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- inactive, on 07/01/2008, -1/+14Perhaps they can use their social networking to get a REAL mayor. Not the idiot they have now.
- tian2992, on 07/01/2008, -4/+16This is what happens when Social networking goes good. I wish other social sites would be as productive as this…
- iNunchuk, on 07/01/2008, -3/+15Link to a non-page flipping version of article:
http://tinyurl.com/47dcff
This is the kind of stuff Digg needs more often, not the 10 people I would need on a God Damn island if I was stranded. - thebrok3nsystm, on 07/01/2008, -6/+15I thought it was George Bush who saved New Orleans.. *Shrug*
/sarcasm - Mononuclear, on 07/01/2008, -0/+8If phones were down and communication was at a stand still how did they update their myspace page?
- inactive, on 06/30/2008, -8/+15New Orleans needs all the help it can get, even today.
Great post, uber! - crampy20, on 07/01/2008, -4/+10nicely written but what *****. ok, it may have assisted in some circumstances. but dont forgot that katrina was devastating and that new orleans is still devastated and that improvement is simply something that isnt going on. most people dont even have a clean water supply at this stage.
- fpaudon, on 07/01/2008, -8/+13"Using blogs... to create a citizens’ voice to counter city government rhetoric"
The internet - the government of the future - mikesbaker, on 07/01/2008, -2/+6"most people dont even have a clean water supply at this stage."
***** - zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -1/+5Uhhh...you dummies don't seem to be aware that having insurance is not enough to rebuild under these conditions. What do you say to people paid insurance and got screwed anyway? Let me guess...who cares?
The welfare queens of Iowa take money for NOT farming. They hide behind federal levees and congratulate themselves for their 'self-reliance.' Far less people needed to evacuate from Iowa than people who COULDN'T evacuate from New Orleans. Also, the feds didn't build fake levees in Iowa, but they did in New Orleans.
You can simplify everything to race, but it reveals that you don't care about the lowest of the low. First you judge then you mock. A new home for every citizen...you would have to be stupid to believe such made up stupidness. OK, rant over. Go back to comparing apples and oranges. And don't forget to not care if oranges live or die. - TriSight, on 07/01/2008, -2/+6I went to New Orleans last week to see Henry Rollins do spoken word at Tipitina's. While riding with my friends on the trip from Mobile to New Orleans, as you got closer and closer to the main city you began seeing neighborhood after neighborhood desolate and abandoned. It was really weird, and something you wouldn't imagine seeing in this country. There is a lot more that needs to be done.
- Mononuclear, on 07/01/2008, -0/+4In that case where you are already evacuated then it wouldn't be hard to call or anything else. Granted internet is the easiest way to let large numbers of friends know whats happening the quickest.
The first sentence of the parent then about "with phones down and communication at a stand still after the storm" has nothing to do with anything. It doesn't matter if phones were down or not because the people obviously were somewhere else. That is like me saying "Because the streets were blocked in peru from the earthquake I took the bus to school today in Washington" - williamlee, on 07/02/2008, -0/+3Missed the stand-up but I heard it was pretty amazing. Yeah, nola east is a weird ***** world.
- inactive, on 07/01/2008, -0/+3this is really funny....would probably be funnier if it wasn't so true.........hummmm....nah......that's why it's funny....sorry...lol...can't help it...lol
- cadmiumpaint, on 07/01/2008, -2/+5How the Bush administration has treated the people of New Orleans is just disgusting. Goes to show Republicans care nothing for the poor.
Now i read stories about FEMA evicting people from their trailers because the contract is up and they need the trailers back. good job you f$cking *****. - thcobbs, on 07/01/2008, -2/+5Ask the Mississippi coast... they got it worse than new orleans and I've never heard one peep about
SAVE MISSISSIPPI! ITS HORRIBLE! BAD GOVERNEMNT!
You know why? We got off our asses and did it ourselves. We didn't wait for anyone to save us. - ypSami, on 07/01/2008, -2/+5Oh screw you. I'm not shedding any tears. You guys aren't the first people to endure a disaster; you're just the first ones who had the audacity to demand that the rest of the country pays for you to fix up what you didn't ***** insure in the first place.
When my home got robbed, did I go bitch at the government to replace my stuff? No. I called my homeowner's insurance provider.
When my house got flooded? Yep. Flood insurance to the rescue.
See, this is what RESPONSIBLE people do that understand that it is IRRESPONSIBLE to ask everyone else in the country for a handout.
Those of you asking for any level of government to come in and "take care of things" are no better than pan handlers. At least I get to see the pan handlers when they beg for my money. You guys just wanna employ the government to shake me down. - TheKingInYellow, on 07/01/2008, -1/+3and after they graciously handed out thousands of dollars to desperate people in need they had the nerve to send out letters saying they made mistakes and demand the money be returned or face prosecution.
- seraph582, on 07/01/2008, -4/+6I have an idea - lets build a new New Orleans - somewhere not surrounded on all sides by water that's higher elevation than it. That'd be a great start!
- GeauxLSU, on 07/01/2008, -4/+6IMO, and I was there...the US Coast Guard who saved NOLA (remember those orange Helios pulling people off roof tops). They were rescuing people the night of the storm and took over when an inept State and Local government was blocking support.
Guess what they are under the dept of HD....We need more govt programs like the men and women in blue!
Post-Kat the City and citizens have continued to waste OUR dollars....thank goodness they have new leadership at the State level!
Until NOLA changes leadership it will continue to be equal to a third world country. - crampy20, on 07/01/2008, -1/+3Just because you have water it doesn't mean that everyone has water - and anyway, fundamentally and retardedly missing the point of my post.
- cadmiumpaint, on 07/01/2008, -1/+3We're blaming the President for NOT DOING ANYTHING to help the people of New Orleans. We're blaming the president for turning his back on poor Americans that have no political influence in their time of need. We're blaming the president for allowing one of America's most historic cities to turn into a 3rd world country.
geez you're stupid. - pooty2, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2That's New Orleans East. It's a ghost town.
- zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2You really don't have this footage?
eeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Well I guess people like you don't need proof to believe what you hear. I feel vindicated by your pathetic response. - zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2Nope. Just an American citizen, a grown man who works hard to make New Orleans a better place. I pay insurance and don't let it pass when people say I didn't. I can't let it pass when people say we attacked rescue workers when we didn't. I won't let you say America has paid for all our houses when it didn't. I love to digg the truth about Katrina, and if you wouldn't do the same for your community then I feel sorry for your people. You post without addressing any point if you like, but it only makes you look uninformed. You never saw any footage like you described.
- alangutierrez, on 07/01/2008, -2/+4Thank you for the Diggs. It was a great experience to speak before a technical community at Catalyst 2008. People who understand the inherent complexity in any human endeavor and on whom the scope and scale of Gulf Coast recovery is not lost.
The response has been a lot more understanding that the pundit class who can't seem to figure out why we've not gone away yet, I suppose, because we're so 1,039 news cycles ago.
To the commentators, yes the Coast Guard were heros. The State of Louisiana's Police and WIldlife and Fisheries were also first responders. There was a Cajun flotilla of locals who ferried people out with their flat bottom boats. Texas came through for us in a big way sending helicopters, white water rescue squads, medical personnel, law enforcement. Despite the strange news stores of dissertation NOPD did stay and NOFD really performed.
Our mayor is a horrible do-nothing fellow who basically hides in City Hall. I wish we'd gotten Landrieu, but a bunch of people didn't vote for him out of spite. Uptown conservatives tipped the scale for Nagin. Rob Couhig is still living down his endorsement. If there's a lesson, it is that the more people say there's no difference between two candidates, the bigger the difference is.
Finally, we do have water. Delicious, mouth of the Mississippi, tap water. Although, I would not be surprised if there are still problems with getting water turned on when a home is rebuilt and people still battling criminals who steal copper pipes. But, It's not like people are dying of dysentery.
It's important to be honest about the situation down here and to not exaggerate it.
It's disheartening to see the response of our government, but it does no good to exaggerate. We're very fortunate to have the constant support of volunteers. We've been host to tens of thousands of volunteers, working with us to rebuild our city. - dgaspard, on 07/01/2008, -2/+4I have clean water....
- williamlee, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Cheers to that.
- zhephree, on 07/01/2008, -0/+2I'm not asking anyone to "shed a tear." I'm not asking you to do any work down here or anything. But seriously, realize that some cities are poorer than others and might not be able to rebuild as quickly as other places.
What "numbers" have you seen? What are you even talking about? Post a link that proves me wrong and I'll concede.
And who the hell ever said New Orleans was the first to endure a disaster? So, what, if someone gets robbed or raped or stabbed or a tree falls on their car you'll say "well, sorry, you weren't the first, so, we're not gonna help."
Ask me how much money I got after Katrina. My answer is $0. Not everyone is like you think they are.
And not everyone can get flood insurance. Are you aware that in some parts of the city that the only way to get flood insurance on a home (that's probably 30-50 years old) is to have it raised 15-25 feet? Yeah, so, on top of the cost of the insurance itself, you get to drop $20k+ on raising your house. It's not exactly something you can do right off the bat.
Look, my family had flood insurance and we used our own cars to leave and our own money to evacuate. The $2000 FEMA sent us (That, by the way, they would not let us send back or opt out of) covered some food and a few nights in hotels and a bit of gas. My dad used his own money to rebuild his business because the insurance company shafted him. But he didn't bug the government for a hand out. Why would you go and label everyone the same way? You have no idea until you've lived it.
Yeah, our crime rate sucked before and sucks now, but let this happen in Detroit or Houston and you'll see the same *****. We're not an island. Northwest is no better or worse off than we were. They'll have all the same problems we'll have, save for a lot of the looting and crime that we had. I promise you, governmental issues we had, they'll have. - alangutierrez, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Really, why should America dabble with civil engineering then?
Why build Sacremento in a river valley protected only by dams and levees? Why build anywhere on the Mississippi flood plain?
Why build near coasts where hurricanes strike, like the entire Gulf Coast and Atlantic Coast?
Why build on fault lines like the San Andreas fault?
If it were not for the Mississippi the American Heartland would be called the American Outback. It is an phenomenal resource for our nation and our economy. Because we dabble in civil engineering, because we are civilized after all, we have some say in what the Mississippi will do, but we don't have complete say.
The location of New Orleans was carefully chosen. It is a vital strategic city. It is a port city at the mouth of the second largest river in the world. It serves a vital function.
Other cities, in fact, huge swaths of land, are built near the sea, just below sea level. It's not a question of moral hazard. It's a question of whether or not a nation wants to build levees that work.
We can see too, that it's a question of whether we want to build bridges that work. We're living on top of the infrastructure of a once great nation that used to create amazing public works.
We're coasting. We're letting this infrastructure rot. It's scary. - zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2And cutting education and habitat for humanity from the budget. Allowing the creationist hypothesis (its not a theory) to be taught in public school. And participating in an exorcism which he believes cured his friend of cancer. May I remind you that he came to prominence as a reformer of medical institutions? How does any of this or anything else he has done contribute to reconstruction? Before and after Katrina, New Orleans contributes MOST of the taxes the state receives. New Orleans also contributes the majority of federal taxes for the state of Louisiana. Its OUR money to 'waste.'
- zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Google Video:
Your search - "katrina victims shot at rescuers" did not return any results.
YouTube has 53,800 hits for Katrina. Nothing on "katrina victims shot at rescuers"
It must be a conspiricy. Yknow...like the moonlanding.
You are awsome. Try one more time, so I can continue to dominate you. - apaulable, on 07/01/2008, -5/+6with phones down and communication at a stand still after the storm... I learned more about where my friends were by way of sites like myspace than any other form of communication
- zhephree, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Thanks for driving out here and spending some money in the city.
- zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1The truth is the citizens shot at rescue workers
source? - republicker, on 07/01/2008, -2/+3There is no "clean" water unless you drink from a spring in alaska.
- bryanjos, on 07/01/2008, -4/+5Most people do have a clean water supply and while things are not moving along as fast as people hoped, signs of progress are starting to show. New Orleans has always been a city with a strong community, but that bond has grown even stronger after the storm because people have gotten tired of the slow pace of the recovery and took matters into their own hands. Social networking has definitely played a huge part in keeping people informed of issues and events. It's also been a way for us to keep in touch with friends and family that have moved away since the storm.
- TriSight, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1Hell yah dude.. afterwards we went to Cafe De Monde and had beignets, perfect evening.
- zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1Thanks. Thats just what I was thinking; Katrina truth squad. I might be a little over the top; its good to know I'm being heard.
Zombies is my misunderstanding the name of the alien child in the film 'Enemy Mine.' - seraph582, on 07/01/2008, -2/+3Al Gore would have kept the hurricane at bay! /rolleyes
- rz8472, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Of course it was. The sheer courage and compassion he displayed looking down from an airplane window at all the dying little people outside was all that was needed to inspire the medical and emergency workers to redouble their efforts.
- zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Oh yeah. And he went to washington to get LA the money it needs. Too bad it wasn't clear at that moment that he wasn't going to more than double lawmakers salary. Maybe then we wouldn't have been cut out of the federal I hope McCain picks him as VP. It will be the fastest we can get rid of this spineless albatros.
- zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Show it to me and I will shut up about it. I would rather see an interview with a witness, but I know that no such interview or footage exists. You should ask yourself how you came to remember seeing something like that when you can't find it now.
- zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -1/+2Also, doesn't it bother you that the police held those people there at gunpoint when they were trying to escape?
- BalooUrsidae, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1But you didn't stop him, either, which is just as bad as voting for him.
- zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1"fema has given billions of dollars the citizen of New Orleans"
source?
As I recall practically everything went to government agencies and corporations. You probably mean something else.
"those are truths you can either accept them or go to mental hospital."
You are bad at logic and English or typing or go to debate class. - greatgatsbyII, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1well the social networking was in place when they voted him back in, so doubtful.
- BalooUrsidae, on 07/02/2008, -0/+1You missed the point. The affected areas of MO and New Orleans are both built on floodplains. Only ignorant moron ***** build on floodplains and not expect to get wiped out on a frequent basis.
- zombies187, on 07/01/2008, -0/+1@ypsami
Its just not as simple as 'its your problem you deal with it.' You can believe that if you want, but when the next one hits without anyone doing anything about replacing the wetlands that were destroyed in Katrina, the world won't think to itself 'well, America had no responsibility there.' The world will draw another conclusion. This WILL happen and when it does the city will be gone. America will be the first industrialized nation to deliberately let an entire city be destroyed. Stand on principal, but notice what you are standing in. -
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