Sandy vs Katrina

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Has anyone noticed the lack of rioting and looting now vs after Katrina? If I say more the PC Police will break down my door, flimsy as it is.
 
I was beginning to think I was the only one that noticed it.
 
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Originally posted by fastguy91

Apparently that 47% doesn't live in your neck of the woods

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None of the 47% live there? Is this turning into a political or racist thread. If so, move it to NBR.
 
What's your point? Sandy was a Cat 1 storm with maybe a 11'-12' storm surge, really it was pretty pitiful as tropical weather systems go. Katrina hit land as a strong Cat 3 (it had been a Cat 5, less than 24 hours before landfall) with a storm surge of 33'-35'. BIG DIFFERENCE. The Gulf South had the same wind/surge conditions as the NE felt in "Sandy" during hurricane "Issac" with our area only suffering minimal damage from that minor storm.

The citizens of Coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida did not riot post Katrina. What you guys viewed on your cable news outlets were some of the residents of Orleans Parish after the Federal Levees Failed and the City of New Orleans flooded. Very simple, Coastal Mississippi was destroyed by by hurricane Katrina, New Orleans flooded because of B.S. design/engineering by the US Army Corp of Engineers.
 
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Originally posted by L. Keith

What's your point? Sandy was a Cat 1 storm with maybe a 11'-12' storm surge, really it was pretty pitiful as tropical weather systems go. Katrina hit land as a strong Cat 3 (it had been a Cat 5, less than 24 hours before landfall) with a storm surge of 33'-35'. BIG DIFFERENCE. The Gulf South had the same wind/surge conditions as the NE felt in "Sandy" during hurricane "Issac" with our area only suffering minimal damage from that minor storm.

The citizens of Coastal Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida did not riot post Katrina. What you guys viewed on your cable news outlets were some of the residents of Orleans Parish after the Federal Levees Failed and the City of New Orleans flooded. Very simple, Coastal Mississippi was destroyed by by hurricane Katrina, New Orleans flooded because of B.S. design/engineering by the US Army Corp of Engineers.

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Waaa my storm was worse than your storm waaa

Which of course hasd NOTHING to do with the lack of rioting and looting post Sandy. Unlike the rioting and looting we saw post Katrina
 
ITK you were in Orleans Parish in the days following Katrina to witness riots and looting?

That's right you were the guy that came down whipped some a$$ and made everybody behave. Thanks!
 
I can tell you being here that most people are friendly.
Driving is a nightmare but when you get to a light that is out, it is you go, no you go, etc.
National guard is on the ground in Lindenhurst protecting the homes south of Montauk.
I had find a way around them yeseterday morning to get down to my boat.
 
Yeah I can remember those National Guard roadblocks from Alicia in Texas. I had driven 150 mi to pick up a pickup-load of ice for my friends. When I got back the roads were blocked. Even though I had ID and proved I lived there they wouldn't let me through. But like you I knew a back way...
 
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/looters-target-coney-island-sandy-article-1.1195080 They do not want to broad cast it.
 
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Originally posted by L. Keith

ITK you were in Orleans Parish in the days following Katrina to witness riots and looting?

That's right you were the guy that came down whipped some a$$ and made everybody behave. Thanks!

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Of course not, I am smart enough to not hang around in a city that is belwo sea level when a hurricane is bearing down on it.

Please carry on with your regularly scheduled my storm is worse than your storm.
 
For a guy that could reportedly see through the media hype in the build up to "Sandy" you sure fell for the media hype post Katrina.

ITK, your attempt at starting a new topic doesn't seem to be working.
 
I am not trying to start a new topic. In fact, it was you that tried when you compared Katrina v Sandy and avoided any reference to the looting.

So, the media fabricated the looting psot Katrina?
 
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Originally posted by Pa Mikee

. . . Is this turning into a political or racist thread. If so, move it to NBR.

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It became an NBR thread the moment it was posted. It has nothing to do with boating.
 
Looks like some of NO/LA's folks have made it to NYC.
 
The quotes from the looters are telling. They feel they are entitled to take anything they can get.
 
Looters come in all shapes, sizes, color, ethnicity and regions. Really scummy thing to do,nothing like kicking someone when there down :(
 
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