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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 225577" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>You have to look at the source of the whining , NO doged the bullet with Gustav yet you still hear about all the masses that were not taken care of during the evacuation process. The area that was ruined by Gustav is inhabited by some very hardy resiliant people most of them live off of what the fish for or in the oil fields , this region is low lying and the homes are not built to withstand the sort of abuse that these storms dish out , I'm certain that many areas were destroyed and I assure you that the people who live their will not be on TV bitching about what they lost of why the government wasen't their sooner to bail them out , yet you have people who were evacuated at no cost to them and who recieved no damage to their home who will scream and cry about what they are not getting and why arn't they getting extra goods from Uncle Sam. So again you have to consider the source of the "whining"</p><p> </p><p>I live just 20 miles north of New Orleans and when I bought my home I had no trouble with flooding but the area around me has been developed by both commercial and residential properties , the new developments have re routed most of the storm water run off so now my home does flood if we get to much rain in to short of time or if a storm surge fill Lake Ponchatrain to a point that the rain can't run off. I've got a very nice piece of property and nice home in a nice safe neighborhood , I don't want to leave so I just pay more for better flood insurance and if and when I get flooded all I can do is clean up the mess and rebuild it. </p><p> </p><p>The levee system in NO had been neglected for decades and the A.C.E. is working hard to fix it but in then areas that have been rebuilt and beefed up were seriously tested with Gustav and I personaly feel that had this storm made land fall as a Cat 4 like it was predicted you would be seeing all the news that you did after Katrina. Its gonna happen again you can bank on that and after a couple years of people not getting a royal treatment when the evacuate they will stop and you will have a million plus people stuck in a flooded bowl of toxic soup.</p><p> </p><p>It doesen't matter where you live you will have some sort of natural disaster troubles weather it be harsh winters , flooding rains , tornados or whatever , the best you can do is prepair for the worst and hope for the best and if mother nature slaps you down get up and rebuild what you have.</p><p> </p><p>So when you hear all the complaining about the government letting down the citizens please don't group all the people in this region with the scum that dwells in New Orleans , the media will never interview the 4 th generation shrimper whos house was just blown down and is already rebuilding with no help from the goverment at all , because its not the message that the media is looking for just like in Iraq they will not report on all the good thats being done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 225577, member: 8843"] You have to look at the source of the whining , NO doged the bullet with Gustav yet you still hear about all the masses that were not taken care of during the evacuation process. The area that was ruined by Gustav is inhabited by some very hardy resiliant people most of them live off of what the fish for or in the oil fields , this region is low lying and the homes are not built to withstand the sort of abuse that these storms dish out , I'm certain that many areas were destroyed and I assure you that the people who live their will not be on TV bitching about what they lost of why the government wasen't their sooner to bail them out , yet you have people who were evacuated at no cost to them and who recieved no damage to their home who will scream and cry about what they are not getting and why arn't they getting extra goods from Uncle Sam. So again you have to consider the source of the "whining" I live just 20 miles north of New Orleans and when I bought my home I had no trouble with flooding but the area around me has been developed by both commercial and residential properties , the new developments have re routed most of the storm water run off so now my home does flood if we get to much rain in to short of time or if a storm surge fill Lake Ponchatrain to a point that the rain can't run off. I've got a very nice piece of property and nice home in a nice safe neighborhood , I don't want to leave so I just pay more for better flood insurance and if and when I get flooded all I can do is clean up the mess and rebuild it. The levee system in NO had been neglected for decades and the A.C.E. is working hard to fix it but in then areas that have been rebuilt and beefed up were seriously tested with Gustav and I personaly feel that had this storm made land fall as a Cat 4 like it was predicted you would be seeing all the news that you did after Katrina. Its gonna happen again you can bank on that and after a couple years of people not getting a royal treatment when the evacuate they will stop and you will have a million plus people stuck in a flooded bowl of toxic soup. It doesen't matter where you live you will have some sort of natural disaster troubles weather it be harsh winters , flooding rains , tornados or whatever , the best you can do is prepair for the worst and hope for the best and if mother nature slaps you down get up and rebuild what you have. So when you hear all the complaining about the government letting down the citizens please don't group all the people in this region with the scum that dwells in New Orleans , the media will never interview the 4 th generation shrimper whos house was just blown down and is already rebuilding with no help from the goverment at all , because its not the message that the media is looking for just like in Iraq they will not report on all the good thats being done. [/QUOTE]
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