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| Posted By: Bakakage Posted On: Sep 2, 2005 Views: 723 | Sickened by the aftermath Reading through the news for the past few days on the results of the storm damage is horrifying. After the tsunami there was chaos yes, but nothing compared to whats going on in New Orleans and the like. Both places had mass accounts of rape and other violent assaults, but N.O. is by far worse...where the looting and lawlessness has gone so far that people are trying to snipe off workers come to help. Firing shots at the helicopters there for relief. The fact that the national guard is having to send in troops with a "shoot to kill" order really says a lot about the areas in which this is taking place. This storm didn't happen overnight, the residents had much forewarning, and yet didn't care to even buy a few days worth of food and supplies, and somehow manage to start dying of starvation after only one day. It seems that this city wasn't much better before the storm. These people cry about how no one else is helping them, but they have no concern for thier neighbors. They stampede any supply vehicles that come in trying to hoarde goods so that they can live without a second thought about the thousands of other people who are right by them. the other post about how "icky" new orleans is was right. That city should just be left underwater. |
| Posted By: adam Posted On: Sep 2, 2005 Views: 718 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath my brother just read a story about them raping children also its just an exucse for criminals to fulfill every desire when they got the chance, has nothing to do with race... they shouldnt be locked up, they should be shot |
| Posted By: Julie Posted On: Sep 2, 2005 Views: 716 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath I agree with some of what you're saying, it's like everything else, a majority of people are probably just trying to make it through, but of course you've got the people that are making it super hard on everyone else to get help. But you know, on the food supplies and not having enough, maybe they flat out didn't have the money at that point in time to bring enough food. You know how your cabinets get bare around payday (or at least mine do), It's not exactly a rich community, it's middle and lower class for the most part. They might not have been able to afford it. Or maybe some of their food was stolen, or ruined. But my question is, where is the Red Cross? They've been fund raising like crazy, but I've yet to see their presence there. They should already be there, and right now everyone assisting those people is FEMA. Shouldn't the Red Cross be one of the first groups in? Maybe I'm wrong, but I just thought we'd see more of them. On a side note, my sister lived in Port Charlotte during Hurricane Charlie, and she was telling me that they had military helicopters flying around and shooting looters from the copters in their area after that hurricane hit. I totally thought she was overexaggerating at the time, but looking at what's happening in N.O. I think she was telling the truth. But who knows. It's a sad scene over there. |
| Posted By: adam Posted On: Sep 2, 2005 Views: 715 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath *excuse |
| Posted By: Julie Posted On: Sep 2, 2005 Views: 713 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath I agree, adam. 100% |
| Posted By: Bakakage Posted On: Sep 2, 2005 Views: 704 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath Well, not to be racist but when you look at the facts. Louisiana was founded by the french hundreds of years ago. That explains a lot of the crappy infostructure of the cities. (read as why any moron would possibly build a city below sea level) The leveys they use to keep the city from flooding on a daily basis are over 40 years old. After the french left it was mainly colonists with slave laborers. Since the civil war and equal rights movements, it has become primarily lower/bottom class african americans. currently New Orleans is estimated around 67% black, and most of them are impoverished. None the less, when hurricanes or other natural disasters hit anywhere else, even the people who lost everything will still often help others. Here we are looking at a place where its every man for himself. The L.A. riots had more control and order than this city does right now. It wouldn't suprise me if the national guard ended killing just as many people as were killed by the storm. Toursists are being mugged or raped on a regular basis. I hate to say it, but i feel sorry for any white people currently in that area...its like walking around with a giant target. I even fear for some of these aid workers because of how the people charge at them to get thier supplies. Sad fact is that even if there wasn't a hurricane and the city was in normal condition, if aid workers went down to give supplies the same thing would likely happen with people charging them and trying to hoard goods. As for the Red Cross, part of the problem is its damn near impossible to get in or out of the state. Most of the bridges are unusable or completely collapsed. Entire cities are underwater. FEMA can get in primarily by helicopter or military transport. What we have is a case of a city thats guarenteed to have hurricanes yearly that never cared to actually prepare for one. |
| Posted By: GirlUWant Posted On: Sep 2, 2005 Views: 701 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath Today, when I went to the post office, there was a Red Cross worker sitting outside with a card table and she didn't say anything to anybody, because I don't think she is allowed to - post office soliciting rules - but she had pamphlets, but I didn't see what they were actually about. It seems like such an overwhelming situation, and it really saddens me that there is so much violence there. |
| Posted By: cuppajane Posted On: Sep 2, 2005 Views: 697 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath Costco has a big cash deposit container and you can give at the register. There's sooo much money in that thing..good thing the crazy anarchists aren't majority eh? Bottom line, mean people suck! |
| Posted By: Bakakage Posted On: Sep 3, 2005 Views: 661 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath Just read an article on how Mississippi has been overlooked. They got hit worse, a 25 foot wall of water slammed some of the cities. The natural part of the disaster was far worse in Mississippi than Louisiana. The biggest problem in New Orleans is that the city is built below sea level and there were 3 cracks in the leveys. But because the people in New orleans and such are looting and mugging and killing each other, thats where most of the relief is going. Meanwhile the residents of mississippi are getting nothing even though they have nothing, they are totally being overlooked. Just because they are keeping organized and not breaking laws the government isn't paying much attention to them. Sad that the squeaky wheel is getting the grease. |
| Posted By: GirlUWant Posted On: Sep 5, 2005 Views: 639 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath If that is true, don't you think it is more of an issue of that a higher percentage of people are stranded in New Orleans because they didn't choose to leave, or have the means to leave, and so they are getting more attention? I would hope that live people WOULD get more attention than empty houses...either way, it is so heart-breaking, but the priority seems appropriate for the moment, while we are still trying to evacuate people from there. |
| Posted By: To Bakakage Posted On: Sep 5, 2005 Views: 637 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath if you are going to use words like infrastructure...know what they mean and how to spell them |
| Posted By: Bakakage Posted On: Sep 5, 2005 Views: 632 | RE: Sickened by the aftermath Dammit i kicked that one around for a bit and couldn't remember for sure but couldn't think of a synonym for it :-\ and I really hope i spelled that word right. (too lazy for dictionary.com) |