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Miss UK
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OMG hello 
What has happened in New Orleans is terrible,
I hope you are ok.. if any are from that area 
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richy240
Joined: Jan 24, 2003
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From: Houston, Texas, USA
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I'm from Houston, but we weren't affected - directly anyway. There are refugees coming here by the busload (literally) and living int he Astrodome until they have something to go back to. From what I am hearing, it could be months.
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REO
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I'm in Florida and we had 4 Hurricanes hit us last year in a span of about 30 days.
Broken roofs and trees going through roofs is no where near what New Orleans has gone through. I hope they get quick relief.
Houston, Texas is doing a tremedous job in accomodating refugees on a daily basis.
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knight4led
Joined: May 27, 2004
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I am amazed at how quickly the human spirit can be turned to a disgusting animal in the face of a little tragedy. Inevitably people turn to looting and destruction of property at that slightest bit of unrest. It is unfortunate to me that the Governor of Louisianna had to give soldiers orders to shoot looters on sight, but I do not feel sorry for them. I know conditions are miserable there, but given a chance, people with commodities in situations like those usually share. Grocery stores give out food and drug stores give out supplies, no need to loot, just give the owners time to organize.
As for everyone else, I say good work Houston. They aren't even waiting for government funds. The city is housing refugees out of their own pockets. I hope other closer cities do the same. I have personally thought of volunteering my time since I don't currently have a job. I hope things get better rather quickly.
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Acrolyu
Joined: Mar 11, 2004
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From: La Serena - Chile
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I sand all the power from Chile for you, we hope soon past all!!
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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
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how's the situation in bixoli? doesn't the nostradamus theory seem true |
goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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@knight4led.
I would not shoot anyone who was looting Grocery stores for food and fresh water. Although some of the reports of murder and rape have been quite disturbing.
It will take years for New Orleans to get back to normal.
There has been a strong political backlash regarding the scale and speed of response. I would like to hear of anyones point of view regarding the accusations of racism, and of Bush caring more about Iraq etc. |
Residentevil
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In reality they should rebuild the city somewhere else. If you build in a flood plain you are asking for it and the insurance gets more expensive for all of us.
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Ayush
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but where else? a competely new city? maybe death valley (no floods there lol)
if ppl arent gettin food and supplies they have a right to eat methinks and thus looting seems ok..what? should they starve to death?
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ADT0079
Joined: Oct 08, 2003
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Maybe Nowhere some times you have to face the fact that it is not safe to rebuild and probaly wont be ever.......
And i agree with Knight and the looters.. Food alright but i saw alot of nikes ,throwback jersys, tvs,.dvd players and such being looted.....
As for the Response of are goverment,The Mayor and Govenor should hold most of the blame here...They did not inform these people fast enough,there the ones that thought they could control there city after the fact and they couldn't so thats when they ask for federal help,but that was 3 days later.....Everyone is saying Fema was not Quick enough.....People have to Realize that Fema just went thourgh 4 Hurricanes,And they where spread thin and there supplies also but what can you do snap your fingers and make these supplies appear we cant...Back to the Mayor and Govenor why did they not dispacth there public bus fleet and use school buses or all the other means they had to get these people out before the storm hit,Where was the thinking there ,and even if they did use there public transport to get these people out,theres a good chance they would not have left....Last and this is the big ???? Would you go in and help people that are shooting at you from rooftops because your there trying to help????Or a nurse going outside the front doors of the hospital to help someone and being robbed and carjacked....I know if im trying to help someone and someone is snipering me from a roof ,,Good luck because im out of there...I feel bad for the people that sufferd because of there own people being ignorant...........
This is another chance for the Bush Haters to come out of there closet....I dont think he is that much to blame for this,he does hold some blame but not the way it is being deliverd through the media outlets.....
How is every1 it's been awhile... 
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knight4led
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I am with ADT on this one. My point about looting was not just about food and water. It was that people were looting far more than the necessities and the owners of businesses that could provide for others around were being shot at. There is no way to make your goods available if you are being shot at and kept from your store.
I have a more personal connection to this than some because my brother was caught in Hurricane Ivan when it hit Granada. He tells stories of how the entire community of students and locals gathered perishables and cooked them so they wouldn't go bad before they could be eaten. They went around siphoning gas tanks a little at a time to run generators and they organized a system so everyone could make a few calls on the one or two working phones around. Not only that, they saved enough gas to run buses back and forth to the airport once flights were able to come in and out. Now these were a bunch of Medical students and impoverished islanders. Sure there was looting and such, but it was quickly put to rest anywhere around the organization efforts, because working together is much more helpful than screwing everyone around you. Now if these people could figure it out, why coudn't the people of New Orleans?
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Residentevil
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