It's a terrible shame that so many people have to perish in a natural disaster like this.There were a bunch of people that couldn't leave New Orleans because of the traffic, wasn't there? All we can do is wish the best for the families of the affected families,and be glad we are in Mid texas where it didn't even rain.It was 101 degrees in Madisonville today,so we wern't affected in any way by the hurricane.I guess the good Lord finally decided we were getting a little too smug in the US and were due for some kind of wake up call.It has been many years since i have been to Bilouxi,or even Gulf Port,and when i was there I was in a 15 foot outboard,headed for the florida coast by way of the intercoastal canal,and the Mississippi River.It was a fun trip but this tradgedy kinda ruins what little fun we did have.
Oh, please. Hurricanes, unfortunately, happen. There is no need to blame every natural disaster on divine vengeance.
They never opened the inbound lanes to outbound traffic. Did you see the pictures. You could have driven 70mph on the inbound lanes. No one was heading into town. Major failure government failure in that one.
Don't be an idiot.
Religious kook alert! Pat Robertson, is that you???
'It's a terrible shame that so many people have to perish in a natural disaster like this.There were a bunch of people that couldn't leave New Orleans because of the traffic, wasn't there?'
I'm not sure about that but I did hear that somewhere between 20% and 30% of people in these areas live below the poverty level. I also remember hearing that about that same percentage didn't own cars. Apparently they have (had) a rather well organized public transportation system. I'm sure that many who owned a car could not afford the gas to go, had no place to go to and/or could not afford to pay for a place to stay. It appears these people were poor before the hurricane hit, now they are destitute and homeless. My heart and prayers are with them.