I'm from Southwest Louisiana and I have to say that Katrina was a black eye for the state. But, most of the state outside of New Orleans has little love for the city and it's staggering corruption and incompetence. Rita was a little different, but the "gimme, gimme" precedent from Katrina was already set.
But trying to compare a blizzard to a hurricane is quite simply sheer ignorance. Trying to compare 150 MPH winds with 50 MPH is ridiculous. Did any storms knock houses off their slabs or pilings? Did 20 feet of water completely engulf entire neighborhoods? Did 1000 people die? Are there any towns where the only thing left standing is the water tower?
When I went home to help my family and check on my father's camp after Rita, I couldn't believe the destrucion. Entire houses destroyed. Streets washed away in many places. Impassable streets blocked by what used to be some of the world's most beautiful oak trees. And this was just the Louisiana side.
After Katrina and Rita literally hundreds of acres of Louisiana are gone. Just washed into the gulf like the tide washes away sand castles.
To put this in a perspective that you might understand--these were F2 and F3 tornadoes several hundred miles wide.
Think about it. Your blizzard didn't destroy homes and businesses by the thousands. They also didn't interfere with nearly 25% of the nation's oil supply either.
NOLA survived the actual hurricane suprisingly well, it was the flooding that came afterwords that did the damage.
Just as in a blizzard it is the aftermath that does the damage and causes the loss of life.
Broaden that scope friend and see the forrest thru the trees.
Tornados wipe an area clean too, I live in tornado alley.....shall I expect FEMA to come fix everything for me?
You might want to check on things when you comment about oil supply....out supply never changed one ioda. That was all HYPE.
I'd rather be in 100mph+ winds in 80 degree temps than 50 mph winds in below 0 weather. Maybe the destruction is not as catastophic but try getting snowed in for a month and I mean not leaving the confines of your house.
Anyway if you choose to live in area that suffers from catastophic weather events then your state and locals should foot the bill.
Don't try to tell me what hurricanes are or do. I've been through far more of them and Typhoons that you can imagine.
The difference in the 2 areas is the victim mentality. If it doesn't apply to you then why do you defend it?