Katrina's Latest Damage

msnbc.com ^ | 01/13/06 | Richard Wolffe, Mark Hosenball and Sarah Childress

[Steamburg]

From one dumb blonde to another, I knew rice country was very red. I was there when Blanco slithered into the Governor's Mansion. The real anger I see over Katrina is that their machine may be broken. I can see redistricting in the near future.

[finnman69]

What did Katrina refugees bring Houston.


Sounds like, crime, drugs, laziness, overcrowding, swamping of city services, and a general negative effect.

[wardaddy]

I'm surprised NBC and Newsweek are running with this..

[Mister Da]

Katrina seems to have washed away much of NOLAs less desirable population, many of whom landed in Houston. After such a warm & generous welcome, I doubt they will want to return to NOLA, so Houston may be stuck with them.

I guess Houston can always hope for a hurricane!

[Aggie Mama]

I live in Houston and this article doesn't tell 1/5th of the story. We now have roving bands of solicitors that have infiltrated all of the neighborhoods on the north side of town. They say they'll get paid $50 to clean your carpet. Then they'll spend the next 5 minutes trying to make you feel guilty for living in a nice house.

I finally called the sheriff's office about this (after the 3rd or 4th solicitor) and they said to make sure and call the police every time one of the groups of solicitors are in the neighborhood. The bottom line, they want to get inside your house to see what they can steal. It's the latest Katrina evacuee gift.

There are hospitals along I-45 that are closing down b/c the have gone bankrupt due to our non-paying friends from NO. Most of the scools around where I live are having to deal with serious turf war gang fighting now. It really stinks and I've definitely got "Katrina Fatigue".

[Flyer]

Right after Katrina I was blasted by some folks here for my concern that we were busing New Orleans' problems to Houston.

It just didn't happen right away.

At what was a relatively quiet townhouse complex, we have had at least four cars broken into recently (including mine).

Down the street at Westbury High there have been numerous fights and an on campus rape.