Posted on 09/06/2005 7:27:36 AM PDT by Dan12180
How many people came to New Orleans to be part of a huricane party? How many people stayed to party while the wind tried to rip the city to shreds?
While we are looking for solutions to future problems for disaster relief we need to look at the whole picture. Not everyone who stayed were stranded and couldn't get out. A lot of people were there to play.
Some people are still refusing to leave. Is it the countries falt if something happens to them now?
Hiz honor's gang exchanging 'yo be da man' high fives and passing the crack pipe?
All I know is that some bars in the French Quarter reopened (according to one person, some didn't even close) by late Monday afternoon after the hurricane passed. For those (like Andrew Sullivan) who say the devastation was obvious and immediate, I say BS. Even media reporters like Sheppard Smith moved from their balconeys to the streets as most the people around him celebrated another close-call.
In fact, until the levees broke, it was Biloxi Mississippi (and other coastal communities) that had suffered the worst structural damage. It wasn't until almost 24-hours later that New Orleans realized how desperate their situation was. Sadly, even city officials dropped their guard as that "dry" time could've been used to get people out of the city.
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