Sandy vs Katrina
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Is this the time to make the ridiculous statement, “Do not allow people to rebuild in an area that might flood again.”
I read this after Katrina destroyed my home and many others in Louisiana and Mississippi on multiple forums.
We all live where we choose to because of heritage, family, occupation or just because we want to be there.
Katrina brought out the best and worst in people. Some stole TV sets and looted.
A local restaurant owner served a total of 75,000 free meals to workers and residents returning home. Church groups gutted and repaired thousands of homes.
The national news media reported only on the sensationalistic news. Looting and other crimes were the story.
Very seldom were the regular people, me included, that went home and rebuilt their homes using insurance money and savings, seen on the news.
My point is do not lump all people together. In any disaster the majority of people will quietly go about rebuilding their lives while the world will hear about those who choose to steal and cheat the same way they do every day.
Anyone want to talk about boats??????????
I read this after Katrina destroyed my home and many others in Louisiana and Mississippi on multiple forums.
We all live where we choose to because of heritage, family, occupation or just because we want to be there.
Katrina brought out the best and worst in people. Some stole TV sets and looted.
A local restaurant owner served a total of 75,000 free meals to workers and residents returning home. Church groups gutted and repaired thousands of homes.
The national news media reported only on the sensationalistic news. Looting and other crimes were the story.
Very seldom were the regular people, me included, that went home and rebuilt their homes using insurance money and savings, seen on the news.
My point is do not lump all people together. In any disaster the majority of people will quietly go about rebuilding their lives while the world will hear about those who choose to steal and cheat the same way they do every day.
Anyone want to talk about boats??????????
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Originally posted by walterv
Looters come in all shapes, sizes, color, ethnicity and regions. Really scummy thing to do,nothing like kicking someone when there down
Look how the Japanese responded to an unbelievable disaster.
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Well, I used to live in Battery Park City, lower Manhattan, and after 911, nearly EVERY apartment/condo in the closed off neighborhood was looted over the time no residents were allowed to live there.
This was discovered well after the headline news of 911 was long gone, and was not really reported.
A retired UPS driver was featured on CNN in the news after Sandy, his tool truck in Staten Island was stripped of all tools. He heard them yelling as if they were rescue workers, recognized one of them from his own neighborhood, then found out all his tools were stolen. Sad.
Police cannot be everywhere, and the savages come out of hiding when opportunity presents itself.
I also agree this thread should be moved to NBR.
This was discovered well after the headline news of 911 was long gone, and was not really reported.
A retired UPS driver was featured on CNN in the news after Sandy, his tool truck in Staten Island was stripped of all tools. He heard them yelling as if they were rescue workers, recognized one of them from his own neighborhood, then found out all his tools were stolen. Sad.
Police cannot be everywhere, and the savages come out of hiding when opportunity presents itself.
I also agree this thread should be moved to NBR.
Every hurricane will bring out looters. No matter how small or large.
There are gov't workers that were looting in SW La. after Rita.
And there was not much to loot. Katrina just hit a big crime ridden city.
No one knows or even remembers all the other towns and places that Katrina hit.
Everyone just remembers N.O. getting the brunt of Katrina, when SW Mississippi
actually got the brunt of it. N.O. just got some flooding, due to being below
sea level and the levee's broke in a few places.
No one took lessons from one storm to another. N.O. lost all it's police cars
and school bus's. NYC lost taxi's.
If you are anywhere near 20' above sea level or below, get everything out. No
matter what state you are in.
Ike had 11.5' of surge, 33 miles inland, and no winds. The hurricane hit
Galveston, Tx.
There are gov't workers that were looting in SW La. after Rita.
And there was not much to loot. Katrina just hit a big crime ridden city.
No one knows or even remembers all the other towns and places that Katrina hit.
Everyone just remembers N.O. getting the brunt of Katrina, when SW Mississippi
actually got the brunt of it. N.O. just got some flooding, due to being below
sea level and the levee's broke in a few places.
No one took lessons from one storm to another. N.O. lost all it's police cars
and school bus's. NYC lost taxi's.
If you are anywhere near 20' above sea level or below, get everything out. No
matter what state you are in.
Ike had 11.5' of surge, 33 miles inland, and no winds. The hurricane hit
Galveston, Tx.