Outside New Orleans, Katrina victims feel forgotten

Reuters ^ | Friday 20 January 2006 | Ellen Wulfhorst

[Coldwater Creek]

Here in Memphis, our church took in a lot of people. These refugees are becoming a vital part of the church and community.

Every time that I see someone baptized and is welcomed into our fellowship, no matter the race, I think about the silver lining in the cloud.

[EagleUSA]

I wonder if these people realize the were FORGOTTEN by the liberals Nagin and their useless governor??? THAT is who forgot them -- forgot to prepare, forgot to follow orders from the Feds, forgot to tell their police force not to desert and loot, forgot where all the levee money went, forgot...forgot....forgot.....

[manwiththehands]

"The only one that helps is me. What's been done, I did it myself," said Ned Malley, a 68-year-old welder. "You can't get no help down here."

Where is all this FEMA money and the zillion billion tax dollars (Commander-in) Chief Spendsalot promised NOLA?

[sam_paine]

forgot to prepare, forgot to follow orders from the Feds, forgot to tell their police force not to desert and loot, forgot where all the levee money went,

Not these people. Look up Venice on a map if you can find it. That place was nothing but a road 30 miles into the gulf, topped by a little floating plywood marina. There was no way to prepare that place for anything! A large wake from a sportfishing boat would wipe that place out, and if you find any pictures of it, you'll see the entire town is easily rebuilt with about $38.72 worth of materials.

Been there. Great fishing though!

[CajunConservative]

Nagin has nothing to do with Lower Plaquemine's Parish or Venice. It was forgotten before the storm. It's the toe that sticks out in the Gulf.

[CajunConservative]

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[Flavius Josephus]

Here in Houston, we took in a lot of people. These refugees are becoming a vital contributor to the metropolitan crime statistics, including contributing 23 murders by the end of 2005.

Mayor Nagin, we are ready for you to bring your people home.

[Kirkwood]

The fact is that the median income for a family in Venice is approximately $43,000. Maybe not Palm Beach, but not exactly shanty town. Let me know if you ever decide to go back there and I'll tell them you are coming.

[CajunConservative]

Look at the map above, the folks in Venice are not NOLA evacuees.

[rock_lobsta]

It doesn't look like much of a toe anymore. On satellite, it looks like a string with a little green puff on the end that is where the delta fans out.

[CajunConservative]

I was wondering if the toe was amputated or not.

[sam_paine]

The fact is that the median income for a family in Venice is approximately $43,000. Maybe not Palm Beach, but not exactly shanty town.

The FACT IS Venice is more part of the Gulf than it is/was part of La. My comment was to EagleUSA that unlike New Orleans, there was no way to create any kind of protection for that place, and the marina area, for example, was nothing BUT a shanty town for out-of-towners----like me. But that's exactly what it should've been for where it is and what it does.

Why you gotta get all big-chested and keyboard threatening, Mr. "I'm gonna tell them you're coming?" LOL! It's Friday. Crack a Milwaukee Beast and lighten up, wouldya?

[CajunConservative]

That's how it was in Cameron and Holly Beach however FEMA wants to make folks spend a fortune to rebuild up to their codes. The locals here are not happy. They learned after Audrey that just build for function and put your money in your boat because your house will get wiped out eventually.

[Gordongekko909]

Actually, I was hoping that they would just be thinly dispersed across the US. I don't particularly want the sleazebags back here. I understand that murdering someone in Texas isn't a particularly good idea, though... so maybe the crimewave that hit Houston after Katrina will end up taking care of itself.

[WasDougsLamb]

----In all fairness there probably are people being "forgotten" because to hear the news, Nagin and Blanco, the only ones hit/victimized were them in New Orleans. The rest that were devastated by the hurricane didn't happen. It was all fabricated. It made a beeline straight for New Orleans and right back out to sea again. Didn't the USA get that memo? (sarcasm FULLY intended)

[Flavius Josephus]

Funny you should say that because the guy from Texas on the history channel just said "It's no secret that we have the most active death chamber in the country." (It's a show on execution)

But killing them in 20 years doesn't do much for the people that are being murdered today.

[sam_paine]

The locals...learned after Audrey that just build for function and put your money in your boat because your house will get wiped out eventually.

That's the way it oughtta be. Cheap and short-term. And professional fishermen (that are old enough) have a healthy respect for the power of the sea that keeps them from thinking they can build "permanent" structures there.

I'd say the same thing for tornado alleys in the midwest and california quakes.

But a killer tornado hits the midwest every year, but in relatively small swaths. And quakes take out whole areas, but relatively infrequently. Hurricanes are like the worst of both....widespread destruction, and frequent.

[Kirkwood]

"Why you gotta get all big-chested and keyboard threatening, Mr. "I'm gonna tell them you're coming?" LOL! It's Friday. Crack a Milwaukee Beast and lighten up, wouldya?"

Well, if you are going to make an insulting remark, than you need to be a big enough person to take criticism for it. Don't be such a crybaby!

Real sportsmen and women don't need luxury condos and expensive homes to go fishing, but you seem to demand that. That's why I wanted to warn them if you were ever going back there so they could get out the tea cozies and doilies for you. Just because there aren't manicured lawns and white picket fences and 2 car garages, that doesn't mean that the people who live there don't find their way of life appealing. They don't need the dainty frills and prissy homes that you seem to want. For crying out loud, it is a working fishing community, not the Garden District! Most of the residents simply love living down near the edge of the gulf water and being able to enjoy the best sports and commercial fishing anywhere in this country (maybe even the world). And it is also much more than just water, water, everywhere. There are homes, businesses, schools, etc, down there. You just didn't take the time to notice that.

[kipita]

Ahhhh!!!!!!!!

Pointe a La Hache = Specks and Reds
Happy Jack = Specks and Reds
Empire = Gulf fishing
Buras = Specks and Reds
Venice = $$$$ (working off-shore), Gulf fishing

Golden Meadow = The golden surf is very near..
Leeville = We can see the water
Grand Isle = A spoon, a line to the shore and paradise

Sigh!