get flooded and you will be able to swim at Papa John's stadium.

The levees are a problem, but I really question that the damage caused by the breaches was that devastating. I doubt that it was worse than the Great Flood of 1993. After all, the breeches didn't let go a tidal wave. They just leaked out and seeped into the city. New Orleans suffers more from apathy than natural disaster.

 

The ninth ward, was for all intents and purposes, wiped out. The people who lived there were primarily poverty level at best. Now, seeping is one thing, but I think it's a little more than seeping when the water level rises to the roof tops. Just my thought. :lol:

 

Lbbc, those people HAVE moved on, and rebuilt their lives, just as in the days of old. (Well, not just like, but they're gone from NO now, and won't be coming back.)