I'm more worried about the U.S. citizens in Mississippi, who to this day, are apparently still living in tents! It's been three months; how much longer can they live like that? It seems like most of the aid and attention went to those in New Orleans; other communities affected by Katrina seem to have been forgotten.
Not a whole lotta news up here in NY about the plight of Mississipi, but I understand that Biloxi was pretty much wiped off the face of the earth ... and yet not a peep from the MSM about it, anywhere!
To any illegals waiting for hurricane relief from me. Be patiant, my check will be in the mail....honest....no foolin'....keep waiting
As a "victim" of Rita, I have first-hand knowledge that the bias shown to Katrina victims is worse than you can imagine. Our local churches were still feeding Katrina people two hot meals a day until the day we were issued a mandatory evacuation. But...
The Red Cross didn't have our zip code listed as a disaster zone "because Katrina victims have abused the system." Walmart didn't have eggs or milk for three weeks because there was no electricity into our entire town. There was no gasoline for a week so people with generators could only use them at night. The temp was near 100 during the day.
There are only so many people to do repair work so you get in line and wait your turn. I have tar-paper on my roof and uprooted tree stumps in the yard. I feel lucky I don't have a tree in my house like the people across the street and next-door, on both sides. We all have insurance but we still are waiting because there is more damage than there people to do the work--and they have come in from all over the country. There are out of state trucks all over town.
Entire towns were wiped out in SE Texas and SW Louisianna but you don't hear about them.
Katrina is the "politically correct" hurricane. It's as simple as that. And when you've been in one you know that the POTUS is not who you need; "rednecks with chainsaws" are who you need and they came through --as always. They cleared the roads for FEMA and they brought MRE's, water, and ice.
We didn't have a single death due to the hurricane because our elected officials did a great job of getting people out--including hospitals and nursing homes.