[vetvetdoug]

Katrina was not just New Orleans. Mississippians handled themselves in order without a significant amount of chaos. The Gulf Coast of Mississippi experienced the same effect as did the Tsunami on Japan. There is a big difference between the behaviour and politics of the Japanese and Mississippians versus those of the residents of New Orleans.

[Sister_T]

Thank you for pointing that out.

[jmacusa]

You’re right. I regret the omission. Upbringing. It’s all in that. As my late mother used to say, “There are those who are bought up and those who are dragged up.’’

[DCmarcher-976453]

You are correct. Sadly the New Orleans people went on to “tear up” Houston and a few other places.

[USAFJeeper]

As someone who was in the suburbs of New Orleans for Katrina, lets make sure we know that it was the Democrat entitlement whores in the city proper that had their hands out. The so called bedroom communities surrounding it were completely different.

MS did in fact handle it well, no swipes at my second home :)

[Islander7]

Pass Christian, Mississippi ~ Sept 2, 2005

The comparison of the Japanese People's response to this disaster to that of certain segments of the US population is instructive. It is the attitude and actions of a self reliant people to that of the base supporters of the democrat party.

Do not forget there have been many other disasters in other areas of the US where the citizens pulled together to help each other. Recall the ice storms in Kentucky when tens of thousands were without power for weeks. Obama partied with $100 a pound Kobe beef while people froze. The floods in New England, tornadoes in the mid west, fires in California and many more were met, largely, with silence from the White House and the press.

New Orleans was a press event to discredit the Bush administration. No one who lived in the area ever doubted that such a disaster would eventually befall NOLA. We all knew it. Those who did not heed the call to evacuate placed themselves in harms way. My sympathy is with those who were old, infirm who could not leave. That is the real pity.

[cherry]

you are so right about the NO crowd and the Mississippians etc.....a world of difference...

[rlmorel]

True, true.

[panthermom]

Exactly!