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Nope

Just different types of water.

I've been through both and the only difference is, the quality of people. Those who whine for someone to do something for them, versus those tough enough to do things on their own.

The class of people up here is far different from the whiners and criers we've seen on TV since Katrina hit.

Might I remind you, 9 years ago we had both. A flood and a blizzard back to back (basically the flood waters were frozen solid over the town).

It virtually destroyed several towns and cities in North Dakota. But other than 2 or 3 days of coverage, nothing else was said about it. Nobody whined because the guvmint wasn't there to give them 2000 dollar credit cards. Nobody whined and complained that they didn't get their welfare check. Nobody complained and bitched that Fema didn't have busses there to take them all to Houston or in our case, Pierre South Dakota.

They were thankful for the help they got, they rolled up their sleeves one and all and got to work rebuilding their towns and cities.

THAT is class

They were thankful for the help they got, they rolled up their sleeves one and all and got to work rebuilding their towns and cities.

I was down in Biloxi, MS a month ago, and that was what I saw. Yes, people are living in FEMA trailers, but it's the churches that are helping them rebuild their houses. Look, I've been in blizzards.. bad blizzards. But there was nothing... NOTHING that could compare to what I saw down on the coast. And the stories I heard of people TRYING to leave but getting caught up in traffic and deciding it was better to stay home and hope for the best than to sit on the highway in a car while a Cat 4 hurricane tears you apart. The stories of people trying to escape the fast-rising flood by running up on-ramps, putting their kids in trees only to lose their wives to the flash flood. These are people who lost everything they WORKED their entire lives for. Everything in their houses had to be thrown out because the flood waters were toxic. Walls, floors, ceilings, had to be torn out due to the mold from flooding. Sure, they could do the work for themselves if they had the tools, if they weren't elderly, if everyone they knew and loved wasn't in the exact same situation with the same lack of resources.

My point is, you really don't know what you're talking about. You can't compare what you haven't seen or experienced in some way.

You only forgot to point out that, along with the blizzard and flood in 1996, much of downtown Grand Forks was destoyed by fire after the flood. The destruction of much of that city is why the Grand Forks mayor and support personnel have been advising the NOLA people about rebuilding. But otherwise, you're right; what happened to Grand Forks and several other towns that were destroyed was a merest blip in the news. And those people who WERE on TV just reiterated how grateful they were to have their families safe, that they were ready to start over, and how good people were being about helping out neighbors and strangers. I guess that's not as "newsworthy" as what people were saying about NOLA.